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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…
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ODM leader Raila Odinga has pledged to support the families of single mothers if elected president in August. Odinga, who is giving his fifth stab at the presidency, says his administration will set aside a special fund to mitigate the economic hardships faced by single-parent families. “Wale…
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The United States has donated 517,140 more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to Kenya to boost the ongoing vaccination drive. The consignment donated through the COVAX facility landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday and was received by the Ministry of Health officials. The…