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Wajackoyah Unable To Vote As KIEMS Kits Fail
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Wajackoyah Unable To Vote As KIEMS Kits Fail

Roots Party presidential candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah was not able to cast his vote at Matungu in Kakamega County after the IEBC KIEMS kit failed. Prof. Wajackoyah turned up at the Indangalasia Primary School at around a quarter past 10 am. No one in the polling station had cast their vote yet at the time. “We are waiting to see what happens, like they have said. They said they would give us another 11 hours and asked us to be patient,” he told voters outside the polling station. The presidential race has attracted four contenders: Prof. Wajackoyah, David Mwaure of the Agano Party, Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza, and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition’s Raila Odinga. Polling stations opened at 6am across the country and DP Ruto and Mr. Mwaure w...
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KHLOE KARDASHIAN<br>WELCOME, NEW BABY BOY
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KHLOE KARDASHIAN
WELCOME, NEW BABY BOY

Khloe kardashian has a new addition to her fam ... her surrogate has given birth to a baby boy The timeline of the pregnancy seemingly indicated they made the decision prior to their breakup It's unclear what the arrangement will be between Khloe and Tristan re: some form of custody arrangement. As you know, they have another child together ... 4-year-old
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NCIC Names 15-Member Panel For Peace Ahead Of The Elections
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NCIC Names 15-Member Panel For Peace Ahead Of The Elections

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has appointed 15 members to the Kenya Eminent Panel for Peace. Ambassador Francis Muthaura will lead the panel as the convener, with Justice (Rtd) Joyce Aluoch appointed as the co-convener.  Archbishop Anthony Muheria, Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit and Archbishop Phillip Anyolo are the committee's faith leaders. Peace and reconciliation expert Bishop Emeritus Stephen Kewasis will also provide his services to the panel, with NCIC Chairman Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia set to serve as an Ex-Officio member. Others are: Lt Gen (Rtd) Daniel Opande and Lt Gen (Rtd) Lazarus Sumbeiywo who will serve as mediation experts; with Nerima Wako and Sheikh Hamad Kassim named youth leader and faith leader respectively. Fatuma Abdikadir...
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Gachagua says His life is in Danger after Strange people tried to access his room in Nakuru
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Gachagua says His life is in Danger after Strange people tried to access his room in Nakuru

UDA presidential running mate Rigathi Gachagua has triggered an alarm with fresh allegations surrounding threats on his life. The MP on Saturday startled Kenyans after he said his life was in danger. He laid bare claims that a clique of suspicious people have been on his trail for some time. In an exclusive interview with the, the first time MP uncovered details of intrigues that led to his public outbursts regarding threats on his life. "I have been a subject of harassment by the state for the last four years. Since I became a running mate, the state has intensified surveillance on me and my family," he said. A day after his outburst, Gachagua told the Star that suspicious individuals trailed him to his hotel room demanding access. "When I spent a night in...
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Security heightened in Kenya after killing of al-Qaeda leader
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Security heightened in Kenya after killing of al-Qaeda leader

Security was heightened at various places in Kenya following reports one of the masterminds of the 1998 terrorist attack on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and Osama bin Laden’s successor Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed. Kenyan security officials said they feared the al-Shabaab militant group might try to retaliate following the killing. This is because in a joint video released in February 2012, then al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane said he "pledged obedience" to al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Shabaab has been attacking several parts of the country in attacks that have led to deaths and property destruction. Officials aware of the developments said they “changed the gear” after the reports came out on the killing of Zawahiri. “We know some remnants may try to r...
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IEBC Kicks Off Distribution Of Poll Materials Countrywide
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IEBC Kicks Off Distribution Of Poll Materials Countrywide

In order to allow registered voters to verify their identification before the election next Tuesday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will make the official voter register available to all polling places on Tuesday, August 2. The register must be posted at each polling location by Tuesday evening, according to IEBC Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera, who spoke to the media on Monday. They will be distributed among the 46,299 polling locations that the IEBC has declared will be used for the election. "Today we have started distribution of strategic materials to the counties. Remember seven days to the polls we affix the voter register outside the polling station and so this exercise will begin tomorrow and by end of business tomorrow we will have conclu...
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Nigerian star Tems announces Kenyan tour
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Nigerian star Tems announces Kenyan tour

Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems has announced that she will be travelling to Nairobi in the coming months. Tems rose to global fame in 2020 after she was featured on WizKid’s summer hit Essence which earned her a Grammy nomination.  Wizkid became the first African musician to have a song on the Top 10 Billboard chart as a lead artist, and Tems earned her first Billboard Top 10 hit. In a recent interview with Apple Music, she revealed that most of her music is freestyle, adding that she and WizKid did not anticipate that the Essence jam would amaze the world as it did.  “I recorded it at the beginning of 2020 and there wasn’t any lockdown at the time and the first freestyle he was there. When they played me the beat I was like t...
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Farmers earn Sh221 million in four days after Uhuru’s intervention
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Farmers earn Sh221 million in four days after Uhuru’s intervention

The resumption of miraa exports to Somalia has earned farmers and traders Sh221 million in just four days. Head of Miraa Pyrethrum and other Industrial Crops Felix Mutwiri announced that Kenya had exported 81.4 tonnes of miraa to Mogadishu four days after the market was opened.  This represented products from 19 traders from the 22 who had applied to be cleared to access the lucrative Somalia market. We have so far exported 81.4 tonnes in the last four days and we expect the volumes to grow in the coming days as more people are cleared to ship out the commodity,” she said. The traders are selling the stimulant at Sh2,734 per kilo, approximately Sh238 less than the price before Somalia shut down its market.  “We have a lot of miraa right now in the farmers an...
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Cyrus Oguna Calls On Leaders To Advocate For Peace Ahead Of General Election
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Cyrus Oguna Calls On Leaders To Advocate For Peace Ahead Of General Election

As the country takes its final sprint to the August 9 General Elections, government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna has appealed to leaders in the political front to champion for peace to Kenyans. Oguna, in a statement on Sunday, highlighted that in the recent weeks leaders have engaged in 'strong and impressionable' sentiments against one another that threaten the county's peace. "Some of the words used have the potential to embolden resolve of supporters, and even incite them to possible violence," he wrote on Twitter. "We run the risk of ending with two or three apples instead of one whole one after elections." Oguna now says that leaders should, recognizing their prominence and influential capacities, advocate for peace as they traverse different regions of the country t...
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Uhuru Gardens to be opened after two years of construction
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Uhuru Gardens to be opened after two years of construction

President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Monday officially open Uhuru Gardens to the public after the completion of renovations. In his capacity as the Commander in chief of the Defence Forces, he will also hand back the gardens to the government. The Steering Committee of Uhuru Gardens and National Monument and Museum oversaw the work which started back in 2020 On May 31, 2022, ahead of his last Madaraka Day celebrations of his presidency, Uhuru commissioned the Mashujaa state-of-the-art Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum. However, not all sections had been completed with renovations still happening after. Addressing the nation during last year’s Jamhuri Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that the facility will be accessible to t...
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