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Nairobi County To Dispose 236 Unclaimed Bodies

29Sep

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Nairobi County To Dispose 236 Unclaimed Bodies

The Nairobi City County will dispose 236 unclaimed dead bodies that are laying in morgues within the city. In a notice, the County said 218 unclaimed bodies are lying at the Nairobi City Mortuary and 18 others are at the Mama Lucy Hospital Mortuary. Members of the public have been urged to identify and collect the bodies, failure to which they will be disposed after 7 days of the notice. “Pursuant to the Public Health Act Cap 242 [Subsidiary; PUBLIC HEALTH (PUBLIC MORTUARIES) RULES, 1991] (2). Interested members of the public are asked to identify and collect the below named bodies within 7 (seven) days, failure to which the Nairobi City County will seek authority for disposal,” the public notice reads. Some of the bodies have been identified by nam...

Zuri Health, Awarded Ksh.7M Grants By Gate Foundation

28Sep

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Zuri Health, Awarded Ksh.7M Grants By Gate Foundation

Kenyan e-health startups Zuri Health and Damu Sasa have been picked for this year’s Investing In Africa (i3) program which is backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Zuri Health and Damu Sasa will each receive a $50,000 (Ksh.7 million) grant as well as support and mentorship towards partnerships with donors, industry and institutions in the healthcare industry. Zuri provides a platform for mass-market patients to get affordable, convenient, and quality healthcare services via SMS, WhatsApp and a dedicated app. Launched in January last year, the company has, through partnerships with telecoms like MTN, Safaricom and Telkom, been able to aggregate healthcare providers like medical labs, pharmacies, and hospitals. Damu Sasa on the other hand is an end-to-en...

MPs, Senators arrive at Parliament for swearing in

8Sep

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MPs, Senators arrive at Parliament for swearing in

Members of the 13th Parliament have started taking oaths of office at the National Assembly and Senate. Alphabetical order is being used in the swearing-in. Also, senior members who have been part of both Houses were given first priority in terms of taking the oath. Alphabetical order is being used in the swearing-in. Also, senior members who have been part of both Houses were given priority in terms of taking the oath. Members are allowed to use both Kiswahili and English. MPs and Senators who are Christians took the oath while holding the Bible while for Muslims, the Quaran was provided.

40 Jordanian Tourists Arrested In Mombasa For Begging In The Streets

5Sep

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40 Jordanian Tourists Arrested In Mombasa For Begging In The Streets

Police in Mombasa have detained 40 Jordanian tourists after they were spotted begging on the city's streets. The tourists were reportedly seen begging on the streets of Old Town and Marikiti Market on Thursday in order to raise funds for their trip to Nairobi. Mr Maxwell Agoro, the Mvita Sub-county Police Commander, confirmed the arrest, saying the police went to arrest the tourists after receiving a tip from locals. The foreigners, 19 adults and 21 children, had valid tourist visas, but begging violated the terms of their travel documents, leading to their arrest, according to Agoro. “Upon finding them the police escorted them to the Central police station for interrogation. They were found to be going against the regulation of the visa by converting themselves to beggars...

Five Arrested With Weapons At Homa Bay Tallying Centre

11Aug

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Five Arrested With Weapons At Homa Bay Tallying Centre

Police in Homa Bay on Wednesday night arrested five suspects who were planning to disrupt the ongoing tallying process in Homa Bay town and Kabondo Kasipul constituencies. The police also recovered weapons and a teargas canister. In Homa Bay town, the security officers arrested four men who were armed with knives, clubs and a teargas canister near Tom Mboya University which is the county tallying centre. Homa Bay Sub-county Police Commander Sammy Koskey said the suspects were walking 500 metres from the gate of the county tallying centre when police intercepted and arrested them in possession of the weapons before they were taken to Homa Bay police station. In Kabondo Kasipul, police recovered a homemade gun from a suspect who tried to gain entry into the ...

CS Magoha Moves School Re-Opening To Monday, Next Week

10Aug

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CS Magoha Moves School Re-Opening To Monday, Next Week

The Ministry of Education has changed the nationwide school re-opening dates from Thursday, August, 11 to August Monday, 15 2022. In a press statement on Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha said that the changes have been occasioned by an expected delay in the vote tallying process. “On 1st August 2022, I ordered the early closure of all Basic Education Institutions to allow for adequate preparation and conduct of the General Elections. We indicated that reopening would be on the 11th of August 2022,” Magoha’s statement read in part. “We have however been informed that the process of tallying of ballots may still be ongoing on the aforementioned date. Therefore, following further consultations, I hereby convey the Government’s decision that ...

Father Arrested While Trying To Sell His Three Albino Children For Ksh.4.7M

26Jul

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Father Arrested While Trying To Sell His Three Albino Children For Ksh.4.7M

A father who wanted to sell his three albino children for use in witchcraft rituals was arrested in Mozambique before being able to close the deal, police said on Monday. Police in the northwestern region of Tete, said three children aged nine to 16 were rescued at the weekend after an anonymous tip-off. Their uncle was arrested alongside their father. The pair allegedly planned to traffic the minors to neighbouring Malawi where they could be sold for the equivalent of about $40,000, local police spokesman Feliciano da Camara told a press conference. Both men deny any involvement in the case. "Investigations were carried out and it was possible to rescue (the) three minors… from captivity," Câmara said. Albinism, caused by a lack of melanin, the pigment that colou...

Teacher In Custody For Allegedly Sodomizing 3 Pupils In Bomet

25Jul

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Teacher In Custody For Allegedly Sodomizing 3 Pupils In Bomet

A male teacher is being held in Bomet County after he allegedly sodomized three pupils aged between 11 and 13. The suspect was taken to Mogogosiek Police Station in Konoin and is set to be arraigned over the heinous acts at Mosoriot Academy. Konoin police boss Tom Achiya said the suspect, Bernard Kirui, was arrested after one of the victims complained of severe pain and was rushed to Litein Mission Hospital; where it was established that he had been sodomized. "His arrest follows complaints from staff members at the school. We conducted investigations, which led to the apprehension of the suspect," Achiya said. Preliminary investigations show that the teacher slept at the boys' dormitory despite having a room allocated to him by the school. "We are contemplating c...

Tharaka Nithi Death Toll Bus Accident Rises To 30

25Jul

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Tharaka Nithi Death Toll Bus Accident Rises To 30

The number of people who died after the Modern Coast bus they were travelling in plunged into the Tharaka Nithi bridge on Sunday has risen to 30. This is after six more bodies were on Monday morning retrieved from the wreckage. Police said 13 others were nursing critical injuries as the search for more bodies which might still be remaining in the river entered the second day. Tharaka Nithi County Commissioner Nobert Komora on Sunday night confirmed that the injured were receiving treatment at the Chogoria and Chuka hospitals. Several photos and videos shared online showed the mangled wreckage of the bus strewn on the hillside near the infamous Tharaka Nithi blackspot. Part of the wreckage could be seen in the river. Police officers a...

EACC Seizes Assets Worth Ksh.100 Million Belonging To Gov’t Officer Earning Ksh.100

23Jul

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EACC Seizes Assets Worth Ksh.100 Million Belonging To Gov’t Officer Earning Ksh.100

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has seized assets worth Ksh.100 million belonging to an officer of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), Kajiado County Office. The officer, Esther Wanjiru Chege, is believed to have fraudulently acquired the assets including millions of shillings and 13 parcels of land scattered in various towns including: Kiambu, Nyandarua, Naivasha, Makueni and Kajiado. In a report issued on Friday, EACC said Wanjiru is under investigation “for alleged conflict of interest, embezzlement of public funds and unexplained wealth.” The anti-graft body seized the 13 title deeds after the assets were frozen by the High Court in Machakos on July 19, 2022. The court also ordered that Wanjiru’s Equity bank account holding Ksh.3,295,271 be frozen...