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Machakos Senator Mutinda Admitted in ICU After Falling Ill at Kilimani Apartment in Company of Woman
Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka is presently admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Nairobi Hospital.
Mutinda was rushed to the facility on Thursday evening after he fell ill at an apartment in Nairobi’s Kilimani estate.
Reports indicate the Senator had checked in at the…
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Gov't Says Marijuana Still Illegal in Kenya Despite Delisting from World's Most Dangerous Drugs List
The government through the National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has told Kenyans that marijuana is still illegal in Kenya.
This comes after the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on Wednesday removed cannabis from the list of the world’s most…
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The signature collection drive for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2020 has come to an end.
BBI Secretariat co-chairs Junet Mohamed and Dennis Waweru announced that 5.2 million signatures had been collected by Friday morning.
The secretariat is expected to…
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Kabuchai Member of Parliament (MP) James Lusweti Mukwe has passed away.
Lusweti died on Friday morning at the Nairobi Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness.
President Kenyatta has led the nation in mourning the second-term MP who was elected on a Ford-Kenya party…
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President Kenyatta has warned foreign nations against interfering or trying to lecture Kenya on how to run its affairs.
He stated that even though Kenya appreciates the support offered by other nations, the country will not tolerate any form of foreign meddling.
“We thank the officers of the…
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A police officer was on Thursday arraigned in court for allegedly shredding a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) signature collection booklet.
Police Constable Peter Langat was arraigned before Bomet Principal Magistrate Lilian Kinyale where he was charged with malicious damage to property. …
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Kenyan entrepreneur, Chebet Lesan has been named the winner of second annual Africa’s Business Heroes, a competition organized by the Jack Ma Foundation.
Chebet is the founder and CEO of Bright Green R. Energy, a company that produces fuel bricks that save forests and reduce the cost of cooking for…
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The family of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen has opposed his widow Sarah Wairimu’s bid to reclaim some of his property.
In an application filed in court, Wairumu is seeking to get back Cohen’s Sh500 million house in Nairobi’s Kitisuru estate, a Porsche, and two dogs.
But Cohen’s brother Bernard,…
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A 32-year-old Kenyan man who was pronounced dead but regained consciousness in a morgue during embalming has died.
Peter Kiplangat Kigen was rushed to Kapkatet Hospital in Kericho on November 24th after he collapsed at home.
A health worker who checked on him upon arrival declared him dead and he…
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The government has approved a proposal by vice-chancellors to raise university fees threefold from the current Sh16,000 to Sh48,000.
Appearing before the National Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday, Treasury Principal Secretary Julius Muia said increasing university tuition fees was…
