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A woman has been ordered to pay a Sh200,000 fine or serve a two-year prison sentence for stealing Sh271,000 sent to her via MPesa by mistake.
Elizabeth Karimi Muthoni, a businesswoman based in Nairobi, was presented before Kibera Senior Principal Magistrate Philip Mutua.
The accused person admitted…
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Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui says the government is committed to addressing the challenges facing Kenyan immigrant workers in Saudi Arabia.
Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, Chelugui said talks are underway on the existing bilateral labor agreement, adding that he intends to…
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MPs have approved a bill seeking to place equal parental responsibility for children on both the father and mother.
The Children (Amendment) Bill, 2020 makes it compulsory for parents, married or not, to share the upkeep cost of children equally.
The bill, which seeks to amend section 24 of the…
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At least 100 commercial sex workers were on Thursday arrested during a crackdown in Nairobi CBD.
The operation was conducted by officers from the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) in collaboration with the police.
The clampdown came after traders in the city centre complained of nuisance, saying…
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A man accused of forging academic documents to enroll in pilot training has appeared in court.
Ahmad Nassir Dirie Olow, who flew Kenyans for eight years, is charged with making a false certificate for the 2007 KCSE examination, purporting it to be from the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC…
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A family from Nyandarua is seeking answers following the death of their kin in unclear circumstances at a prayer centre in Nakuru County.
26-year-old Geoffrey Macharia Kimemia was found dead on August 13th in a hilly area at Heaven's Gate Prayer Mountain in Elementaita, where he had accompanied his…
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Businessman-turned politician Jimmy Wanjigi has called on Kenyans to back his 2022 presidential bid.
Speaking in Nairobi during a meeting with aspirants in the 2022 general election, the tycoon stated that it is time for the third-generation liberators to take over the mantle of the country’s…
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President Kenyatta has extended the nationwide night curfew for a further 60 days following a spike in COVID-19 infections and deaths.
While announcing a raft of new measures aimed at combating the spread of the pandemic, the president said the curfew will be enforced from 10pm to 4am countrywide.…
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ODM leader Raila Odinga has ruled out moving to the Supreme Court if the Court of Appeal upholds the High Court verdict that declared the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process unconstitutional.
Speaking on Wednesday, he stated that BBI proponents will not waste their waste time challenging the…
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Five police officers have been arrested in Ruiru, Kiambu County over robbery with violence allegations.
The five are said to have arrested a man in Ruiru town on August 12th for flouting curfew rules and handcuffed him.
One of them took the man’s mobile phone, demanded his MPesa secret code,…
