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The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) has dismissed claims by a section of the American media that their soldiers hid in the grass during the al-Shabaab attack on Camp Simba military base in Lamu on January 5th.
On Wednesday, The New York Times published an article claiming that Kenyan soldiers hid in the…
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Chief Justice David Maraga on Thursday said that he and President Kenyatta are not equals and that they play in different leagues.
Speaking at the Supreme Court in Nairobi during the official release of the State of the Judiciary and Administrative of Justice Report, Maraga categorically stated…
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A rare migratory bird landed in Kenya after covering a distance of 6,948 kilometers (4,317 miles) from Northern Europe.
The bird, known as Osprey, landed in West Imbo in Bondo, Siaya County on January 20th, 2020, and was spotted by Walter Oloo, who reported to the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) team…
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President Kenyatta on Wednesday slammed international media houses over what he termed as negative coverage about Africa.
Speaking in London during the UK–Africa Investment Summit 2020, Kenyatta accused international media houses, specifically Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC, and Sky News, of painting the…
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A Nairobi court on Thursday ordered Embakasi MP Paul Ongili, better known as Babu Owino, be taken to hospital after his lawyer said he was ailing.
This came after Babu, who is in police custody awaiting bail ruling, failed to show up in court for a hearing in another case where he is charged with…
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Kenya was ranked at position 137 in the 2019 Transparency International’s global corruption index that was released on Thursday.
Kenya scored 28 points out of 100, putting it at position 137 out of 180 countries and territories that were assessed, according to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI…
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Felix Orinda, alias DJ Evolve, who was shot on the neck by Embakasi East MP Babu Owino on January 17th, has reportedly developed complications.
Orinda is presently hospitalized at The Nairobi Hospital’s ICU wing after he underwent two successful surgeries to remove a blood clot as well as a bullet…
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A Kenyan man who allegedly used a fake Twitter account to defraud an Arsenal fan out of USD100 (about KSh10,000) has been exposed.
The fraudster, who posed as a British national, used Twitter handle @ArcellanoR and pretended he was in a position to sell to the fan a match day ticket, according to…
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Controversial Kenyan blogger Cyprian Nyakundi is on Friday set to be arraigned in court to face charges of extortion, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on Wednesday.
Nyakundi was arrested in Nairobi on Monday together with his coconspirator Emmanuel Nyamweya on allegations of…
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Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria could find himself in trouble with authorities after new details merged showing that he awarded multi-million-shilling contracts to members of his family contrary to the law.
Moses Kuria's brother, Aloise Kinyanjui Kuria, is among the MP’s close relatives that were…
