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KAA begins Sh240 million expansion of Kisumu International Airport

15Feb

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KAA begins Sh240 million expansion of Kisumu International Airport

The Kenya Airports Authority has started the expansion and rehabilitation of Kisumu International airport ahead of the Africities summit. The Sh240 million upgrade is expected to be completed within 90 days. KAA managing director Alex Gitari said they have handed the works to China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation. We have told the contractor to stick within the time frame to ensure the works are completed on time," he said. The director spoke during a ceremony to commence the works on Friday. The Africities summit will attract a large number of delegates and V.I.Ps from across the continent. Gitari said that in order to accommodate the large number of delegates, the airport required enhanced infrastructure. He said as a result and with the...

14Feb

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Raila tours India

ODM leader Raila Odinga is in India to benchmark for the social protection programme he intends to roll out if he wins the August 9 general election. The ODM boss is campaigning on, among others, a promise to implement Sh6000 monthly stipend to poor households to cushion the families from poverty. The Star has established Raila is in India to study how the country’s social security system has managed is working. India is one of the countries with a robust social empowerment programme that has managed to keep its poor population under a safety plan. “Raila main mission here was to study India social security system particularly for the poor, widows and subsidy to farmers,” Raila’s spokesman Dennis Onyango said. During his India visit, Raila also held a meeting with&n...

Police hunting for gunman captured on camera robbing Eastleigh resident

14Feb

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Police hunting for gunman captured on camera robbing Eastleigh resident

Police are looking for a gunman who was captured on a CCTV camera robbing a man while brandishing his gun in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area. The man was captured in a video that has gone viral after the incident that happened on Eighth Street. Police say the man was caught brandishing a pistol outside Amore restaurant last Thursday before making away with the victim’s valuables. Detectives have already received possible clues on the person and are pursuing leads on his whereabouts and motive. Nairobi deputy police boss James Mugera said they want to interrogate the suspect as part of efforts to solve the crime.

Chinese National robbed Sh5.2 million by gang on Mombasa Road

11Feb

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Chinese National robbed Sh5.2 million by gang on Mombasa Road

Police are looking for a gang that robbed a Chinese national of Sh5.2 million that he was taking to a bank in South B area, Nairobi. The victim identified as Shan Xiu Min, who is an accountant at a firm in the city, said the stated amount, which was to be deposited at a local bank along Mombasa Road, was in local currency. He was in the company of a driver, and when they reached at Bellevue area at about 11 am Thursday, the driver stopped claiming he had been flagged down by police. The driver stopped after branching off Mombasa Road into South B estate, almost a kilometre away from the highway. And in the process, two men armed with knives approached the car and threw the Chinese out of the car before they drove off with the driver. Nairobi deputy police boss James Mug...

How KRA spied on Kidero bank accounts, worth Millions.

9Feb

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How KRA spied on Kidero bank accounts, worth Millions.

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) spied on bank accounts operated by former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero on a mission that saw it net Sh427 million as unpaid tax for a period of five years. The authority also snooped on the former governor’s rich list of high-end properties, gleaning information about the rental income that was flowing into Mr Kidero’s accounts. His land and buildings are estimated to be worth at least Sh9 The KRA’s espionage was revealed in court documents that on Tuesday prompted the High Court to order Mr Kidero to pay the taxman Sh427 million. The revelation looks set to raise questions about the confidentiality of banking transactions Mr Kidero defended the millions of shillings that flowed through his account, saying it was part of contributions ...

Two Marsabit businessmen abducted in Nairobi

9Feb

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Two Marsabit businessmen abducted in Nairobi

Police are investigating claims that two Marsabit based businessmen who are missing were abducted in Nairobi. Kunni Hele Halanka and Roba Abduba Sereka are said to have been abducted by armed men in separate places in Nairobi. Halanka went missing on February 7, 2022, and his family say they have been searching for him in vain, while Roba went missing on February 2, 2022. Halanka, 70, was riding in a taxi along Likoni Road when the car was intercepted before he was picked up by men who claimed to be police officers. The family says he is on medication, which if he does not take it, may lead to a heart attack. Sereka, 60, was picked up at gunpoint at Green Valley shopping centre at about 11 am. The families of the two say they are yet to be contacted by the said abduc...

Uhuru to commission multi-million cancer centre at Coast General Hospital

8Feb

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Uhuru to commission multi-million cancer centre at Coast General Hospital

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho are today expected to officially commission a multi-million cancer treatment center at Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital (CGTRH). The new facility will be the second cancer center in Kenya after the one at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital in Nairobi. It has been fitted with state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines and can treat up to 120 patients per week when it becomes fully operational. Last Friday, Heath Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe inspected the facility ahead of today’s President Uhuru’s visit. The Head of State, who is in Mombasa for a two-day official visit, on Monday confirmed that he will officially open the new centre at CGTRH today. “Tomorrow, together with...

Ndichu twins fail to attend court over assault, case pushed to March 9

8Feb

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Ndichu twins fail to attend court over assault, case pushed to March 9

The two-techie brothers accused of assault and malicious damage to property are set to take plea on March 9. This is after the two- Edward and Paul Ndichu- failed to show up at the Kibera Law Court to take a plea in the proposed charges. The file was formally registered after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution changed the earlier plan and allowed their prosecution on January 7. The officers handling the matter planned to have the two summoned after they failed to appear, but a lawyer representing them appeared before a magistrate court and argued they were out of town and unwell. The court agreed to defer the plea taking to March 9. The two are accused of assaulting two sisters- Stephanie, 25 and her sister Cheryl Murgor 23. The ODPP reviewed earlier pl...

AG Kihara Opposes Bid Set To Dismiss Law Criminalizing The Spread Of HIV

7Feb

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AG Kihara Opposes Bid Set To Dismiss Law Criminalizing The Spread Of HIV

A petition seeking to decriminalize deliberate transmission of HIV or any other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STI) diseases should be dismissed by the high court says Attorney General Paul Kihara. The law says that any person who deliberately or intentionally infects another with HIV or any other life threatening STIs is guilty of an offence, whether or not he or she is married to that other person and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than 15 years but may be enhanced for life. The petitioners argue that the law creates criminal sanctions and punishes persons living with HIV and is unconstitutional for violating their rights, such as the right to freedom from discrimination. "In examining the purpose, effect, historical background ...

Two killed in separate fire incidents in Nairobi

7Feb

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Two killed in separate fire incidents in Nairobi

Two people were killed in two separate fire incidents in Nairobi at the weekend. One died in a fire that was reported in Riruta area while the second one died in Embakasi’s Juakali area. Police said up to 50 structures were destroyed in both incidents leaving tens of people homeless. Ten other people sustained slight injuries in the Sunday incidents. Investigations to establish the cause of the fire are ongoing. The bodies of the men were taken to the mortuary. Witnesses said they were discovered after the fire had been contained. Those whose houses were destroyed camped at local churches as they sought help to reconstruct them. They said they lost all their valuables in the fire. Nairobi acting police boss James Mugera said experts are investigating the cause ...