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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko says he is unable to financially support himself or his family after the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) allegedly froze his bank accounts. In an application filed through his attorney Harrison Kinyanjui, Sonko claimed that ARA suspended his bank accounts without an…
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The US has deployed additional troops to Kenya to beef up security following the Sunday al-Shabaab attack on Camp Simba, a military base in Manda Bay, Lamu. The US Africa Command (Africom) on Tuesday said the contingent of American crisis response soldiers dubbed the East Africa Response Force (…
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Government spokesman Col. Cyrus Oguna has explained why Lufthansa Air and Air France barred deported lawyer Miguna Miguna from flying to Kenya. Oguna on Wednesday the reason why Miguna faces hurdles in his effort to travel to Kenya is because he is listed as an unruly passenger in accordance with…
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Deputy President William Ruto says he is confident President Kenyatta will retire from politics after the end of his term in 2022. Speaking in Nyeri County during the burial of Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua’s mother, Martha Kirigo Gachagua, DP Ruto asserted that Kenyatta had no plans to cling to…
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The government has denied a role in the blocking of Miguna Miguna’s return to Kenya on Tuesday. On Wednesday, government attorney Christopher Marwa told High Court Justice Weldon Korir that the government was not aware of why Miguna had not arrived in the country. Marwa said Miguna had not…
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Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employee. The body of 27-year-old Meshack Keith Bwisa was found in his house at Shikhambi Village in Kakamega County on the morning of December 29th, 2019. Meshack, an employee of KRA…
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Four pupils were killed after suspected al-Shabaab fighters attacked their school in Garissa County on Tuesday morning. The armed militants are said to have stormed Saretho Primary School at around 2 am and opened fire, killing four pupils and injuring two people. Authorities said the attackers…
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Miguna Miguna says the Government of Kenya is yet to withdraw a red alert issued to Lufthansa Air despite promising to do so.  Taking to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, Miguna said he is still at the Tegel Airport in Berlin after the Lufthansa flight he was to board to Nairobi left without him.…
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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has reacted to Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s decision to fill the position of Deputy Governor. Sonko nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda, who is Nairobi County’s current Disaster Management and Coordination Sector Chief Officer, to the position on Monday…
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Governor Mike Sonko has nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda to the position of Nairobi Deputy Governor. In a letter to Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi on Monday, Governor Sonko said the decision to nominate Ms. Mwenda to the position was informed by the need to fill the leadership gap left…