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The family of the late Machakos Senator Boniface Kabaka has dispelled reports that he succumbed to Covid-19. Speaking on behalf of the deceased’s family, Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua said Kabaka died from a stroke and had a blood clot in his head. Wambua added that the deceased had tested positive…

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has declared interest in running for the Homa Bay Governor’s seat in 2022. Speaking during an interview with The Standard, Kidero confirmed he has been approached by residents asking him to go for the seat as one of their ‘sons.’ “It is something I am…

Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital is set to release the body of Dr. Stephen Mogusu, who died of Covid-19 on Monday. The body had been detained at the facility’s mortuary after the 28-year-old medic’s family was unable to settle an outstanding medical bill. In a letter, the hospital…

MPs were on Thursday left in shock after a man narrated how he easily won a Sh180 million tender for the supply of Covid-19 protective equipment to Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). James Njuguna, a director of La Miguela Holdings Limited, appeared before the Public Investment Committee (…

Police in Nairobi are holding two Lithuanian nationals in connection with drug trafficking. The foreigners were nabbed by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ (DCI) Anti-Narcotics Unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday night. Their arrest came…

Former Cabinet Minister Joseph Nyagah has died at the age of 72. Nyagah, who served as the Minister for Cooperative Development during Kibaki administration, passed away while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital on Friday afternoon. Unconfirmed reports indicate the veteran politician…

Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka has passed away. Kabaka died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital where he was rushed last week and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in critical condition.  The deceased fell ill at an apartment in Kilimani estate on…

President Kenyatta on Thursday commissioned the Likoni Floating Bridge in Liwatoni, Mombasa. The 1.2-kilometer footbridge is the first of its kind in the East African region and is expected to ease congestion at the Likoni Ferry, which serves 300,000 people and 6,000 vehicles daily. The bridge…

Kenyan teacher Dickson Karanja was on Thursday named among the winners of the 2020 Bett MEA Awards. Karanja, a teacher at Sacred Heart High School in Mombasa County, had been shortlisted in the Innovation in Teaching and Learning category. The Bett MEA Innovation in Teaching & Learning Award is…

The family of 28-year-old Dr. Stephen Mogusu who succumbed to Covid-19 on Monday is yet to collect his body from the morgue over an unpaid medical bill. Reuters reported that the bodies of Mogusu and another doctor have been detained after their families were unable to pay hospital bills amounting…