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Agnes Kavindu Muthama of the Wiper Democratic Movement party has been elected as the new Machakos Senator.
Kavindu was declared the winner of Thursday’s Machakos senatorial by-election after garnering 104,352 votes against her main rival Urbanus Muthama Ngengele of the United Democratic Alliance (…
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Kenya’s Health Ministry says it will continue administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite safety concerns.
Several countries in Europe, including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Latvia suspended the use of the vaccine following…
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has dismissed reports that the government secretly signed a Sh139 billion COVID-19 loan with Canadian and Belarusian companies.
CS Yatani through a statement on Thursday termed the report published in a local daily as misleading and malicious.
“Treasury…
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The Kenyan government and the US Agency for International Development (USAid) are embroiled in a tax row that has left life-saving HIV and tuberculosis drugs worth Sh1.1billion stuck at Mombasa Port for weeks.
Business Daily reports that the consignment arrived at the port on January 18th but is…
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The government of Kenya allegedly signed a secret COVID-19 loan of Sh139 billion (€1.06 billion) with Canadian and Belarusian companies in 2020.
This was revealed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which indicated that the funds were meant for the construction of mobile…
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Goldenscape Group Limited founder and CEO Peter Wangai Muriithi has been arraigned in court over fraud allegations.
He is accused of defrauding unsuspecting Kenyans of millions of shillings through fake greenhouse investment deals.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku at Milimani Law…
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COVID-19 has claimed the life of yet another Kenyan media personality Winnie Mukami. The former NTV news anchor died on Thursday at a Nairobi hospital, where she was undergoing treatment after contracting COVID-19.
Mukami worked as a newscaster at NTV for nearly 10 years, having begun her career at…
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Uhuru Declares Seven Days of National Mourning in Honor of the Deceased Tanzanian President Magufuli
President Kenyatta has declared seven days of national mourning in Kenya in honor of the late Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli, who passed away on Wednesday.
Kenyatta further directed that the Kenyan flag and that of the East African Community be flown at half-mast in all public and Kenyan…
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Police spokesperson Charles Owino has opposed Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi’s proposal to have the minimum academic qualification for police recruits raised from the current D+ in KCSE.
While making the recommendation, CS Matiang’i argued that the grade is too low for persons who are…
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President Kenyatta has appointed former Murang’a Senator Kembi Gitura as the Chairperson of the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) board.
Gitura will serve in the position for a period of three years effective from April 18th, 2021, according to a Gazette Notice dated March 10th.
His appointment…
