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Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal investigations’ (DCI) homicide unit on Saturday, May 23rd, drove to the house of slain police officer Kipyegon Kenei. The detectives arrived at Kenei’s house in Villa Franca Estate in Imara Daima, Nairobi on Saturday evening to pursue new leads into the case…
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President Kenyatta has unveiled an eight-point plan whose aim is to revamp the country’s economy, which has been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sh53.7 billion has been allocated towards the initiative dubbed the Economic Stimulus Program, which targets key areas among them Education,…
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President Kenyatta says the government is spending Sh250 million per week to cushion vulnerable Kenyans from the harsh economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. 250,000 poor families are benefitting from the program with each household receiving Sh1,000 weekly to help them afford basic needs amid…
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Scientists attached to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) have begun carrying out tests on herbal medicine Zedupex to determine whether it can effectively be used to treat coronavirus (Covid-19). Zedupex is a herbal medicine developed by Kenyan researchers in 2015 and has been used to…
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Controversial Kenyan tycoon Jackson Kibor’s sons have dared him to make good his threat of subjecting them to DNA tests to ascertain if he is their biological father. Kibor, 88, said he will have his six sons undergo paternity tests after he defeated them in a court battle over a 1,250-acre parcel…
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President Kenyatta has hinted at lifting the nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew and cessation of movement of people in and out of Nairobi and four other counties. Kenyatta, in an address to the nation on Saturday, May 23rd, admitted the Covid-19 pandemic has brought Kenya’s economy to a standstill,…
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Jubilee secretary-general Raphael Tuju wants Justice Grace Nzioka to recuse herself from the Sh1.6 billion debt row between him and East African Development Bank (EADB). In an application filed in court, Tuju has asked Justice Nzioka to disqualify herself from the case, arguing that she has been…
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Kenya’s Director-General of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth has been elected as the new vice-president of the Executive Board of World Health Organization (WHO).  Amoth, a medical doctor who holds a Master of Medicine in Obstetrics/Gynecology from the University of Nairobi, will serve in the position…
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The US has donated 40,000 facemasks to Kenya’s Border Police Unit (BPU) to help its members protect themselves from the coronavirus disease. The protective masks donated through funding by the Department of State’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Programme were handed over to Deputy Inspector-General of…
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Kenyan Sanda Ojiambo has been named as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Sanda, who presently serves as Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact at Safaricom was appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Her appointment takes…