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How Sh180m looted Youth Fund cash was shared

1Oct

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How Sh180m looted Youth Fund cash was shared

Details have emerged showing how the Sh180 million stolen from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund was shared out. An anti-corruption court on Thursday fined businessman Mukuria Ngamau Sh700 million for defrauding the Fund of the money. Chief magistrate Douglas Ogoti held that the director of Quorandum Limited irregularly acquired the money. Ngamau will spend 27 years in jail if he defaults in paying the fine, having been found guilty of five counts of looting seven years ago. The magistrate further ordered the businessman, and by extension his company, to compensate the fund Sh180 million, being the amount that was lost. The money trail by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission revealed that the cash was moved from the YEDF account at Chase Bank to Quorandum Ltd a...

Water supply to be shut along Mombasa Road due to Road works

29Sep

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Water supply to be shut along Mombasa Road due to Road works

The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company will shut down the water supply pipeline along Mombasa Road due to ongoing construction of the Expressway Highway. The shutdown will take place on Thursday from 6am to October 1 at 6am. In a notice on Wednesday, MD Nahason Muguna said the shutdown will facilitate interconnection of the relocated pipeline. Areas to be affected include: JKIA, SGR, Athi River Export Processing Zone, Coca Cola, Mukuru, Imara Daima. Estates and industries along North Airport road, Embakasi village, Tassia estate, General services Unit, administration police training schools and Nairobi inland container depot will also be affected. Others include Estates long Jogoo road including Makadara, Bahati and Maringo among other adjacent areas and the whole ...

Mum and three children burnt to death in Kwale

25Sep

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Mum and three children burnt to death in Kwale

Four family members were on Friday night burnt to death after their house was razed by a fire at Taru in Kinango subcounty. The fire claimed the lives of a mother and her three children. Kwale police confirmed the incident. According to the report released by police on Saturday, the four family members were identified as Samia Kikoi, 32, Husnein Hussein, 10, Mulhat Hussein, 6, and Ilham Hussein, 1. Police who rushed to the scene could not immediately establish the cause of the fire. However, locals believe a candle might have caused the fire. The father had gone to watch a football match. “The family might have left the candle burning causing havoc,” said Ali Ruwa, a local. Efforts by residents to put out the fire and rescue the four proved to be futile. Loc...

President Uhuru Kenyatta launches second naval base in Manda Bay

24Sep

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President Uhuru Kenyatta launches second naval base in Manda Bay

President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened a strategic naval base to secure Kenya’s territorial waters and protect the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset) project. The Manda Bay Forward Operations Base (FOB), which played a key role in the capture of Kismayu by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in September 2012, was yesterday upgraded to a full naval base. The FOB was crucial in planning during Operation Linda Nchi, a cross-border offensive against the Al-Shabaab who had been making regular trips into Kenyan territory and causing chaos. While presenting the presidential and regimental colours, President Kenyatta said his government is determined to protect Kenya’s territory, explaining that the base will play a key role in achieving that. Presidential colour...

Sigalame High School in Busia closed after fourth fire incident.

21Sep

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Sigalame High School in Busia closed after fourth fire incident.

Sigalame High School in Funyula, Busia County, has been closed indefinitely after a fire razed one of the dormitories on Monday night. This becomes the fourth fire incident in the school since it was reopened this term. Samia sub-county Director of Education Dominic Opee said the students will remain home until investigations into the cause of the fire are concluded. The learners early Tuesday morning caused a fracas when they chased away the school guards, injuring one of them in the process. Police officers have however since restored order in the institution.

Man killed in Bomet as drinking spree turns tragic.

21Sep

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Man killed in Bomet as drinking spree turns tragic.

A man was been killed after a drinking spree turned soar in Longisa trading centre in Kamagut. Peter Ekai 30, and Elphas Kipkoech 26, were on a drinking spree at Kamagut before they started arguing about their jobs. DCI boss George Kinoti said Ekai turned to his friend Kipkoech and accused him of plotting for his downfall, at a local security agency where he worked as a guard. "He reportedly told Kipkoech that he had reliably learnt that he wanted him sacked, so that he could replace him at ChapChap security agency," Kinoti said. Kinoti said a bitter argument then ensued between the two who were already drunk, with Kipkoech denying the allegations. "As the war of words escalated, tempers flared up and they started fighting using sharp objects," he said. ...

Three men arrested for selling Narcotics in Mwingi town.

21Sep

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Three men arrested for selling Narcotics in Mwingi town.

Three suspects were on Monday night arrested after they were found selling narcotic drugs including heroin in Mwingi town. John Musya, Paul Mumo and Julius Musya aged between 23-24 were arrested as they hawked heroin concealed in seven sachets. DCI boss George Kinoti said the suspects sell the illegal drugs to twilight girls, who moonlight in the busy town for bread and butter. Kinoti said over 10 rolls of bhang were also recovered from the suspects. The suspects were placed in custody pending arraignment in court for being in possession and trafficking in narcotics. Last week, a woman believed to be a hospital nurse in Nairobi was arrested and 60 pellets of heroin were recovered from her. Beatrice Awuor Odhiambo, 42, was produced in JKIA narcotics court a...

MET Announces Heavy rains to continue over several parts of the country

21Sep

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MET Announces Heavy rains to continue over several parts of the country

The Highlands West of the Rift Valley as well as a few areas in the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley, and the Coast are expected to receive rainfall for the next seven days. In its seven-day weather forecast, Kenya Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that occasional cloudiness is expected over some parts of the Highlands East of the Rift Valley. Strong south-easterly winds with speeds exceeding 25 knots (12.9 m/s) are expected over some parts of Northwestern and North-eastern Kenya. During the forecast period, the areas of the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, and the Central and South Rift Valley will experience sunny mornings, however, light rains are expected over few places during...

Abducted Abdiwahab sheikh Abdiswamad Kenyan-Somali researcher released

20Sep

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Abducted Abdiwahab sheikh Abdiswamad Kenyan-Somali researcher released

A missing Kenyan-Somali researcher who was abducted from the city centre in Nairobi has been released. The family of Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad who was the executive director of the Institute for Horn of Africa Strategic Studies and an analyst at Southlink Consultants says he was released Sunday evening. The details of his release are yet to be made public. His wife Halima Mohamed confirmed the cleric had been released. Those who visited him at his South C home said he told them he was out of Nairobi but did not know where. “He says he is tired and wants to sleep for up to three days. He added that he had been feeding well and his abductors took him out of Nairobi where they asked him several questions,” said one of those who saw him on Sunday. ...

Matatu Owners Association Deny Planning Nationwide Strike in Protest of Fuel Prices

16Sep

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Matatu Owners Association Deny Planning Nationwide Strike in Protest of Fuel Prices

The Matatu Owners' Association (MOA) has dismissed reports of a pending nationwide strike against the fuel price increase. The Matatu Owners' Association (MOA) has dismissed reports of a pending nationwide strike against the fuel price increase. Consequently, the association's chairperson Simon Kimutai asked members of the public to disregard social media reports warning of the disruption of public transport beginning Thursday, September 16. Kimutai faulted the government over fuel price but assured the public that the association would lobby for alternative ways to address certain challenges arising from fuel price. "As the association, we are not going on strike but then we are lobbying for an enabling work environment, we feel the governmrn is not considerate but we are...