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Rihanna To Earn Ksh.1.3B For Performing At Wedding Of The Son Of Asia’s Richest Man

4Mar

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celebrity, Entertainment

Rihanna To Earn Ksh.1.3B For Performing At Wedding Of The Son Of Asia’s Richest Man

US pop superstar and beauty icon Rihanna, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is in India to perform at the star-studded pre-wedding ceremony of the son of Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani. The ‘Umbrella’ singer, who gave birth to her second child in August, is slated to lead the elaborate pre-wedding ceremony's entertainment in honor of Ambani's younger son Anant and fiancee Radhika Merchant, the daughter of wealthy pharmaceutical moguls. This will be her first public performance since last year's history-making Superbowl, Indian media reported. National broadcaster India Today reported that the Barbadian-born musician and billionaire entrepreneur had been offered up to $9 million (Ksh.1.3 billion) to appear at the event. Global tech bosses, industry titans, Bollywood and Hol...

Quack Doctor Arrested Soliciting Money From Patients In Malindi

2Mar

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Human Interest

Quack Doctor Arrested Soliciting Money From Patients In Malindi

Detectives in Malindi, Kilifi County, are holding a 36-year-old man for masquerading as a medical doctor and deceiving unsuspecting locals. Wycliffe Okechi Mecha was apprehended by DCI detectives at Malindi sub-county hospital where he was purportedly tending to patients and soliciting money from them and their relatives. The Hospital's Medical Superintendent, Dr. David Mang'ong'o, told Citizen Digital that staff grew wary of Mecha, clad in a lab coat, after he arrived at the facility and started tending to the sick. The hospital staff subsequently alerted authorities. When we interrogated him, the man failed to produce documents to prove that he was a practicing medical doctor and we called DCI sleuths who arrested him,” Mang'ong'o said. The medical superintendent further...

Saudi Arabia Formally Launches Bid For 2034 World Cup

2Mar

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Sports

Saudi Arabia Formally Launches Bid For 2034 World Cup

Saudi Arabia formally launched its bid to host the 2034 World Cup on Friday, nearly four months after football's world governing body FIFA announced the kingdom was the only candidate. The bid comes two years after neighbouring Qatar hosted the first World Cup in the Middle East. The campaign is under the slogan "Growing. Together", the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) revealed its bid logo, website, as well as a short bid film that celebrates "the passion, spirit and diversity of football in Saudi Arabia". This campaign is powered by the hopes and dreams of 32 million people in Saudi Arabia," the head of the SAFF bid unit, Hammad Albalawi, said in a statement. "Our responsibility is to submit the best possible bid to FIFA, make our country proud and fulfil the tru...

Several feared dead after Tahmeed bus collides with fuel tanker

1Mar

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local news

Several feared dead after Tahmeed bus collides with fuel tanker

A Tahmeed Bus en route from Busia to Mombasa has collided head-on with a Kampala-bound tanker near Mundika High School along the Busia-Bumala Road. According to initial reports, the collision resulted in a fire, with several feared dead and scores injured. According to videos reaching the news desk, eyewitnesses at the scene described a horrific sight. Authorities swiftly mobilized a rescue mission to the scene, with first responders working to extinguish the flames and assess the extent of the tragedy. Details regarding the cause of the collision remain unclear, prompting ongoing investigations by local authorities to determine the sequence of events leading up to the incident. Meanwhile, the immediate focus remains on the rescue operation, as teams work against th...

Kenya, Haiti sign agreement on police deployment

1Mar

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International news

Kenya, Haiti sign agreement on police deployment

Kenya and Haiti on Friday signed an agreement on the deployment of 1,000 police officers to the Multi-National Security Support Mission in Haiti. President Ruto and Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry witnessed the signing ceremony in State House Nairobi. In July 2023, Kenya pledged to offer 1,000 police officers after Haiti appealed for international help with security personnel to assist in its battle against gangs blamed for spiraling violence. The United Nations estimates some 200,000 Haitians have been displaced during escalating violence, with armed gangs carrying out indiscriminate killings, kidnappings, gang rapes and torching people’s homes. The United Nations Security Council on October 2, 2023, approved the deployment of a multinational security mission into Haiti,...

Faith Odhiambo elected new LSK president

29Feb

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local news, Politics

Faith Odhiambo elected new LSK president

Faith Odhiambo has been elected the new Law Society of Kenya president Odhiambo who served as Vice President of the society ahead of the polls was elected in Thursday's elections. She becomes the 51st President of the Council, succeeding Eric Theuri. Theuri’s term will expire on March 25, 2024. The position was, however, declared vacant on December 5, 2023, as per the LSK General Regulations, 2020. The regulations require that the position is declared vacant at least three months before the 15th day of March of the year the elections are to be held. The race for the presidency was between five candidates: Peter Wanyama, Carolyne Kamende, Faith Odhiambo, Harriet Mboche and Kipkoech Bernhard Ngetich. Wanyama, Faith's closest challenger, has conceded defeat....

Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Dies At 98

29Feb

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Africa

Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Dies At 98

Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died aged 98, President Samia Suluhu has revealed. Mwinyi, who served as Tanzania's second president between 1985 and 1995, was hospitalised in early February with his family stating that he was receiving treatment for a chest illness. “With advice from his doctors, the family has decided that it is good that he gets privacy while receiving treatment. The family asks the public to pray for him,” said family spokesperson and son of the former leader Abdullah Mwinyi then. Mwinyi joined Afro Shiraz Party (ASP) in 1964 and held different positions for the Government of Zanzibar and United Republic of Tanzania such as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education of Zanzibar in 1963. In 1970 he was appointed Minister of ...

29Feb

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Entertainment

Kenya launches certified African based dance curriculum

Kenya has launched its first-ever Certified Dance curriculum on February 27. The dance curriculum is a celebration of Africa’s heritage and a declaration of unity. “There are multiple challenges in the dance industry, a huge one, being the lack of regulation. If you decide that you are a dancer, there is nothing to say you aren’t,” Afuzion founder Chiki Kuruka said. "Dance remains a huge pillar of culture, but our current instructors may not know the particulars of history and context. Our dance instructors teaching our children or training in the gyms may also not know the broader issues of anatomy and health and safety." The curriculum was developed in collaboration with NITA, which will specialise in four dance genres West African Street, Kenyan Street, Amapiano a...

President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

29Feb

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Africa

President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Thursday revealed that Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan has accepted to support his African Union job bid. There have been speculations that Tanzania could front former president Jakaya Kikwete to face Raila in the elections for the AU Commission chairperson elections. Speaking in Marani in Kisii, Raila said Suluhu had accepted to back his bid for the top continental job and that he is ready to lock the East African Community bloc. The opposition leader said that next week he will be travelling to Kigali to seek the support of Rwandan President Paul Kagame in his bid to consolidate the EAC. "Next week, I will be meeting Kagame to ask for his vote. Mam Suluhu has already said she is ready to vote for me,'' Raila said. However, Suluhu has ye...

Four Roaming Buffaloes Captured, Taken To Nairobi National Park

29Feb

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local news

Four Roaming Buffaloes Captured, Taken To Nairobi National Park

Officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service together with a team of veterinary staff on Thursday captured four buffaloes around Nazarene area, in Rongai, Kajiado county. In an official statement, the KWS said the buffaloes were a threat to the residents of the area. The animals have been taken to a safe place away from humans. “The captured buffaloes were released inside Nairobi National Park in an environment with ample foraging space,” said KWS. The officers said they are actively continuing their search for four remaining buffaloes, so they can move them to the national park. This comes days after the Kenya Wildlife team captured a leopard and a snake that were roaming areas around human settlements, and threatening the safety of the people.