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Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, has filed an application seeking to have the murder case against her thrown out.
Wairimu, who is charged with the murder of Cohen, argues that the case is founded on hearsay and built on a malicious investigative process.
Through her lawyer…
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Peter Tabichi, the Kenyan teacher who won the world’s best teacher prize in 2019, has bagged another international award.
Tabichi, 37, was recently named the winner of the 2020 Ahimsa Award by the Trustees of the London-based Institute of Jainology.
He was awarded the prestigious global award for…
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An Italian national who was videotaped assaulting a woman was on Monday arraigned in court following his arrest on Sunday.
The foreigner, Maurisio Montcalli appeared before a Kiambu court where the magistrate ordered he be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The court heard that Montcalli…
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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has alleged that there was a plot to assassinate ODM leader Raila Odinga in 2017.
Sonko made the claims through Facebook, where he alleged police officers were under instructions from the ‘system’ to shoot Odinga while in his car at close range.
The shooting, he said,…
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A patient was on Sunday morning killed after an ambulance carrying him was involved in an accident on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
The patient was being transferred to the Coast General Hospital in Mombasa from the Moi Referral Hospital in Voi, where he had been admitted.
The driver is said to have…
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Deputy President William Ruto has sent a congratulations message to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris following their election as US President and Vice President respectively.
DP Ruto through a brief message posted on his Twitter page on Sunday said Biden and Harris’ victory in the 2020 US presidential…
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Police in Nakuru arrested one suspect after he was found manufacturing fake tomato sauce at a secret in a two-roomed house.
Officers raided the residential house in Nakuru’s Langalanga estate on Saturday following a tip-off from members of the public.
3,000 liters of chemically-made tomato sauce…
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At least 1,000 Kenyans were on Friday night arrested in a nationwide operation targeting those breaking Covid-19 protocols.
The swoop was carried out by officers from the recently formed Special Enforcement Unit whose task is to enforce measures at the county and national level.
The special squad…
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A 104-year-old Kenyan is among the 1,065 new cases of coronavirus reported in the country on Saturday.
The new cases were detected from 7,386 samples tested in the past 24 hours and pushed the total number of infections in the country to 61,769, according to the Ministry of Health.
The 1,065 new…
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President Kenyatta has congratulated Joseph Robinette Biden following his election as the 46th President of the United States.
Kenyatta termed Biden’s emphatic victory against incumbent Donald Trump as an indication of the faith the American people have in his leadership credentials.
“Americans…
