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A suspected gangster who shot and killed his girlfriend in Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Njenga slums last week has been gunned down by police. The man identified only as Joel is said to have shot Monicah Katee at point-blank range following a disagreement on September 14th. Katee, an actress, was found…
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ODM leader Raila Odinga may have a road named after him if Nairobi MCAs approve a motion sponsored by Minority Whip Peter Imwatok. Imwatok, who will move the motion this week, is seeking to have Mbagathi Way renamed Raila Odinga Road in honor of the former Prime Minister. The Makongeni Ward…
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Horn of Africa analyst and scholar Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, who disappeared two weeks ago has been found. On Monday, his wife Halima Mohammed said her husband arrived home on Sunday night after being released by his abductors. Haki Africa’s executive director Hussein Khalid also confirmed that…
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A Nakuru-based doctor suspected of killing his two children before attempting suicide is set to be charged with murder. Dr. James Muriithi Gakara, an obstetrician at Optimum Current Hospital in Nakuru, is said to have injected the two kids with an unknown substance, killing them on the spot. A…
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Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed flights between Nairobi and the Indian city of Mumbai. The resumption follows a four-month hiatus occasioned by a spike in COVID-19 infections and deaths in the populous Asian nation. In a statement on Sunday, the national carrier said the first shall depart the Jomo…
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The government will reportedly receive a percentage of the cash earned by Kenyan nurses working in the UK following the recent labor agreement between the two countries. During President Kenyatta’s visit to London in July, the two nations signed a bilateral agreement for collaboration in the…
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A Mombasa court has convicted two people who used witchcraft to con a woman Sh30 million. Musa Mohamed Naaman and Nassir Musa Mohamed are set to be sentenced on September 24th after they were found guilty of defrauding Rose Nafula Okumu. After losing her husband Frank Carlel Bullens in 2008, Rose…
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The government has welcomed the UK’s decision to remove Kenya from its COVID-19 Red List effective September 22nd. Last week, the UK government moved Kenya to Amber List alongside seven other countries among them Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Oman, and Bangladesh. This means…
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Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka is in Dubai to attend the 2021 Voice Achievers Awards ceremony where he will be among the awardees. Musyoka, who arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, was nominated for the Icon of Democracy Award for his relentless efforts in working for peace in South Sudan,…
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Police in Nakuru are probing an incident in which a senior doctor allegedly killed his two kids before attempting suicide. The incident occurred at the doctor’s house in the posh estate of Milimani on Saturday night. Nakuru County Police Commander Beatrice Kiraguri, who confirmed the incident, said…