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A Nairobi court on Monday temporarily quashed the decision by Kenya Airways to suspend an employee who filmed the arrival of a Chinese flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last week. This came after the employee; Gire Ali filled an application challenging KQ’s move to suspend…
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A fourth-year student at Mount Kenya University (MKU) committed suicide by jumping from the 7th floor of a multi-storey building at the institution on Monday. The male Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Rural Development student sustained serious head and leg injuries after jumping from…
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Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Echesa was arrested on Monday afternoon, hours after the detectives drawn from the Economic Crimes Unit raided his home in Nairobi’s Karen estate.  The officers…
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Deported Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna attacked Baringo Senator Gideon Moi for wearing a red-colored pair of trousers. A photo by Daily Nation showed Senator Moi wearing red pants while being prayed for by a group of religious leaders at his family’s home in Kabarak, Nakuru County on Sunday. Daily…
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The government has dismissed as fake a viral recording purporting to be a media briefing confirming cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kenya. In a statement on Monday, government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna maintained that no one has been diagnosed with the deadly virus in the country terming the…
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Kenya Airways has explained why an employee who filmed and shared a video showing the arrival of a Chinese flight carrying 239 passengers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was suspended. KQ, through a statement on Sunday, said the staff identified as Gire Ali was suspended after the…
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11 Kenyan MPs who made an unauthorized trip to Somalia on Saturday have been freed after they were questioned by police. Six of the MPs are from Mandera, three from Wajir and two from Garissa County. On Sunday, police camped at Wilson Airport in Nairobi waiting to arrest and question them upon…
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Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju is set to be discharged from a London hospital next week and return home. Tuju, who was flown to the United Kingdom on February 19th for advanced treatment, will return to the country on Wednesday, March 4th, according to former Jubilee Chairman David…
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President Uhuru will not hand over power to a thief in 2022, former Jubilee Party Chairman David Murathe has said. Speaking at a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) forum at Kinoru Stadium in Meru on Saturday, Murathe said Uhuru was keen to leave the country in safe hands. “Hatutauziwa uoga, Uhuru…
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President Kenyatta has heard the cry of a five-year-old Kenyan boy who was stuck in India for several weeks after his family was unable to pay for life-saving surgery. Last week, the boy named Ethan Macharia penned an emotional letter to Kenyatta requesting him to help the family raise Sh3.5…