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Two fugitives who were arrested in Nairobi last week have been deported to the UK to face murder charges. Mohamud Siyad Abdihakim (24) and Tariq Kennedy Mangal (21), both of British origin, are said to be part of a gang that killed 16-year-old Alex Smith in north London in August 2019. The Office…
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Former National Social Security Fund (NSSF) investment manager Francis Moturi has been slapped with a Sh2.4 billion fine or serve 12 years in jail over fraud. This comes after he was found guilty of knowingly misleading NSSF into making payments amounting to Sh1.2 billion through irregular trading…
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Kenya Airways (KQ) has confirmed it will stop transporting monkeys from Mauritius to the US once the existing contract expires.  The national carrier has been flying the primates from the Indian Ocean Island to the US for laboratory experiments. KQ Chairman Michael Joseph told Business Daily…
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Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has moved to court seeking to freeze 13 accounts linked to businesswoman Mary Wambui Mungai, who is facing tax evasion charges. The taxman accuses the tycoon and her daughter Purity Njoki, both directors of Purma Holdings Ltd, of evading paying tax amounting to Sh2.5…
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A woman has moved to court seeking to be enjoined in a case in which tycoon Jimi Wanjigi obtained orders stopping his arrest and prosecution over an alleged conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery of a title deed. Cissy Kalunde Musembi, who wants to be enjoined in the case as an interested party…
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At least 13 people have lost their lives after the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera county. Seven other people suffered serious injuries in the Monday morning incident that occurred along the Arabia-Mandera highway. The public service vehicle…
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Anti-terror detectives are seeking to interrogate Kenyan terror fugitive Rashid Mohammed Salim, who was captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is liaising with Congolese authorities through Interpol on the arrest of the…
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Police in Siaya have opened an investigation into the mysterious death of a five-year-old girl. The mutilated body of the minor was discovered on Friday evening at a farm belonging to Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga in Segere village in Central Alego. The girl went missing from the neighboring Okoyo…
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Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of beers and beer stock cash worth Sh6.9 million from a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) canteen in Isiolo. Peterson Kariuki Mbita and Boniface Kimathi Kinyua, both staff members at the canteen, are being detained at Isiolo police…
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Police in the UK have reportedly questioned former Kenyan presidential aspirant Jaffer Isaak Sora over allegations of terror financing. Sora, who unsuccessfully contested for the presidency in 2013, says he received a call from Metropolitan Police to shed light on alleged claims of financing the…