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The UK government says it is ready to extradite its soldiers linked to the murder of Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru to face charges in Kenya.
Visiting British Minister for Armed Forces James Heappey, who jetted in Kenya this week, insisted that the UK has nothing to hide and will cooperate with Kenyan…
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Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday rejected a cash donation by Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata, saying it was little for a leader of his status.
Kang’ata, who is eyeing the Murang’a gubernatorial seat in 2022, donated Sh40,000 during a fundraising event in Gatanga, where Ruto was the…
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Former traffic police officer Jamal Bare Mohammed has accepted to forfeit Sh26.1 million he collected as bribes from matatu operators along the Garissa-Thika highway to the government.
Jamal, a police rider who used to patrol the highway, agreed to surrender the money in order to settle a case that…
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Kenya has beefed up security along its borders as tension continues to escalate in neighboring Ethiopia.
Police spokesperson Bruno Shioso said on Wednesday that Kenya is on high alert after the declaration of a state of emergency in Ethiopia.
He said the government is concerned about recent and…
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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has lost Sh52 million in a failed property purchase agreement.
Waititu had paid the amount to General Properties Limited as a deposit for a Sh520 million commercial building he was seeking to buy in Nairobi central business district.
The politician paid 10…
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The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has announced a public auction of 73 junk aircraft.
In a notice, the authority said the planes are not airworthy, adding that they are breaching the safety and efficiency of air operations.
The aircraft owned by various aviation companies will be sold between…
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Police in Nairobi are holding a 27-year-old Ugandan woman over alleged drug trafficking.
Bizu Rubi Halima was arrested at a hotel room in Hamza along Jogoo Road in Nairobi in possession of narcotic drugs.
30 pellets of heroin were seized during the Tuesday evening operation conducted by detectives…
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MPs have threatened not to pass the Kenya-UK military agreement over the murder of Agnes Wanjiru by a British soldier nine years ago.
In what could see British forces vacate their training base in Nanyuki, MPs vowed to reject the military agreement unless the suspect in the murder of Wanjiru, 21,…
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Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has declared his interest in the city’s gubernatorial seat in next year’s elections.
Sakaja says he understands the county better than anyone, having served as a senator for Nairobi for nearly 10 years.
“I have been listening to a lot of people who even then were not…
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President Kenyatta on Tuesday held a meeting with the leadership team of the Kenya-UK Health Alliance (KUKHA) on the sidelines of the ongoing 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
During the meeting, the KUKHA team briefed the president on the progress of the…
