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Two Suspected Gangsters Shot Dead Around Eastleigh Area.
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Two Suspected Gangsters Shot Dead Around Eastleigh Area.

Two notorious gangsters linked to a number of violent crimes in and around Eastleigh area have been shot dead by police. The pair was gunned down along Dr. Griffins Road after an alleged fierce gunfight with Starehe-based Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives on Thursday night. Prior to the fatal shoot-out, the duo, alongside two other thugs, is said to have robbed a middle-aged woman at gunpoint along Pangani’s Agoi road; dispossessing her of all her valuables before fleeing on motorcycles. The victim reported the incident to Pangani Police Station, prompting the precinct to reach out to officers patrolling the area who immediately started scouring the streets in search of the thugs. The detectives are said to encountered two of the four gangsters along ...
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Two People Killed, 5 Seriously Injured In Makueni Road Accident
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Two People Killed, 5 Seriously Injured In Makueni Road Accident

Two people died on the spot and five others sustained serious injuries after the car they were travelling in lost control and rolled at Kwa Kavemba area in Makueni County. The accident occurred on Saturday at around 6am when the passengers were heading to Komarock Catholic Pilgrimage for prayer. The injured were taken to Mbumbuni sub-county hospital while the bodies of the deceased were taken to Tawa mortuary. 
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Court denies petition filed by Ex- CS Rotich and Directs Case To Continue
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Court denies petition filed by Ex- CS Rotich and Directs Case To Continue

The Milimani High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the former Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich challenging charges levelled against him in a fraud case. In the application, the Ex-CS had denied accusations of involvement in the multi-billion Arror and Kimwarer Dam scandal that saw a loss of billions of shillings in dubious circumstances. According to a report by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the court upheld the accusations by the prosecution who is the DPP and ruled for the hearing to continue. During a hearing on 3rd March 2022, the case had been postponed to June 13 and 14 this year, after Rotich's lawyer Kioko Kilukumi reportedly fell ill.  In the said fraud case, Rotich is accused of misappropriation of public funds relating to...
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China Firm Surrenders More SGR Functions to Kenya
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China Firm Surrenders More SGR Functions to Kenya

A Chinese firm that has been running the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has surrendered more functions to Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) ahead of the full handover May 2022. nitially, Kenya Railways was only tasked with handling ticketing, security, and fuelling functions that were handed to it in March 2021. This was done in accordance with the contract entered between the two parties. However, the Chinese firm, Africa Star Railway Operation Company (AfriStar), which has been at the centre of controversies over ownership, has surrendered the loading and offloading of the SGR passenger and cargo trains to Kenya Railways as part of a deal to fully offload the running of the multi-billion Chinese-funded project to Kenya.“The corporation (Kenya Railway) has now assumed the loading ...
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US Embassy Issues Measles Health Alert to Its Citizens in Kenya
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US Embassy Issues Measles Health Alert to Its Citizens in Kenya

Through an alert released on Wednesday, March 16, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised concerns about measles in Kenya and the whole of Africa. To protect its citizens from the highly infectious illness that spreads through contact or droplets in the air, the US Embassy issued health protocols to be adhered to by its citizens while traveling across Africa. Prior to traveling, the Embassy further directed its citizens to go for health check up together with their companions to ascertain if they are safe and free from the disease. "If you are not sure if you or your travel companions are fully protected against measles, schedule an appointment to see your healthcare provider at least one month before traveling so that you have enough time to get vaccina...
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Businessman Mzee Jackson Kibor dies
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Businessman Mzee Jackson Kibor dies

Jackson Kiprotich Kibor, a farmer and controversial politician from Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, is dead. His family confirmed that he died last night at St Luke's hospital in Eldoret. His daughter Loyce Kibor says he has been ailing for some time. He died at the age of 89 years. He was a prominent farmer and politician who once served as a Kanu chairman in Uasin Gishu during the regime of retired President Daniel Moi. He later differed with Moi and joined ODM. Kibor was a wealthy farmer owning more than 4,000 acres of land and other properties, including real estate in several parts of the country. He was popularly referred to as a veteran or prominent farmer-cum-politician but he had made headlines because of his polygamy, divorces and ugly battles with his sons...
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1.1 million condoms, mosquito nets, and tuberculosis drugs have gone missing in Fresh KEMSA Scandal
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1.1 million condoms, mosquito nets, and tuberculosis drugs have gone missing in Fresh KEMSA Scandal

In the latest scandal at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), 1.1 million condoms, 908,000 mosquito nets, and tuberculosis drugs worth Ksh.10 million have gone missing. According to the Global Fund, a Switzerland-based organization that funds governments to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, the supplies are suspected of being stolen and resold to private chemists. KEMSA also overstated the value of medicines by Ksh.640 million, according to the organization's audit. Global Fund, whose main donors are the US, France, Germany and Japan, has granted Kenya over $1.4 (Ksh.159.6) billion since 2003. The organization now wants a fresh investigation launched into the case. KEMSA was in 2020 caught in another corruption scandal, with the Ethics and Anti-Corrup...
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Nyeri court has issued Arrest Warrant For Governor Wambora Over Contempt Of Court
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Nyeri court has issued Arrest Warrant For Governor Wambora Over Contempt Of Court

The Labor and Employment Relations Court in Nyeri has issued a warrant of arrest against Embu Governor Martin Wambora and three other county officials. This is after Governor Wambora, County Secretary County Jason Nyaga, the Finance and Economic Planning Executive John Njagi and his Chief Officer Ruth Ndirangu failed to appear before the court on Tuesday for sentencing. A ruling issued on Thursday, March 10, found them in contempt of court for failing to remit the Kenya County Government Workers' Union statutory fees despite a court order issued on December 1, 2020 instructing them to do so. The Embu county government has failed to remit statutory fees to the county government workers union since 2020. Judge John Njagi Marete has now instructed the OCS for Nyeri Police sta...
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Nine KDF soldiers killed, five injured in IED attack in Somalia
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Nine KDF soldiers killed, five injured in IED attack in Somalia

At least nine Kenya Defence Forces troops were killed when a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by an explosive in Gherille in Gedo in Somalia. Officials said five others were injured in the incident that happened Monday afternoon. This was after the lorry carrying the troops ran over an Improvised Explosive Device that had been set on the roadside by al-Shabaab militants operating in the area. The lorry was in a convoy that had drawn water from a point inside Kenya and was crossing into Somalia for use when it happened at about 1 pm. Details of the incident were scanty and the military at the Department of Defence headquarters did not comment on the same immediately. Images of the affected lorry showed it had been badly damaged. Officials said the Kenya Army tro...
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Matatu Operators Issue A countrywide Strike Notice
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Matatu Operators Issue A countrywide Strike Notice

 countrywide crisis is looming should matatu operators make good of their their threat to down tools. The federation of the public transport sector has already issued a nationwide strike notice and warned the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). Addressing the media on Tuesday Monday, March 14, the federation warned NTSA to stop all unwarranted traffic checks and called on all their members to withdraw their vehicles from the roads. The federation made it clear that failure by the operator to heed their demands, their countrywide strike would be staged from Wednesday, March 16. The operators blamed the regulator for unwarranted compliance checks forcing operators to part with between Ksh5,000 and Ksh20,000. Matatu operators further noted that the sector has...
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