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‘My Personal Life Isn’t Newsworthy’: Bob Collymore’s Widow Wambui Kamiru Hits Out at the Media

Wambui Kamiru, the widow of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has hit out at the media for intruding into her private life. Reacting to The Standard newspaper’s article about her late husband’s will, Wambui stresse…

Sep 15, 2020

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Tanzanians Traveling to Kenya Exempted from Mandatory Quarantine

Kenya has included Tanzania in the list of countries whose citizens will not be subjected to 14-day mandatory quarantine upon arrival in Kenya. Tanzania, which had been left out in the last three lists, was included i…

Sep 15, 2020

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Revealed: Late Bob Collymore Bequeathed All His Kenyan Wealth to Wife, Wambui Kamiru

Details of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore’s final will have emerged more than a year after his death. Collymore, who succumbed to cancer in July last year at the age of 61, bequeathed all his wealth in Kenya to…

Sep 15, 2020

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MP Alice Wahome in Court to Block Inclusion of Nairobi Metropolitan Boss in Cabinet

Kandara MP Alice Wahome has filed a case in court seeking to block Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) director-general Mohamed Badi from attending Cabinet meetings. Badi was allowed to sit in the Cabinet after he too…

Sep 15, 2020

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Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi to Spend 2 More Nights in Police Cell

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi will spend two more days in police custody awaiting a ruling on his bail application. Sudi, who is accused of hate speech and incitement, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Josphat Kalo of Na…

Sep 14, 2020

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Kenya Records Lowest Daily Covid-19 Cases in Three Months

Kenya on Monday recorded 48 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest daily tally in three months. The cases were detected from 1,081 samples tested in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed infections in th…

Sep 14, 2020

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Government Reveals Plan to Help Kenyans Secure Jobs Abroad

Kenya is eying bilateral labor deals with foreign countries in a move aimed at addressing the country’s unemployment crisis. Such agreements will make it easier for Kenyans to migrate, live and work abroad, according…

Sep 14, 2020

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Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala Breaks Down in Tears over Alleged Death Threats

The Senate has asked Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to beef up Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala’s security after he complained his life is in danger. On Monday, Malala broke down in tears in the Senate…

Sep 14, 2020

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Kenyan Woman and Her Three Children Arrested over Husband's Gruesome Murder

Police in Nakuru are holding a woman and her three children in connection with the gruesome murder of her 59-year-old husband. Charles Thairu Kinyanjui was found unconscious in a pool of blood inside his car parked o…

Sep 13, 2020

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I’m Ready to Face the 'Deep State', Deputy President William Ruto Says

No amount of intimidation or threats will stop my quest to become Kenya’s 5th President, Deputy President William Ruto has said. Ruto, who addressed residents of Kitengela town on Sunday, said he is ready to face the…

Sep 13, 2020

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Kenyan Man Arrested with 47 Fake Title Deeds

A suspected fraudster was on Sunday arrested in Kiambu County in possession of more than 40 fake title deeds. The man identified as Ng’ang’a Kanina was nabbed in Gatundu South by detectives from the Directorate of Cri…

Sep 13, 2020

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Court Orders Divorced Kenyan Couple to Share Multi-Million-Shilling Property in the UK

A court has directed a divorced Kenyan couple to share a multi-million-shilling property in the United Kingdom. This is after Justice Mugure Thande of Mombasa law courts declared the flat located in the affluent Brist…

Sep 13, 2020

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Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi Arrested After Presenting Himself to Police

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has been arrested following a nearly 48-hour game of cat and mouse with the police. Sudi, who was wanted over hate speech and incitement allegations, was apprehended on Sunday morning after volu…

Sep 13, 2020

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Kenya’s Youngest MP John Mwirigi Injured After Rowdy Youth Attack Him

Igembe South MP John Paul Mwirigi is nursing injuries after he was flushed out of a meeting by rowdy youth. Mwirigi, the youngest MP in Kenya at 26 years, had attended a meeting in which Agriculture Cabinet Secretary…

Sep 12, 2020

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Late Cabinet Minister Mbiyu Koinange’s Son Dies in Road Accident

David Waiganjo Koinange, the son of the late powerful Cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange has passed away. Waiganjo died in a road accident along the Nakuru-Mau Narok road on Thursday night while driving home from Nakuru…

Sep 12, 2020

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Impeachment for Embattled Migori Governor Okoth Obado to Commence on Tuesday

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has resolved to have embattled Migori Governor Okoth Obado impeached next week. The unanimous decision was arrived at during an extra-ordinary delegate’s convention held at Maranat…

Sep 12, 2020

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Angry Youth Block Police from Arresting MP Oscar Sudi

A plan by police to arrest Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi failed after irate youth blocked the road leading to his home in Eldoret. Officers went to Sudi’s home on Friday night to arrest him hours after he addressed a public…

Sep 12, 2020

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Global Fund Rejects Kenya’s Application for Sh12.4 Billion Grant over Transparency

The Global Fund has rejected Kenya’s application for an Sh12.4 billion grant over transparency concerns. The organization cited Kenya’s decision to drop the Kenya Red Cross Society from managing the funds for the figh…

Sep 12, 2020

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3 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed, 4 Injured While Assembling Explosive Device in Garissa

At least three Al-Shabaab militants were on Friday killed and four others injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on them. The fighters were assembling the device at Fafi area in Garissa County whe…

Sep 12, 2020

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Drama as Mourners Chase Away Health Officials, Exhume Body of Kenyan Woman Who Died of Covid-19 for Viewing

Drama unfolded at a cemetery in Eldoret on Friday after irate mourners exhumed the body of a woman who allegedly succumbed to Covid-19. The 32-year-old woman had been buried at Eldoret’s Kiplombe public cemetery by a…

Sep 11, 2020