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36 Out of 700 Applicants Shortlisted for Four IEBC Commissioner Posts

36 candidates are set to compete for the four vacant positions in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The candidates were picked from a list of more than 700 Kenyans who applied for the four co…

Jun 12, 2021

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Kenyan Teen Returns Home After Life-Changing Surgeries in the US

A 19-year-old Kenyan girl has returned home after undergoing life-changing operations in the United States. Doctors from Stony Brook University in New York successfully carried out reconstructive surgeries on Saline A…

Jun 11, 2021

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Court Rules Moi Acquired Beach Plot Illegally

The Appeals Court has ruled that a title deed to a land that was allocated to the late former President Daniel Moi was acquired illegally. Justices Daniel Musinga, Mohamed Warsame, and Agnes Murgor on Friday upheld a…

Jun 11, 2021

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Kenyans Stranded in India Due to COVID-19 Arrive Home

A section of Kenyans who were stuck in India for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic returned home on Thursday. A Kenya Airways charter flight carrying the group touched the ground at Jomo Kenyatta International Airpor…

Jun 11, 2021

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Murathe: My Work was to Kick Out Deputy President William Ruto from Jubilee

Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe says the time has come for him to leave the ruling party. Murathe, who spoke during an interview on NTV, said he successfully completed his mission of kicking out Deputy President W…

Jun 10, 2021

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Budget 2021/2022: Gov't Allocates Sh503.9 Billion to Education Sector

The education sector received a huge share of the Sh3.66 trillion 2021/2022 fiscal year budget presented to Parliament by Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Thursday. The Treasury proposed a Sh503.9 billion allocation to supp…

Jun 10, 2021

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2021/2022 Budget: Health Ministry Reaps Big with Sh121 Billion Allocation

Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Thursday unveiled the Sh3.66 trillion 2021/2022 financial year budget in the National Assembly. The Health Ministry is among the key sectors that received a lion’s share of this year’s budge…

Jun 10, 2021

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Kenya Lifts Month-Long Ban on Flights To and From Somalia

Kenya has lifted a ban on flights to and from neighboring Somalia. The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday said the decision was a goodwill gesture to boost bilateral ties between the two countries. “The Government o…

Jun 10, 2021

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US Downgrades Travel Alert for Kenya to Level Two

The US has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for Kenya, allowing American nationals to visit the country but under caution. In a notice dated June 8th, the Department of State urged US citizens to exercise increased c…

Jun 10, 2021

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Presidential Aspirant Mukhisa Kituyi Accused of Assaulting a Woman at a Mombasa Hotel

A woman has filed a police complaint accusing 2022 presidential aspirant Mukhisa Kituyi of assaulting her. The former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) secretary-general is alleged to have bat…

Jun 10, 2021

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Nairobi BRT System to Use Electric Buses Only

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure says only electric buses will be allowed on the Nairobi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system whose construction is ongoing. This was disclosed by Housing and Urban Development Pr…

Jun 10, 2021

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Uhuru Offers Jobs to Kenyans Making Illegal Guns at Home

President Kenyatta has offered to give jobs to makers of illegal homemade guns in the country. Kenyatta said such Kenyans can be employed at the recently launched small arms factory in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The Sh4 bi…

Jun 9, 2021

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I Will Remember Uhuru As a President Who Disregarded the Law, Former Chief Justice Maraga Says

Former Chief Justice David Maraga has hit out at President Kenyatta for failing to appoint six out of the 41 judges recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Maraga, who spoke during an interview on KTN on…

Jun 9, 2021

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Kenya Imports 101 More Cuban Doctors in New Partnership

101 more specialist doctors from Cuba are set to arrive in Kenya as part of a medical exchange program between the two countries. This comes after Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe signed a new cooperation…

Jun 9, 2021

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Moi Grandson Accused of Having a 'Don’t Care Attitude' in Sh1 Million-a-Month Child Upkeep Case

Collins Toroitich, the grandson of the late former President Daniel Arap Moi, has been accused of using delaying tactics in a child upkeep case. The businessman was sued for allegedly neglecting his two children, aged…

Jun 9, 2021

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Former Kenyan Ambassador to the US Denis Afande Has Passed away

Former Kenyan ambassador to the United States Denis Afande has passed away. Afande, who served as Kenya’s representative in Washington in the 1990s, died on Sunday. The deceased served as the Chairman of the Associat…

Jun 8, 2021

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Kenyans Stuck in India to Pay Sh120,000 for Kenya Airways Charter Flight Ticket

Kenya Airways is scheduled to operate a special charter flight to fly back home Kenyans stuck in India due to the COVID-19 crisis in the Asian country. The flight is expected to leave Mumbai at 9:30 am on June 10th an…

Jun 8, 2021

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KRA to Blacklist 66,000 Taxpayers PINs Effective Thursday for Failing to File Tax Returns

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is set to blacklist a total of 66,269 personal identification numbers (PINs) effective June 10th. The deregistration of the PINs is part of KRA’s efforts to enforce tax compliance as…

Jun 8, 2021

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Kenyan Airstrike in Somalia Allegedly Kills Woman and Her Child

A woman and her child were killed after a Kenyan warplane reportedly bombed two towns in southern Somalia last Thursday. Four other people were wounded during the airstrikes in the Gedo area in Somalia’s semi-autonomo…

Jun 8, 2021

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Gov’t to Demolish the Iconic Kahama Hotel in Nairobi

The government has confirmed plans to demolish the iconic Kahama Hotel in the Ngara area of Nairobi. Business Daily reports that the government is seeking to acquire the land on which the hotel sits for the constructi…

Jun 8, 2021