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The Kiambu County government and a multi-sectoral team on Buildings Construction have ordered tenants of a residential building in Thindigua estate to vacate with immediate effect.
The five-storeyed building named Jennid Apartments, which is on the verge of sinking and collapse, has three blocks of…
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Kenya is set to establish a body organ and tissue bank that will accept donations from both the living and dead.
The body organ and tissue donation bank will be domiciled at the East Africa Kidney Institute (EAKI) on Ngong Road in Nairobi and will begin operations in September.
EAKI director Peter…
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American tech giant Amazon has partnered with the Kenyan government to train more than 10,000 university students on cloud computing.
The initiative between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the ICT Authority will equip learners from 10 Kenyan universities with cloud computing skills to prepare them…
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The Nairobi County government has announced plans to set up a private wing within City Mortuary in an effort to compete with privately-owned funeral homes.
The new facility targeting ‘rich Kenyans’ will be equipped with modern coolers and accommodate up to 24 bodies. It will also provide hearse and…
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Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who left office last September, has started receiving his monthly pension of Sh1.32 million.
Kenyatta has been receiving the pension payments from December 1st, 2022, and was also paid a lump sum of Sh39.6 million send-off package, Business Daily reported…
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Two Kenyan traders have been charged with defrauding an American national of Sh133 million in a fake gold deal.
Nicholas Otieno Ndolo and Thomas Otieno Ngoe faced three counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, obtaining money through false pretenses and forging a mineral export permit.
In the first…
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Kenyans in the diaspora will soon be able to marry at Kenyan missions in their respective countries of residence, President Ruto announced on Wednesday.
This will be realized once the Attorney General gazettes Kenyan embassies and high commissions around the world as legally-recognized places of…
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Kenya has nominated Appeals Court judge Wanjiru Karanja as its candidate for the position of judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Wanjiru, the most senior judge in the Appellate Court of Kenya, will battle it out with 14 other candidates from around the world in the election that will…
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A lost passport belonging to South Sudan President Salva Kiir has been recovered 30 years after he was involved in a plane crash in Kenya.
The passport together with those belonging to other occupants of the ill-fated aircraft that went down in Torongo, Baringo County in 1993 had been safely kept…
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Scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have discovered two new strains of gonorrhea and chlamydia, with Kenyans being warned to be vigilant.
Nation reports that the discovery was made following an inquiry into the rising cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in two…
