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The government says that the current national identity cards will become obsolete on December 12th, 2021.
The national IDs will be replaced by Huduma Namba cards that will be issued to Kenyans starting December 1st, 2020, according to ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru.
“Vyombo vya serikali na watu…
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The world’s only white giraffe, located in Kenya, has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to protect him from poachers.
The GPS tracker was fixed on the giraffe’s ossicone (horn) at Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in Ijara, Garissa County.
The animal suffers from a rare condition…
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Detectives in Nairobi have launched a search for a shopkeeper who beat a policeman to death on Tuesday evening.
The police constable attached to Parklands police station is said to have gone to the suspect's electronics shop in Nairobi's Ngara estate when an argument ensued between the two.
The…
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Kenyan businessman Abdullahi Mohamed Ali has been cleared of accusations of financing terrorist activities.
State prosecutor Duncan Ondimu told High Court Justice Jessie Lessit that they do not intend to prefer any charges against Ali.
This was after the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) concluded…
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Kenyan sharpshooter Edward Legei has passed away after a short illness.
Reports indicate Legei, a four-time winner of the Kenya Open Bisley Championships, succumbed to Covid-19 complications.
The former Kenya Regimen full-bore captain developed chest problems on Friday and drove himself to the…
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Nyeri Catholic Archbishop Anthony Muheria has been admitted at Mater Hospital in Nairobi.
In a letter to the church on Tuesday, the clergyman said he was admitted to the hospital after testing positive for Coronavirus.
"Thank you very much for your continued prayers [while] I am admitted with Covid…
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A Nairobi court has ordered AIC Kijabe Hospital to pay Sh6 million to a widow whose husband died in botched brain surgery.
Justice Lucy Njuguna ruled that 37-year-old Michael Mwangi died as a result of medical negligence and ordered the hospital to compensate his family.
In her ruling, the judge…
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Immaculate Kassait was on Monday sworn-in as Kenya’s first Data Commissioner.
Kassait took her oath of office in a ceremony presided over by the Registrar of Court of Appeal Moses Serem. The oath was administered by Hon. Sharon Mwayuli from the office of the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary.
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A Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detective who was accused of kidnapping foreigners has been handed a five-year prison sentence or a Sh1.1 million fine.
This was after Milimani law courts Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi him guilty of three offenses among them giving false…
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All schools in Kenya, including international schools, will reopen on January 4th, 2021 following a 9-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha made the announcement on Monday following a meeting with education stakeholders.
“All schools will…
