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TV Personality Shiksha Arora narrates city robbery ordeal.

22Jun

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TV Personality Shiksha Arora narrates city robbery ordeal.

News Anchor Shiksha Arora has narrated how robbers strangled her ahead of her debut at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. The incident happened at around 5:20 pm at the globe roundabout flyover. "Guy one knocked my side mirror bending it backwards and walked away. While I was rolling down my window slightly to reposition the mirror, the second guy started banging the front seat passenger window loudly," she said. In a series of tweets, Arora said as she was looking to her left, another man slid his hand in through her window and unlocked her car and got into the back seat. "..grabbed my purse and asked for my phone, at this point in time I was in panic mode, couldn’t say anything. He asked for it again and reached for my neck, strangling me," she said. "As he was...

Kiambu man confesses to killing his girlfriend.

19Apr

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Kiambu man confesses to killing his girlfriend.

Evans Karani, 38, a businessman based in Juja, Kiambu County has baffled detectives after allegedly confessing that he murdered his estranged girlfriend on Wednesday last week and dumped her body near a forest hoping it would be eaten by wild animals. Mr Karani, who runs a transport business and doubles up as a sand broker in Ndarugo, had dated 24-year-old Catherine Nyokabi, a mother of one, for nearly four years but their relationship had been rocked with claims of infidelity with Mr Karani accusing Ms Nyokabi of having an affair with another man. Desperate and feeling betrayed, Mr Karani reportedly told detectives that, early last week before the murdered happened, he had unsuccessfully tried to convince Ms Nyokabi to delete a photo of the alleged new lover from her phone beca...

At least 41 dead as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia.

17Apr

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At least 41 dead as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia.

At least 41 people, including a child, have died after a boat carrying African migrants to Europe sank off Tunisia, the UN refugee agency and International Organization for Migration said on Friday. "According to reports from local UNHCR and IOM teams, three survivors were rescued by the Tunisian National Coast Guard" following Thursday's sinking, they said in a joint statement. "The bodies of 41 people, including at least one child, have so far been retrieved," the statement said. Earlier, Ali Ayari, spokesman for the Tunisian coast guard in the eastern city of Sfax, had put the death toll at 20. He said the bodies of 11 men, eight women and a child were retrieved. Seventeen other people were missing. Search operations, halted due to bad weather, would...

Beatrice Makokha’s 3kg growth removed after 21 years.

14Apr

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Beatrice Makokha’s 3kg growth removed after 21 years.

Beatrice Makhoka, the Bungoma woman who has lived with a 3kg facial growth for 21 years could soon resume normal life. This is after a team of doctors at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital successfully removed the growth that blocked her face, including her nose, and interfered with her breathing. She has lived with the heavy growth for 21 year and was almost giving up her struggle to live. The medics removed the growth during a daylong surgery at the Eldoret-based hospital, where she is now recuperating in the Neuroward. “Beatrice underwent the surgery which was successful. She is doing well and she is upbeat. I have talked to her and she is so grateful to the hospital and all the support she has received,” the hospital CEO, Dr Wilson Aruasa, said. Dr Aruasa ...

Kamukunji politician Ibrahim Ahmed ‘Johnny’ dies.

9Apr

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Kamukunji politician Ibrahim Ahmed ‘Johnny’ dies.

Former Kamukunji MP aspirant Ibrahim Ahmed Yusuf, popularly known as Johnny, is dead. Ahmed died in Nairobi on Friday morning. Johnny, as he was fondly referred to, died on Friday morning after a short illness, according to his family. He passed on at the Coptic Hospital where he was rushed for emergency treatment. There was no immediate confirmation on the cause, but his family and friends said he had a kidney condition. Jamia Mosque officials said Ahmed will be buried at 12pm on Friday at the Langata Cemetery.

6Apr

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KCPE results out in two weeks.

KCPE examination results will be out in the next two weeks,This was said by Education CS George Magoha. Magoha announced this on Monday in Kisumu saying they are on the right track with only the marking of Kiswahili Insha and English Composition currently ongoing. The CS said the invigilator in Kitui who sent away a pupil during the composition examination will be dealt with and will face the law. He however said the pupil will be graded minus the composition exam. Magoha told school heads and education officers to be extra careful because a few of them were 'playing' with the examination papers after taking them from the containers. Magoha noted that it was quite unfortunate that such people end up confusing the candidates undertaking the examinations. This is...

Over 100 arrested for flouting curfew rules in Kisumu.

3Apr

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Over 100 arrested for flouting curfew rules in Kisumu.

What began as a Good Friday celebration for revellers in Kisumu City ended in police cells. The revellers were arrested while imbibing their favourite drinks and partying past curfew hours as directed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in a move aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. Most clubs in major towns across the Nyanza region such as Bondo, Siaya, Homabay, Oyugis, Kisii and Migori are known to operate past the recommended closing hours with patrons enjoying their drinks behind closed doors. On Friday night, police officers raided popular clubs along Oginga Odinga street and those located along Makasembo, Jomo Kenyatta and Tom Mboya. Those who were arrested included the bar owners. According to Nyanza region police commander Karanja Muiruri a total of 138 revellers we...