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Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki will receive a 19-gun salute as his body is lowered to the grave during his State funeral in Nyeri on Saturday.
Kibaki, who died on April 22nd aged 90, becomes the third Kenyan to ever be accorded a State funeral with full civilian and military honors after his…
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The body of the late former president Mwai Kibaki was on Saturday morning transported by road to his rural home in Nyeri ahead of his burial.
The funeral cortege, escorted by family members and military officers, left Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi at 7:00 am and traversed Kiambu, Murang'a, Kirinyaga…
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The Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Othaya Annex has been renamed Mwai Kibaki Hospital in honor of the late former president, who died last week.
The hospital’s director Peter Munene said the decision to name the facility after Kenya’s third president was made following consultations between…
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Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s wife Hellen Obado has declared her bid for the county’s woman representative seat.
Mrs. Obado told Nation that she will be contesting for the seat in the August 9th elections as an independent candidate.
“It is true I am firmly in the race to be the third woman…
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The Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) party has written to the Registrar of Political Parties seeking to exit the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party.
The Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi-led party says it wants to formally disengage from the coalition and withdraw its signature from the coalition…
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Kenya has protested a move by the United States to include it in the list of signatories to the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.
Government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna termed the move as erroneous, saying that protocol was not followed in the signing of the declaration that is aimed to…
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President Kenyatta on Friday led a cross-section of national and foreign leaders in paying tribute to the late former President Mwai Kibaki.
In his address at Kibaki’s State funeral service at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenyatta eulogized the departed former president as a hero of Kenya's…
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has mourned Kenya’s third president Mwai Kibaki, who died last week.
In a message of condolences, Queen Elizabeth II described Kibaki as a great statesman, adding that Kenya can take pride in the legacy of his leadership.
"I was sorry to receive the news of the death of…
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has announced a two-day national mourning period following the death of Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki.
The two days of national mourning in the neighboring country start on April 29th until April 30th, Tanzania's State House Director of Presidential…
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American tech giant Google has hired Kenyan Jack Ngare to join Google Cloud.
Ngare, who has over 15 years of experience in various business functions, joins Google Cloud as a technical director in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Prior to this appointment, Ngare served as the…
