KENYA NEWS

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Police in Nairobi have opened an investigation into a fake tender advert published in a local daily by con artists masquerading as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  The tender notice appearing on Sunday Nation on May 31st called for the supply of consumable goods including vegetable oil,…
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The Talai Council of Elders has denied reports that Deputy President William Ruto visited them on Friday to seek cleansing and powers to protect himself from bad omen as well as harm from enemies. The elders through their chairman Rev. James Baasi, a retired Anglican Church cleric, clarified that…
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Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria is at risk of losing his property to auctioneers over rent arrears amounting to Sh7.25 million. This comes after law firm Mputhia Advocates in a demand l etter dated June 2nd sanctioned the sale of a property belonging to Kuria in a bid to recover the rent arrears…
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Although he deactivated his Facebook and Twitter accounts in 2019, it appears President Kenyatta has been keeping tabs on what Kenyans say on social media. In his address to the nation on Saturday, Kenyatta admitted to reading memes and jokes Kenyans were making on social media in anticipation that…
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Wachira Mathenge, a former presidential escort officer has passed away. Mathenge is said to have collapsed at his home in Chaka, Nyeri County on Friday night and was rushed to Outspan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Until his death, Mathenge served as the commissioner of police…
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In what villagers have termed as a miracle, a 42-year-old Kenyan man who was reported missing last month was pulled out of a 60-foot well after staying there for 13 days. Royford Mugambi, a mentally challenged man, disappeared on the morning of May 22nd, 2020, from his elderly mother’s home in…
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President Kenyatta has extended the nationwide curfew for a further 30 days as Kenya’s Covid-19 cases climbed to 2,600. Addressing the nation from State House, Nairobi on Saturday, Kenyatta also said the number of Covid-19 fatalities increased by four to 83.  Uhuru indicated that due to…
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Deputy President William Ruto was on Friday cleansed by the Talai elders to protect him from bad omen ahead of the 2022 presidential election. The two-hour ceremony was held at Kapsirwo village in Nandi County, where elders performed rituals in a nearby hill to insulate DP Ruto from harm and…
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Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei was taken to a hospital in Eldoret after he was involved in a road accident along the Eldoret-Kapsabet road. Cherargei was reportedly driving to his home in Eldoret from Nandi on Friday night when he lost control of his car and veered off the road. He is said to have…
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A 28-year-old Kenyan man has been awarded Sh5 million after a Nairobi court established that he was wrongly arrested and prosecuted. High Court judge James Makau on Friday directed the State to pay Anthony Murimi Waigwe Sh4.5 million as compensation and an extra Sh500,000 as punitive damages. In…