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Raila Odinga Pledges to Free All Petty Offenders
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Raila Odinga Pledges to Free All Petty Offenders

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya party presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga has pledged to free petty offenders should he clinch the country's top seat at the upcoming August polls. Odinga, speaking in a virtual rally on Friday, castigated the country’s judicial system for prioritizing the arrest of petty offenders instead of going after high-profile persons facing more serious crimes such as graft charges. The ODM party leader was referring to the case of one Alvin Linus Chivondo, a man who was sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing cooking oil at a local supermarket on Monday.
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U.S Weapons Provides Weapon Shipments To Ukraine
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U.S Weapons Provides Weapon Shipments To Ukraine

The note, known as a demarche, was sent earlier this week as the US was preparing to announce that it would be sending an additional $800 million military aid package to Ukraine. The Washington Post first reported on the document. The US has for the first time agreed to provide Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials a few short weeks ago viewed as too great of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago, including 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 18 155 mm Howitzer cannons and 300 more Switchblade drones. A source familiar with the Russian diplomatic note said it was expected that Moscow would protest the shipments, and it was still unclear whether it means Russia will change its behavior in any way. But this person acknowledged that the note c...
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Gov’t To Pay A Further Ksh.14 Billion To Oil Marketers
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Gov’t To Pay A Further Ksh.14 Billion To Oil Marketers

The government is expected to pay a further Ksh.14 billion to oil marketing companies (OMCs) to cover arrears from the fuel subsidy. Already, the Ministry says it has paid Ksh.34.2 billion of the arrears owed to the fuel retailers over the course of the fuel shortage crisis in the country. "We are in receipt of the full outstanding balance that is payable to the OMCs. As of yesterday (Wednesday) we had dispatched upwards of Ksh.34.6 billion since the program started last year and will continue with these disbursements once done with the administrative procedures," stated Acting Petroleum and Mining Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma. According to Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau, the payments are expected to be booked later on Thursday or Tuesday next week. "EPRA will...
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UDA Postpones Nominations In Bumula, Mt. Elgon, Turkana And Kakamega
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UDA Postpones Nominations In Bumula, Mt. Elgon, Turkana And Kakamega

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party’s National Elections Board (NEB) has postponed the party primaries in Bumula, Mt. Elgon, Turkana Central, Kakamega and Turkana East constituencies. Speaking while issuing a media update on the nomination exercise on Thursday, NEB Chairman Anthony Mwaura stated that the Bumula, Turkana Central, and Turkana East elections will be held on Tuesday, April 19. Mt. Elgon and Kakamega will, meanwhile, hold their primaries on Friday, April 15. “In Mt. Elgon and Kakamega we are carrying out tomorrow. This affects very few constituencies and county assemblies and as a body we are really pleased with the happenings,” said Mwaura. He attributed the postponement in Mt. Elgon to reports of violence after rowdy youth barricaded roa...
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Gov’t Promises To Stabilise Fuel Supply Within 3 Days
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Gov’t Promises To Stabilise Fuel Supply Within 3 Days

Normal fuel supply across the country will be stabilised within the next 72 hours as the government moves to address the artificial fuel shortage that has hit Kenya. Energy Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma insisted that the current fuel crisis is artificial created by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) who complained that the government was yet to pay billions of shillings in fuel subsidy. She also said the crisis was further exacerbated by the oil companies hoarding stock with the hope of a spike in fuel prices set to be announced today by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). Saying that anyone behind the crisis will be punished to the full extent of the law, Juma said that the government has moved to try and place country back on the path of normalcy. “I h...
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Presidential escort unit officer shoots himself in the Head
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Presidential escort unit officer shoots himself in the Head

A police officer attached to the elite presidential escort unit died by suicide in a bizarre incident in his house in Juja, Kiambu County. Constable Samuel Ngatia who was attached to Deputy President William Ruto’s security team died after shooting himself in the head on Monday morning. The motive behind the incident is yet to be known and police are conducting investigations. He was alone in the house within the General Service Unit’s Recce squad camp along Kenyatta Road at the time of the incident. He used his pistol to blow up his head and preliminary findings show the bullet entered on the right side and exited on the left side, officials who visited the scene said. A Jericho pistol loaded with 13 bullets and a Trevor Sub Machine Gun with two magazines loaded with 3...
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Kenya Kwanza parties sign coalition agreement
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Kenya Kwanza parties sign coalition agreement

The Kenya Kwanza Alliance parties signed their Coalition Agreement on Tuesday prior to depositing the document with the Registrar of Political Parties. The signing was done by the Secretary Generals of constituent parties of the coalition at the Ngong Racecourse, Nairobi. Deputy President William Ruto, ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wentangula witnessed the occasion Twelve political parties have come under the fold of Kenya Kwanza, including the coalition's founding parties, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), Ford Kenya and Amani National Congress, ANC. The coalition has settled on Ruto as its presidential candidate in the August 9 polls.
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26 dead in latest Nigeria gang raid
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26 dead in latest Nigeria gang raid

Gunmen have attacked villages in Nigeria's central Plateau state killing at least 26 people, with more feared dead. The attackers on motorbikes stormed at least four remote villages on Sunday in Kanam area in the state, shooting people dead. Most of the victims were children. The gunmen also stole cattle and burnt down homes. Residents say at least 20 bodies have been found in the village of Gyambau while at least six have been recovered in the village of Kyaram. More killings were reported in the villages of Dungur and Kukawa. A number of people are still missing and hundreds have been displaced. The authorities say more security forces are being deployed to the area.
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Alien-Like Creature Found On Australian Beach
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Alien-Like Creature Found On Australian Beach

Australia has seen its share of weird creatures on its beaches recently, and this close encounter is making locals scratch their heads. This alien-like creature washed up on the shores of Bondi Beach Tuesday ...discovered by local Drew Lambert. It was lying in a pile of seaweed, with lips resembling a human's. Drew says he assumed it was some odd form of a shark, but now he isn't so sure ... people online have speculated what it could be, with several speculating it might be a type of ray, but as one person commented, "it's missing like, everything."
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