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Kembi Gitura’s appointment to Kemsa Board revoked by President Uhuru.
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Kembi Gitura’s appointment to Kemsa Board revoked by President Uhuru.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has revoked the appointment of Kembi Gituri to the Kemsa board. He has instead appointed Mary Mwadime as the chairperson of the board. In a Gazette notice dated April, the president said that Mwadime’s term in office will start on April 30 for a period of three years. The revocation follows the Kemsa procurement scandal. Last month, lawmakers raised concerns over Gitura's appointment to the Communications Authority. The committee chaired by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir said the appointment of the former Murang’a senator was in bad taste considering the investigation into the Kemsa scandal was ongoing. In the same notice, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has appointed new members to the board who will serve for a period of three years, as from April 30, ...
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Communication Authority takes Mt.Kenya off air.
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Communication Authority takes Mt.Kenya off air.

The Communication Authority of Kenya has suspended Mt Kenya TV's operations for four weeks following violations of programming standards. The authority on Wednesday said it received complaints against the vernacular channel over the airing of inappropriate content on April 19, 2021, at 2pm. Authority acting director general Mercy Wanjau said that during the ‘Mucii wa Ciina’ programme that featured an animated movie, the station aired sexually explicit content, drug abuse, robbery, and violence. She said that the move was a blatant breach of Programming Code and ICT sector Law. The authority said that it established the TV aired adult content during the watershed period. She said that the move was a blatant breach of Programming Code and ICT sector Law. The authority ...
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Walter Nyambane to vie for presidency in 2022.
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Walter Nyambane to vie for presidency in 2022.

Director of Youth Affairs Walter Mong'are Snr, alias Nyambane, says he will vie for the presidency next year. Speaking in an interview with Churchill 'Journey Series' edition, Nyambane, who acted in the famous 'Redycyluss' TV programme, said his dreams are valid. "I used to imitate presidents and you know, you can act something until you become. I think I faked it and I am hopeful to make it some day," he said.  "My President understands what is happening on the ground. Elections are coming in 2022 and our President has done what he needed to do within the abilities and the capability he had, so we are coming in in 2022. "We are giving Kenyans another opportunity for them to choose someone else to proceed. At this time, I do not know who is going to be the President, ...
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Test at Green Park Terminus.
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Test at Green Park Terminus.

The Nairobi Metropolitan Service conducts  Green Park Terminus test run for matatus plying Ngong Road. The NMS Director for Roads Engineer Michale Ochieng on site to supervise the test run at the terminus from as early as 6 am. Police officers were positioned along the Bunyala road roundabout where all PSV were diverted into the terminus. Only private cars were permitted to use Uhuru Highway to join Haile Sellasie Avenue. Inside the terminus, matatus were only allowed to drop off commuters as they exited. From there, the matatus are required to find their way into the CBD by crossing Uhuru Highway where the traffic police controlled the traffic. The Nairobi Commuter buses were available for the physically challenged, expectant mothers and those with small childr...
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Widow of Kiiru Boys principal found guilty of murder
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Widow of Kiiru Boys principal found guilty of murder

A court has found Jane Muthoni, the woman accused of killing Kiiru Boys High School Principal Solomon Mwangi Mbuthi, guilty of murder. Justice Joel Ngugi also convicted  Muthoni's co-accused Isaac Isaac Ng'ang'a alias Gikuyu. The convicts will be sentenced on May 18. During the trial, Muthoni who has been in remand for nearly five years following the murder, defended herself against the charge of killing Mbuthi and said it was his fellow who orchestrated her husband’s death after he refused to play into their game over transfers. The court heard that the principals, who influenced transfers and promotions of teachers in the region, were aggrieved after Mbuthi was posted to the school while she was promoted to head Icaciri Secondary School without going ...
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Derek Chauvin found guilty on 3 charges in murder of George Floyd.
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Derek Chauvin found guilty on 3 charges in murder of George Floyd.

The jury has spoken, and found Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd. The former Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd, who was handcuffed and face down on the pavement, for more than 9 minutes at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue last May.  Chauvin was taken into custody and will be sentenced in eight weeks. The incident was filmed by a teenager and set off a national racial reckoning after decades in which police killed Black men and were rarely punished. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder; guilty of third-degree murder; and guilty of second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors laid out a case over the course of 15 days that Floyd died due to a lack of oxygen, or asphyxiation, after C...
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Two cops, 3 civilians injured as lorry rams into police roadblock on Thika Road.
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Two cops, 3 civilians injured as lorry rams into police roadblock on Thika Road.

2 police officers and 3 civilians injured as lorry rams Covid-19 roadblock on Thika Road Two police officers and three civilians were on Monday night injured when a lorry rammed into a roadblock mounted along Thika Road, Nairobi. The roadblock had been mounted in the Roasters area to enable police to implement the Covid-19 pandemic containment measures and in particular the curfew rules. Witnesses and police said the accident happened when a speeding lorry headed for the CBD rammed onto a police lorry that had blocked the highway to enable police to conduct a search on motorists caught up in the menace. Police have been deployed on major routes to implement the measures aimed at containing the spread of the disease. A roadblock had been mounted at the Roasters area at a...
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Kiambu man confesses to killing his girlfriend.
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Kiambu man confesses to killing his girlfriend.

Evans Karani, 38, a businessman based in Juja, Kiambu County has baffled detectives after allegedly confessing that he murdered his estranged girlfriend on Wednesday last week and dumped her body near a forest hoping it would be eaten by wild animals. Mr Karani, who runs a transport business and doubles up as a sand broker in Ndarugo, had dated 24-year-old Catherine Nyokabi, a mother of one, for nearly four years but their relationship had been rocked with claims of infidelity with Mr Karani accusing Ms Nyokabi of having an affair with another man. Desperate and feeling betrayed, Mr Karani reportedly told detectives that, early last week before the murdered happened, he had unsuccessfully tried to convince Ms Nyokabi to delete a photo of the alleged new lover from her phone beca...
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Facebook board delays decision about Trump’s possible return.
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Facebook board delays decision about Trump’s possible return.

Facebook's Oversight Board has delayed its decision regarding former US President Donald Trump's possible return to Facebook and Instagram. Trump was banned from Facebook in January after the Capitol Hill riots. The Board said the delay was due to the time it has taken to review over 9,000 public responses to cases. A decision was originally due by 21 April. In a statement on Twitter, the Board said it would make a decision "in the coming weeks". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.  The ruling will be the biggest decision the Oversight Board has had to make since it started taking on cases last year. The Board was set up to rule on difficult or controversial moderation decisions made by Facebook. The 20-member committee, established ...
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At least 41 dead as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia.
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At least 41 dead as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia.

At least 41 people, including a child, have died after a boat carrying African migrants to Europe sank off Tunisia, the UN refugee agency and International Organization for Migration said on Friday. "According to reports from local UNHCR and IOM teams, three survivors were rescued by the Tunisian National Coast Guard" following Thursday's sinking, they said in a joint statement. "The bodies of 41 people, including at least one child, have so far been retrieved," the statement said.   Earlier, Ali Ayari, spokesman for the Tunisian coast guard in the eastern city of Sfax, had put the death toll at 20. He said the bodies of 11 men, eight women and a child were retrieved. Seventeen other people were missing. Search operations, halted due to bad weather, would...
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