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13 Elephants To Be Flown Into Kenya From The UK
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13 Elephants To Be Flown Into Kenya From The UK

Kenya is set to receive a troop of 13 elephants from the United Kingdom to be released into the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary in Kwale County. The elephants which were raised at the Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, UK, will be transferred in a joint project by UK-based nonprofit Aspinall Foundation, the Kenya Wildlife Services and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. According to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the project involves returning captive elephants in Europe across the 7,000-kilometer journey to Africa for rewilding The authority says that the herd has been living as a family in the UK and needs to be rewilded together to maintain the family bonds of the animals’ social structures. The 13 were born in captivity in Europe and their anc...
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KPC Assures Kenyans of Enough Fuel Supply
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KPC Assures Kenyans of Enough Fuel Supply

Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Macharia Irungu said, in a statement dated Saturday, April 2, that there are over 69 million litres of super petrol in its reserves. At the same time, there are more than 94 million litres of diesel, 13 million litres of kerosene and 23 million litres of jet fuel available, said the oil distributor Kenya Pipeline Company would like to confirm that there are ample stocks of petroleum products in our system throughout the country to meet demand,” Dr Irungu said in the statement. “Our global stock holding is adequate to serve the region, with more ships in Mombasa queued for discharge,” he added. The Kenya Pipeline Company, however, avoided explaining the cause of the fuel crisis that continues to affect many parts of the country. T...
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Kenya Remains Suspended from all Football activities after FIFA Ratifies Decision
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Kenya Remains Suspended from all Football activities after FIFA Ratifies Decision

Kenya will remain suspended indefinitely from all international football competitions over government interference after the decision was ratified at the FIFA Congress in Doha on Thursday. The Kenyan government has had a one-month window to relinquish management of the country’s football and allow the beleaguered Football Kenya Federation (FKF) back in charge. The FKF was dissolved in November last year by the Ministry of Sports over alleged misappropriation of funds with a caretaker committee appointed to run the affairs of Kenyan football. That committee remains in charge although it is approaching the end of its six-month mandate after which elections to vote in the next FKF administration are to be held. FIFA had set the ultimatum of ...
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Court issues arrest warrant against Ndichu brothers
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Court issues arrest warrant against Ndichu brothers

Nairobi court has issued an arrest warrant against two brothers- Paul Ndichu and Edward Ndichu after they once again failed to appear in court for their assault case. Kibera chief magistrate Ann Mwangi ordered the police to arrest the duo. "Since the accused person is not in court despite a court order I, therefore, issue a warrant of arrest against them," Mwangi ruled. The lawyer holding brief in the matter had told the court that the accused persons lawyer was in another matter at the high court. "I am holding brief in the matter and I have instructions to ask for another date since their lawyer is in another matter at the high court," he said. Lawyer Phillip Murgor had told the court in the previous session that the accused person was taking the court for granted aft...
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Kenya ranked the 27th unhappiest country in a new global happiness report.
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Kenya ranked the 27th unhappiest country in a new global happiness report.

Kenya has been ranked the 27th unhappiest country in a new global happiness report. Kenya ranks 119th out of 146 countries in the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's 2022 World Happiness Report. Kenyan respondents cited perceived government corruption as the main source of their dissatisfaction, according to the report. This is a slight decrease from last year's happiness index, which ranked the country 121st out of 149 countries. Kenya was ranked 23rd in Africa, behind Uganda, which led the East African Community (EAC) and was ranked 117th worldwide. Tanzania is ranked 139th out of 146 countries, while Ethiopia is ranked 131st. Rwanda is the most unhappy country in the EAC, according to the study, coming at the bottom 4 on the global index, just before Zi...
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Bolt Increases Fare in New Revised Charges
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Bolt Increases Fare in New Revised Charges

Digital hailing cab, Bolt customers will have to dig deeper into their pockets to access the taxi services. This comes after the company increased their fare rates by at least 4 per cent. In a statement on Monday, the company said the increase was necessitated by the recent increase in fuel prices. The changes will be implemented in Nairobi as the company works to review fares across other towns. Bolt Eastern Africa Regional manager Kenneth Micah said the review will cushion their drivers against the increased furl prices. "We truly believe that happy drivers provide better quality service for customers. As such, we've been doing extensive reviews to ensure that we continue to provide the best earnings for drivers on our platform and remain the most affordable and prefe...
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Three Suspects Arrested in Juja for stealing and vandalizing Kenya Power Equipment worth millions
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Three Suspects Arrested in Juja for stealing and vandalizing Kenya Power Equipment worth millions

Three suspects were arrested and vandalized Kenya Power equipment estimated to be worth millions of shillings recovered, after a Directorate of Criminal Investigations-led sting operation in Juja, Kiambu County.   Two of the suspects, Johana Thuku and Stephen Githitu, were arrested after detectives raided a scrap metal yard in Juja’s Matangi area. Several vandalized Kenya Power transformers, rolls of aluminum conductors and assorted materials belonging to the power manufacturer were recovered. The duo was later arraigned in court and charged with vandalism and handling stolen infrastructure equipment. The third suspect, Patrick King’ori, was arrested on Thursday evening as he attempted to evade the DCI dragnet; a manhunt is still underway for more suspects believed to be ...
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Education CS George Magoha, announces KCPE results to be released in two weeks
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Education CS George Magoha, announces KCPE results to be released in two weeks

Education CS George Magoha said marking started on Monday, and day one papers have already been marked. “If we challenge ourselves, the results will come out within fourteen days,” Magoha said. The pupils started with Mathematics, Composition, and English on Monday, Kiswahili Lugha, Insha and Science on Tuesday. Magoha said marking started immediately after the first three papers were submitted. He spoke while supervising the distribution of exams at Kamukunji Deputy County Commissioners Office. He later visited Eastleigh Primary and Ansaaru Sunna Group of schools in Eastleigh. Knec has also put in place programmes that will guide the assessment of oral exams, distribution of materials during exams and return of answer scripts. This year the council registered 1,2...
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Kenya, Ethiopian to Collaborate in fighting Cross border Terrorism
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Kenya, Ethiopian to Collaborate in fighting Cross border Terrorism

Kenya and Ethiopia have pledged to conduct cross border terror operations for stability. Both countries have reiterated strong security cooperation to fight cross-border terrorism thereby ensuring peace and stability in the area. Police chiefs for both countries met in Addis Ababa on Tuesday and agreed to cooperate in many other ways to deal with such cross border crimes.  Kenya and Ethiopia share a common border and have suffered several attacks by the criminal gang. •Shene has been fighting the government from its stronghold in the Oromia region of western Ethiopia even though it entered the country to pursue peaceful political struggle in mid-2018. Inspector General of the National Police Service Hilary Mutyambai during a meeting with the Commisioner General of ...
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Ababu Namwamba resigns as Foreign Affairs CAS
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Ababu Namwamba resigns as Foreign Affairs CAS

Ababu Namwamba has stepped down as the Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary. "I thank the president for the appointment, but it is time to vacate the seat," he said. Speaking to the media, Ababu applauded the team that runs the ministry affairs department. "We have accomplished so much and during this four-year period, we have had an amazing time," he said. The former Budalangi MP will take up his new role as Deputy President William Ruto's roving envoy on international relations.
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