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A Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) customs official stationed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was arrested on Friday on accusations of demanding a bribe and aiding tax evasion.
The official was apprehended by detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and taken to…
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President Ruto has announced his administration’s plan to plant at least five billion trees as part of the efforts to combat drought and climate change.
To achieve this, the president urged every Kenyan to plant at least 100 trees, attributing the current drought, the worst in four decades, to…
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Kamukunji MP Yussuf Hassan has urged President Ruto and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to declare Gikomba market a disaster area after another blaze destroyed sections of the market on Saturday morning.
The fire, which destroyed property worth millions of shillings, broke out at a dispensary in…
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Economist David Ndii has revealed what his new role as the chairperson of the President's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) entails.
Ndii, who was appointed to the position by President Ruto on Friday, says the CEA is an executive agency, similar to what exists in the United States.
He indicated…
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President Ruto has appointed Amin Mohamed Ibrahim as the new director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to replace George Kinoti, who resigned last month.
His appointment was made through a gazette notice dated October 14th and signed by the president.
Until his appointment, Amin…
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A Mombasa court has ordered the body of a British national who died in Kenya under unclear circumstances in 2020 be exhumed for an autopsy to determine the cause of her death.
Senior Resident Magistrate Ritah Orora ordered the exhumation of Lutfunisa Khandwalla’s remains following an application…
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Kiambu politician Gladys Chania has been arrested in connection with the death of her husband George Mwangi whose body was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in Kieni Forest in Gatundu North on Wednesday.
Police said Chania, a former Kiambu Woman Representative aspirant, is the prime suspect…
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Former Citizen TV news anchor Hussein Mohamed has been appointed State House Spokesperson to replace Kanze Dena, who has held the position since July 2018.
Mohamed, a journalist by profession, previously served as the head of communications in the William Ruto Presidential Campaign after resigning…
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Police have identified the suspect behind the murder of Barack Onyango Odour, a bodyguard attached to opposition leader Raila Odinga’s wife Ida Odinga.
The assailant, identified as Collins Okundi, is on the run and is being pursued by detectives, the National Police Service (NPS) said in a…
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Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has come to the rescue of a Kenyan woman who was stuck in Saudi Arabia for months after being subjected to torture by her employer.
Faith Njeri Ngugi, who went to the Gulf state in search of greener pastures and served as a domestic worker, suffered severe torture…
