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The government is set to roll out the second round of Huduma Namba mass registration, Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Karanja Kibicho has said. Appearing before the National Assembly Delegated Legislation Committee on Wednesday, PS Kibicho said the listing exercise will be launched in the coming…

An elderly man from Gathanji ward, Nyandarua County died while being ferried to the hospital on a wheelbarrow due to the poor state of the roads in the area. Photos shared on social media show the ailing man, whose identity was not revealed, seated on a wheelbarrow as two young men struggle to push…

The US military Africa Command (Africom) is seeking approval to carry out armed drone attacks in some parts of Kenya. The move is part of its efforts in the ongoing fight against the Somalia-based Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab, according to The New York Times.  The US military has come…

Wambui Kamiru, the widow of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has hit out at the media for intruding into her private life. Reacting to The Standard newspaper’s article about her late husband’s will, Wambui stressed that her private life is not newsworthy, adding that there are better stories…

Kenya has included Tanzania in the list of countries whose citizens will not be subjected to 14-day mandatory quarantine upon arrival in Kenya. Tanzania, which had been left out in the last three lists, was included in the updated list released by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) on…

Details of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore’s final will have emerged more than a year after his death. Collymore, who succumbed to cancer in July last year at the age of 61, bequeathed all his wealth in Kenya to his wife Wambui Kamiru, according to the will obtained by The Standard.  He…

Kandara MP Alice Wahome has filed a case in court seeking to block Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) director-general Mohamed Badi from attending Cabinet meetings. Badi was allowed to sit in the Cabinet after he took an Oath of Secrecy last week in a ceremony witnessed by President Kenyatta at…

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi will spend two more days in police custody awaiting a ruling on his bail application. Sudi, who is accused of hate speech and incitement, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Josphat Kalo of Nakuru law courts on Monday following his arrest on Sunday. The prosecution…

Kenya on Monday recorded 48 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest daily tally in three months. The cases were detected from 1,081 samples tested in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 36,205, according to the Health Ministry. All the 48 new patients are…

Kenya is eying bilateral labor deals with foreign countries in a move aimed at addressing the country’s unemployment crisis. Such agreements will make it easier for Kenyans to migrate, live and work abroad, according to Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui. He added that Kenyans can get…