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Motorists, riders scramble for fuel due to shortage

4Apr

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Motorists, riders scramble for fuel due to shortage

The escalating fuel shortage in the country forced the government to summon oil marketers for a weekend-long meeting in a bid to resolve the stalemate. Oil marketers have presented several demands to the government, including the immediate release of the Sh13 billion oil subsidy fund owed to them since January. top official of an international oil marketing firm who attended the meetings held on Saturday and Sunday said in confidence that they are also not happy with the government's threats to sanction them for hoarding spot check by the daily chronicles noticed long queues at almost all petrol stations along Limuru Road, Mombasa Road and Waiyaki Way in Nairobi

8Mar

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Politics

Sonko breaks silence on US ban

This is a strategic political move to silence me and curb my political ambition, Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has said on his ban from entering the United States. The response came hours after the US labelled him and his family as persona non grata in the US. "Why Sonko, why now, just a few months to the general elections? It is with shock and disbelief that I have received the news," he said. "I will never be cowed. Am I the only politician facing corruption case in Kenya?" In a statement on Tuesday, Sonko said he is shocked by the move and linked it to politics.

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.

Three bodies recovered after man confesses to killing 12

14Jul

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Three bodies recovered after man confesses to killing 12

A man arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of two minor boys has claimed he killed 12 in what police suspect are witchcraft rituals. Two bodies were recovered on Tuesday in a thicket in the Kabete area near Kabete Approved School in Nairobi. One was found Wednesday afternoon in the Kabete area from a river bank. Police were searching for a fourth body in the Pumwani area. The search was also underway in Machakos. The suspect, Masten Milimu Wanjala, 20, led police to the bodies. He was arrested on Monday in Kitengela. Nairobi police boss Augustine Nthumbi said they are yet to establish the motive behind the murders but suspect witchcraft rituals. Police first found the bodies of two boys, 12 and 13. They were strangled, mutilated and their ea...