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President Kenyatta’s nominee for the position of Kenyan ambassador to Japan Tabu Irina has disclosed why she renounced her Canadian citizenship. Ambassador Irina, who was born in Canada in 1968, said she relinquished her Canadian citizenship in 2018 after realizing it was of no help to her. She…
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Kenya Airways (KQ) has canceled the planned resumption of direct flights to and from the United States. The flights were scheduled to resume on Saturday, October 31st but this has been pushed to November 29th due to what KQ termed as increased flight cancellations by passengers traveling to New…
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Police in Nandi County are searching for Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto after he allegedly eloped with a Form Two girl. The teenager had been reported missing but she was found a few days later with her parents claiming that Kipruto was staying with their daughter at his home in Chesumei. The…
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The Kenyan medical fraternity is mourning the death of senior surgeon Daniel Alushula who succumbed to Covid-19. Alushula, who worked as a Senior Orthopedic Surgeon at Busia Referral Hospital, is said to have died on Friday at Kisumu Avenue Hospital where he was receiving treatment. His death was…
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Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe has questioned Deputy President William Ruto’s frequent visits to the Mt. Kenya region. Murathe who spoke during an interview with KTN News wondered why Ruto only takes his so-called empowerment programs to Central Kenya and not Rift Valley—his political bedrock…
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Ambassador Martin Kimani, the nominee for Kenya’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, was forced to apologize to MPs for naming President Kenyatta as a referee in his résumé. Kimani appeared before the National Assembly's Defense and Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday for vetting…
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US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter says he has already cast a ballot ahead of the much-anticipated American presidential election on November 3rd. McCarter joins over 80 million American citizens who have so far participated in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s duel between Republican nominee…
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The planned impeachment of embattled Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado has flopped. This comes after the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party dropped its push to have Obado removed from office, according to The Standard. A sub-committee of the ODM Central Management Committee is said to have…
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Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to resume direct flights to and from the US on Saturday after a seven-month hiatus occasioned by the global outbreak of Covid-19. KQ CEO Allan Kilavuka revealed that the airline has registered a 40 percent cabin factor load for Saturday’s trip in early bookings. “We are…
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A Kenyan man who serves in the US Army has revealed how he was conned nearly Sh500,000 in a fake car deal in Kiambu County. Nicolas Kuria told a Nairobi court that he had returned home for a short holiday when his brother Bernard Kahembe sought to purchase a vehicle for commercial purposes. The two…