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Thika Town MP Wainaina wa Jungle has announced he will vie for the Kiambu gubernatorial seat as an independent candidate.
This comes after he failed to secure the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket in the nominations held on Thursday.
Jungle suffered a defeat at the…
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A mechanic accused of stealing a presidential escort vehicle has been sentenced to death.
Aggrey Odhiambo Achieng was handed the sentence by Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi of Milimani law courts on Wednesday after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.
Odhiambo and four others were charged…
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Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja will fly the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party flag in the Nakuru senatorial race in the August 9th elections.
The businesswoman secured the Nakuru senatorial ticket in the UDA party nominations after garnering 98,439 votes.
Her closest competitor…
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Former Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter has conceded defeat after failing to capture the UDA party ticket to vie for the Kericho governor’s seat.
Keter, a close ally of Deputy President William Ruto, suffered a heavy loss at the hands of Dr. Erick Mutai in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party…
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A 24-year-old woman beat the odds to secure the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket to vie for the Bomet woman representative seat in the August 9th elections.
Linet Chepkorir, alias Toto, trounced 10 other aspirants who were eyeing the ticket in the UDA party nominations held on Thursday…
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National Assembly Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi is among prominent politicians who suffered defeat in the just-concluded UDA party primaries.
Cheboi was seeking to defend his Kuresoi North MP seat on a UDA party ticket but lost the nominations to Alfred Mutai, a former charcoal dealer and the current…
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Azimio-One Kenya coalition presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga has pledged to free all petty offenders if he ascends to power this year.
Odinga, who spoke during a virtual rally on Friday, stated that it is unfair for petty offenders to fill the prisons while those accused of looting billions are…
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Mombasa politician Ali Mwatsahu, who survived a suspected assassination attempt on April 5th, has recounted the harrowing ordeal that nearly claimed his life.
Mwatsahu says he was driving home at around 9:30 pm after prayers at a mosque in Bamburi when he noticed a vehicle trailing him as he…
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Detectives in Webuye, Bungoma County have arrested a man who displayed a firearm on social media.
Samson Wafula, a boda boda rider within Webuye town, shared a photo of himself holding a pistol on his WhatsApp and Facebook accounts.
He was apprehended by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal…
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The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has extended the SIM card registration deadline by six months to October 15th.
This followed a meeting between the State agency and the CEOs of mobile network operators, where they agreed to extend the exercise to achieve 100 percent compliance.
“During…
