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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has filed an application in court seeking to recover Sh13.9 million from Geoffrey Kimonge Mbogho, a former Taita Taveta County government official. Mbogho is alleged to have fraudulently obtained a total of Sh13,997,987 while serving as the political…
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Deputy President William Ruto has pledged to address the issue of landlessness in the Coast region if he ascends to power after the August 9th general elections. Ruto, who is eyeing the presidency under the UDA party, says his administration will set aside funds to acquire two million acres from…
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Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga has assured traders that he will not ban the import of used clothes, commonly known as ‘mitumba’, if he is elected president. Odinga, who is giving his fifth try at the presidency, gave the assurance during a meeting…
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The trial of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to conclude on Monday, with both the prosecution and defense teams expected to make closing statements before Judge Maria Samba of Trial Chamber III. Gicheru’s trial for crimes against the administration of…
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has defended its decision to drop the use of the manual voter registers as a complementary mechanism to the electronic identification of voters in the August 9th elections. This comes after the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party…
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Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah claims that he was offered a whopping Sh200 million to shelve his bid for the presidency in the August 9th elections. The 62-year-old said that the money was offered by people who wanted him to step down from the presidential race over fears that…
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A British woman whose husband was murdered while on a vacation in Kenya 11 years ago has defended a Kenyan man who was convicted and jailed over his killing. Judith Tebbutt was with her husband David Tebbutt when unknown assailants raided their villa in the remote Kiwayu Safari Village in Lamu in…
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Suspected Al-Shabaab militants on Thursday flagged down a bus heading to Mandera from Nairobi before preaching to passengers for hours. The heavily armed militants stopped the bus belonging to Al-Mukaram company at Lag Mata Kuta in Mandera County before ordering all occupants to alight and searched…
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The Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party says it targeting to garner at least 15 million votes in the August 9th presidential contest, out of the 22,102,532 registered voters. The coalition’s national executive council made the announcement on Friday following a meeting at Kenyatta…
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Detectives in Nairobi have rescued 60 victims of human trafficking from an apartment in Tassia, Embakasi. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says the victims aged between 14 and 50 were set to be sold as slaves overseas after being trafficked into Kenya from two neighboring countries…