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At least 10 heads of state are expected to attend the burial of former president Daniel Arap Moi, Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho has said. Moi, who died last Tuesday at the Nairobi Hospital, will be accorded a state burial at his home in Kabarak, Nakuru County on Wednesday, February…
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Over 200,000 Kenyans viewed the body of former president Daniel Arap Moi at Parliament buildings, where it lay in state for three days from Saturday to Monday. The public viewing ended on Monday at 6 pm with National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi disclosing that a total of 213,000 Kenyans paid…
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A US-based private equity company has taken over the management of the embattled Nairobi Women’s Hospital after CEO Felix Wanjala stepped aside. Evercare Health Fund, the company that owns Nairobi Women’s Hospital, will now run the hospital's operations, which has nine branches across the country…
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The late former president Daniel Arap Moi died at the age of 105, his son Raymond Moi has affirmed. Speaking during a memorial service for Moi at the family’s Kabarnet Gardens home in Nairobi on Sunday, Raymond said the date of birth indicated on his father’s national identity card was incorrect. “…
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The government has announced that the first 30,000 mourners at the burial of former president Daniel Arap Moi will be given free drinks and snacks. In a press briefing on Monday, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya indicated that the first 30,000 people to arrive at Kabarak…
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Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga on Monday paid his last respects to the late former president Daniel Arap Moi. Raila, who arrived in the country on Monday morning from Ethiopia, viewed Moi’s body at Parliament buildings alongside his wife Ida Odinga at 2.30 pm. While…
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Murder suspect Sarah Wairimu claims that her late Dutch husband Tob Cohen’s Will that was presented in court by her in-laws last year is forged. In an application filed in court on Monday, Wairimu, who is charged with the murder of Cohen, wants the deceased’s sister Gabrielle Van Straten, cross-…
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Nairobi Women’s Hospital CEO Felix Wanjala has stepped aside to pave the way for investigations into claims that the facility inflated medical bills of patients with insurance covers. Dr. Wanjala wrote to the Chairman of the hospital’s board on Saturday informing him of the decision to step aside,…
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A Chinese national who was seen whipping a Kenyan worker in a video clip that went viral online on Saturday has been arrested. Deng Hailan, 49, was videotaped caning a male Kenyan waiter at Chez Wou Restaurant in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa area for allegedly reporting late to work. He was arrested after…
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Suspected Al-Shabaab militants on Sunday attacked a Chinese construction company at Milihoi area along the Lamu-Garsen road. The attackers blew up a truck and an excavator belonging to the H-Young construction company, according to Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia. Macharia said the…