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The Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition running mate selection panel has submitted the names of the top three candidates to the coalition’s presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga to make a final decision.
Addressing reporters in Nairobi on Thursday, the panel’s chairperson Dr. Noah Wekesa declined to…
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A standoff ensued at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday after the family of a woman who died in Saudi Arabia under unclear circumstances refused to sign a form that allows them to collect her body.
The family of 21-year-old Beatrice Waruguru insisted they would not sign the…
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Senator Johnson Sakaja has promised to copy the administration system of New York City in the United States if he is elected Nairobi governor on August 9th.
Sakaja, who is eyeing the city gubernatorial seat on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket, says he will divide Nairobi into boroughs just…
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Deputy President William Ruto has asked the High Court to dismiss a petition seeking his removal from office.
The case was filed by Mau Mau war veterans led by Michael Kariuki Kirungia, who wants Ruto removed from office on grounds of abandoning his constitutional duties as the deputy president.…
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The Treasury is set to stop funding the office of the late former President Mwai Kibaki following his death last month.
Kibaki, who died on April 22nd aged 90, has been receiving millions of shillings in retirement benefits annually since he exited office in March 2013. These included a fleet of…
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More than 10,000 motorists have registered to use the Nairobi Expressway which will be opened on May 14th on a trial basis.
Drivers seeking to use the 27-kilometer toll highway can register either for a manual system, an electronic system or cash payment.
One is required to have a national Identity…
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Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc has been sued in Kenya over alleged poor working conditions for contracted content moderators.
The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday at the High Court in Nairobi by Daniel Motaung, a former moderator working for Facebook, on behalf of a group. The petition…
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A Nairobi court has ordered a man to continue supporting two children his former wife got from a different relationship.
The man codenamed EKTM had moved to the High Court to challenge a Children’s Court order requiring him to continue raising the two minors.
Although the father of three claimed…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has warned that money launderers, alias ‘wash wash’, drug dealers and other criminals could flood the next parliament if a lax in financial regulations continues.
Matiang’i indicated that there is a long list of suspected criminals eyeing elective seats in…
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An aspiring MCA has been charged with defrauding a businesswoman of Sh16 million.
Kennedy Kinuthia, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party aspirant for Kamahuha Ward in Murang’a County, was arraigned before Kiambu Chief Magistrate Emily Ominde on Monday.
Kinuthia is accused of defrauding…
