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Police have launched investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of a 37-year-old Kenyan man who allegedly died aboard a Nairobi-bound Qatar Airways flight. The man was traveling to Nairobi from Doha on a 133-seater Qatar Airways flight of registration number QR 1345 that landed at…
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Deputy President William Ruto has hit back at a section of MPs who have asked him to resign and focus on his 2022 presidential ambitions. In a press briefing on Wednesday, the over 70 MPs allied to President Uhuru and ODM leader Raila Odinga accused DP Ruto of what they termed as “reprehensible…
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Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could be investigated over allegations that he used county funds to pay for his wife and daughter’s trip to the United States. Governor Sonko’s wife Primrose Mbuvi and daughter Saumu Mbuvi are said to have spent Sh2.4 million during the trip to New York in 2018…
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A Kenyan family was on Wednesday forced to hold a burial ceremony for their 13-year-old son in absence of his body. The family from Gatuikira, Kiambu County made the move after Getrudes’ Children Hospital reportedly withheld the body of Brian Kimani over a pending medical bill of Sh17.8 million.…
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After spending the past 533 days behind bars, murder suspect Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu has finally been released. Irungu, who is the prime suspect in the murder of 28-year-old business lady Monica Kimani, was freed on Wednesday afternoon from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison after he posted Sh2 million…
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have opened a probe into claims that blood donated by Kenyans is being illegally sold abroad.  Reports indicate that the blood is mostly sold in neighboring Somalia by a cartel comprising officers from the Kenya National Blood…
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At least 15 Kenyan female MPs could miss their March salaries if they fail to refund over Sh27 million that they had received as per diem for a US trip that was canceled last week due to global coronavirus outbreak. The MPs were set to travel to the US to attend the 64th UN session of the…
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Detectives from the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) are set to join investigations into the murder of Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei, according to reports. This comes after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reportedly invited the FBI to help them unravel the murder of Kenei, who…
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A Kenyan house help who was allegedly caught on CCTV trying to breastfeed her employer’s two-year-old baby was on Wednesday arraigned in court. A Nyeri court was told that Catherine Mbuyuka was on Monday seen on CCTV attempting to breastfeed the child when her employer was away. Magistrate JM…
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Nairobi nominated MCA Habiba Hussein has lost her seat after skipping assembly sessions for two years. Her seat was declared vacant on Tuesday by Speaker Beatrice Elachi following an investigation conducted by the Powers and Privileges Committee of the Nairobi County Assembly. “I hereby declare the…