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Three Killed After Boat Capsizes in Lake Victoria as Passenger Takes Selfie

Three people lost their lives after a boat they were riding in capsized in Lake Victoria. The accident occurred at Arongo Beach in Seme, Kisumu County on Saturday evening. The vessel is said to have lost balance and p…

Mar 21, 2021

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Nairobi-Mombasa SGR Train Makes Emergency Stop over Mysterious Bag Abandoned on the Tracks

Operations on the Nairobi-Mombasa Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) were on Sunday interrupted over safety fears. This was after a mysterious bag was discovered abandoned on the tracks, forcing a train that was ferrying pa…

Mar 21, 2021

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Centenarian Contracts COVID-19 as Kenya Battles Third Wave

A centenarian is among over 700 people who are the latest to contract COVID-19 in Kenya. On Sunday, the Health Ministry announced 747 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total caseload to 120,910. The new cases compr…

Mar 21, 2021

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Kenyan Teacher Arrested for Fondling His Pupils Inside Swimming Pool During School Trip

Police in Makueni are holding a male teacher after he was allegedly found fondling his female pupils inside a swimming pool during a school trip. The suspect, Joseph Nduva, was arrested by detectives from the Director…

Mar 21, 2021

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Kenya’s Decision to Offer Free COVID-19 Jabs to Nairobi-Based Expatriates Angers Medics

The government has come under sharp criticism for offering free COVID-19 vaccines to thousands of foreign diplomats based in Kenya, including United Nations employees. Local medics are questioning why the government h…

Mar 21, 2021

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Kenyan Man Collapses and Dies While Addressing Mourners at His Wife's Burial

A Kenyan family is mourning the death of their kin who collapsed and died during the burial of his wife. 55-year-old Daniel Tauni collapsed shortly after he began addressing mourners at the funeral of his late wife J…

Mar 20, 2021

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Juja By-election: Late MP Francis Waititu's Widow Wins Jubilee Party Ticket

The late Juja MP Francis Munyua Waititu’s widow Susan Njeri has clinched the Jubilee Party ticket to vie for the seat in the upcoming by-election. Njeri won the ruling party’s primary held on Saturday after garnering…

Mar 20, 2021

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Muthama Reacts After Former Wife Agnes Kavindu Wins Machakos Senatorial By-Election

Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has congratulated his former wife Agnes Kavindu following her election as the new Machakos Senator under a Wiper party ticket. Kavindu, who legally separated with Muthama in 1…

Mar 20, 2021

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Kenya Ranked Among World's Unhappiest Countries

A new survey by the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Solutions Network has ranked Kenyans among the unhappiest people in the world. The World Happiness Report 2021 released on Friday placed Kenya at positio…

Mar 20, 2021

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Two People Killed in Marsabit Aircraft Crash

Two people were killed after an aircraft they were flying in crashed in Marsabit County on Saturday morning. The light plane registration number 5Y-JKN crashed at Mlima Kofia Mbaya in Marsabit, according to Armistice…

Mar 20, 2021

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Kericho Deputy Governor Susan Kikwai Dies of COVID-19 Complications

Kericho Deputy Governor Susan Kikwai has passed away. Kikwai succumbed to COVID-19 complications at Siloam Hospital in Kericho on Saturday, according to her family. Reports indicate that the deceased had been admitted…

Mar 20, 2021

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Suspect in the Rape and Murder of a 23-Year-Old Kenyan Waitress Arrested

Joseph Kinyua Murimi, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of 23-year-old hotel worker Velvine Nungari Kinyanjui has been arrested. Murimi is said to have met Velvine at Ruiru’s Destiny Park where she worked as a…

Mar 19, 2021

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Lang’ata Cemetery in Nairobi to be Turned into a Forest in Land Swap Deal

The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has revealed plans to swap the Lang’ata Cemetery land with another parcel next to it. This is after the 100-acre cemetery, which is the largest burial site in the country, was d…

Mar 19, 2021

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Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Receiving Vaccine

Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has gone into self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Meru County Health Executive Misheck Mutuma on Friday dismissed rumors that Murungi is hospitalized, saying he isolating…

Mar 19, 2021

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Wiper's Agnes Kavindu Wins Machakos Senatorial By-election

Agnes Kavindu Muthama of the Wiper Democratic Movement party has been elected as the new Machakos Senator. Kavindu was declared the winner of Thursday’s Machakos senatorial by-election after garnering 104,352 votes ag…

Mar 19, 2021

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Kenya to Continue Administering AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Safety Fears

Kenya’s Health Ministry says it will continue administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite safety concerns. Several countries in Europe, including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, th…

Mar 18, 2021

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Kenya Denies Secretly Taking Sh139 Billion COVID-19 Loan

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has dismissed reports that the government secretly signed a Sh139 billion COVID-19 loan with Canadian and Belarusian companies. CS Yatani through a statement on Thursday termed t…

Mar 18, 2021

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HIV Drugs Worth Sh1.1 Billion Donated by US Stuck at Mombasa Port as Gov’t Makes Sh90 Million Tax Demand

The Kenyan government and the US Agency for International Development (USAid) are embroiled in a tax row that has left life-saving HIV and tuberculosis drugs worth Sh1.1billion stuck at Mombasa Port for weeks. Busines…

Mar 18, 2021

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US Agency Reveals Kenya Took Secret Sh139 Billion COVID-19 Loan

The government of Kenya allegedly signed a secret COVID-19 loan of Sh139 billion (€1.06 billion) with Canadian and Belarusian companies in 2020. This was revealed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commissio…

Mar 18, 2021

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Goldenscape CEO Charged with Defrauding Kenyans of Millions in Fake Greenhouse Investment Deals

Goldenscape Group Limited founder and CEO Peter Wangai Muriithi has been arraigned in court over fraud allegations. He is accused of defrauding unsuspecting Kenyans of millions of shillings through fake greenhouse inv…

Mar 18, 2021