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Kenya Airways (KQ) has confirmed the death of another passenger aboard one of its flights heading to New York in the United States from Nairobi.
In a statement on Friday, the national airline said the passenger died from an unknown illness in the early morning hours aboard flight KQ002.
“Kenya…
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The High Court has ordered the retrial of all defilement offenders in the country, arguing that the mandatory minimum sentences on sexual offences impinge on a fair trial guaranteed under Article 50 of the Constitution.
While making the ruling on Friday, Mombasa High Court judge John Mativo said…
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Lawyers representing Raila Odinga in the presidential petition on Friday demonstrated to the court how a Venezuelan national allegedly tampered with Forms 34A on the IEBC server.
Lawyers Paul Mwangi and Julie Soweto showed the Supreme Court judges how one Form 34A they found in the IEBC…
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Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong’o has protested the travel advisory issued by the United States Embassy in Kenya ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on the presidential petition.
The embassy, in an alert dated September 1st, warned its citizens of possible violence in the country after the apex court’s…
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Well-wishers have contributed more than Sh8 million for Kenyan cyclist Suleiman Kangangi, who died after a crash in the United States last weekend.
Following his tragic death, a GoFundMe page was created on Monday to collect funds to support his surviving wife and children.
Four days later on…
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President-elect William Ruto’s lawyer Kithure Kindiki has described the events and chaos witnessed at the national tallying centre in Bomas of Kenya on August 15th as an attempted but failed coup d’état.
Making his submissions before the Supreme Court on Thursday, Kindiki claimed that the events…
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Smartmatic International, the UK-based company contracted by IEBC to facilitate electronic voter identification and result transmission, says it cannot grant full access to its servers as directed by the Supreme Court of Kenya.
In a letter addressed to IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan, the company…
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Tiaty Member of Parliament William Kamket has ditched Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition which is led by Raila Odinga.
Kamket, who successfully defended his seat in the August 9th general election on a KANU party ticket, on Thursday decamped to President-elect William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza…
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The United States Embassy in Kenya has issued a security alert for American citizens ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on the presidential election petition on Monday.
In the alert dated September 1st, the embassy reminded US citizens of the continued need for “sustained vigilance”, stating that…
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President-elect William Ruto has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the prayers sought by Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and other petitioners in the consolidated presidential election petition seeking to overturn his victory.
Through Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia, Ruto submitted that the…
