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The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has published a list of 25 words that are considered hate speech. NCIC Chairperson Samuel Kobia, in a media briefing on Friday, said they classified the terminologies as coded messages that can be used to trigger ethnic hatred ahead of the…

A manager and two bouncers working at Deja Vu Club in Nairobi have been charged with the murder of a reveler who was killed at the entertainment joint last month. Charles Chege, a matatu driver, was beaten to death at the nightclub located in Kileleshwa on the night of March 5th over accusations of…

The Education sector received the lion’s share of the Sh3.3 trillion 2022/2023 financial year budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, in his budget statement for the next financial year, indicated that the government allocated Sh513.8 billion to the…

Nairobi-based attorney Harrison Musyoka has offered to give free legal services to the family of Caleb Otieno, who was boiled to death at a steel factory in Thika on March 25th. The lawyer says he will offer pro bono representation to the family to ensure they get justice, arguing that the Sh420,…

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja says he is still in the race for the county’s gubernatorial seat in the August 9th elections. Sakaja on Thursday confirmed he will be seeking the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket to contest for the Nairobi governor’s seat. He denied ever joining Musalia…

Nandi Hills parliamentary aspirant Wesley Kibet Kogo is dead. Kogo, popularly known as Tingeet, passed away in a grisly road accident in Nairobi’s Kangemi area on Thursday morning. The politician lost his life after the Classic Shuttle matatu he was traveling in reportedly rammed a bus at Kangemi…

The United States government has frozen the assets of 19 Kenyans linked to terrorism and drug trafficking. Their names are contained in the Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) and Blocked Persons List published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday. The US blocks the assets…

President Kenyatta on Wednesday held talks with US billionaire businessman Dr. Fisk Johnson. Fisk, Chairman and CEO of American multinational SC Johnson and Sons Company, paid President Kenyatta a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi. During the meeting, Fisk expressed his company’s interest in…

Starehe MP Charles Njagua, alias Jaguar, has dismissed reports that he has dropped his re-election bid ahead of the August 9th elections. Jaguar, who was elected on a Jubilee Party ticket in 2017, is seeking to defend the seat under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party. Reports emerged on…

Keroche Breweries heiress Anerlisa Muigai has been ordered to pay businessman Benson Kangangi Sh2 million for tarnishing his name.  Kangangi sued Anerlisa for defamation over a post she made on her social media pages in 2018, referring to him as an unscrupulous and untrustworthy businessman…