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Recruitment for phase three of Kazi mtaani to start Friday 19th Nov.

19Nov

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local news

Recruitment for phase three of Kazi mtaani to start Friday 19th Nov.

The recruitment process for the third phase of the Kazi mtaani programme is set to begin on Friday, November 19. Principal Secretary for State Department of Housing and Urban Development, Charles Hinga in a statement announced that interested persons will be required to register through the Kazi Mtaani Management System portal. "The online portal will ensure those interested be registered in a timely, transparent and efficient manner that will be equitable across the board," he said on Tuesday. KMS is a mobile and web-based system developed by the government of Kenya to register and manage Kazi mtaani beneficiaries across the country. Hinga said the web application will be used to register, process the data received from the mobile application, payments and reports.&...

US Secretary Antony Blinken arrives in Nairobi

17Nov

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International news, Politics

US Secretary Antony Blinken arrives in Nairobi

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken arrived in Nairobi on Wednesday morning. Announcing his arrival via Twitter, Blinken said he looks forward to meeting different stakeholders and discuss matters of shared interests. "Vipi WaKenya! Glad to be in Kenya, a nation with which we have a deep and long-standing friendship," he tweeted. "Looking forward to meeting with government officials and civil society to discuss our shared interests and affirm our strategic partnership." The US Secretary of State was received by Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo and Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy, Eric Kneedler. His plane touched down at around 1.20am. Blinken will meet with President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss cooperation on ending the Covid-19 pandemic and regional security i...

Miguna return in limbo as Court refuses to lift red alerts

12Nov

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International news, local news

Miguna return in limbo as Court refuses to lift red alerts

The High court has declined to lift the red alerts issued by the Kenyan government preventing self declared NRM leader Miguna Miguna to travel to the country. Judge Hedwig Ong'undi said there was no evidence showing that Miguna had been stopped from returning to the country. He noted that the burden of proof was on Miguna to show that the red alerts exist "There is no evidence to prove the alerts exist. This court cannot rule on speculation to grant the orders he is seeking. Case dismissed," Justice Hedwig said. "Court being a Court of law expected him to adduce evidence to prove existence of the red alerts." Under a certificate of urgency, Miguna said the alerts had prevented Lufthansa and Air France airlines from allowing him to board its planes for purposes of travel...

Uhuru directs heightened security as cops look for five terror suspects

12Nov

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International news, local news

Uhuru directs heightened security as cops look for five terror suspects

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed internal security institutions to heighten vigilance and surveillance across the country following the unfolding security situation in the region. The Head of State gave the instructions during Friday's National Security Council meeting. Uhuru gave the directive even as police officers put Sh50m bounty on five terror suspects. The police put the bounty on missing terror convict Elgiva Bwire, Salim Rashid Mohammed, Mohammad Abubakar, Barigi Abdikadir Haila and Trevor Ndwiga. Tales of Bwire took a new twist after the state announced he had gone underground and described him as armed and dangerous. According to DCI, Bwire, either joined terror groups, including al Shabaab and ISIS, or went underground to plan attacks. Afte...

Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing Machakos priest

11Nov

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local news

Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing Machakos priest

Embu Court has sentenced one Michael Mutunga to 30 years in prison after he was found guilty of killing a Catholic priest Michael Maingi in 2019. Judge Lucy Njuguna on Thursday, said there was no justification for Mutunga's action. Mutunga through his Lawyer Kirimi Gwantai had applied a mitigation factor which indicated his action was out of grief and anger after he was sodomised by the priest. Judge Lucy said Mutunga should have used the available legal means to seek justice instead of taking the matter onto his own hands. She said the conduct of the accused after committing the offence betrayed his innocence by all means after he withdrew sh400,000 from the M-pesa of the deceased, took into possession his vehicle and converted it to be his own. "I find the circumstanc...

Msytery dawn inferno visits Gikomba market again

8Nov

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local news

Msytery dawn inferno visits Gikomba market again

Gikomba Market, East Africa’s largest open-air market, has experienced unpredictable fires annually. For decades, the market has been a source of income for many including food vendors, second-hand clothes traders, carpenters, business people and many more. However, for many years they have constantly been in tears, encountered losses as fire mocked their success by razing down the market. The latest fire this year was experienced on October 19, barely two months after another fire in August that prompted the traders to sue the county government over frequent fires. Also in February this year, a fire broke out and the "mitumba "section was still affected. Seeking to address the problem, Nairobi County Government and the National Government opted to built a new fiv...

8Nov

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local news

2 killed in Mombasa Road crash

Two people have died on Monday while two others were critically injured in a road accident along the Nairobi – Mombasa highway at Still Plant area in Athi River. Athi River subcounty police commander Anderson Njagi said the two died on the spot in an accident that involved a lorry and trailer at around 6am. Njagi said the lorry was travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa, while the trailer was headed in the opposite direction leading to a head on collision. He blamed the lorry driver for the accident. The driver didn’t follow the instructions to divert. He proceeded against the traffic. So, there was a head on collision. The lorry’s driver died on the spot with his turn boy, the passenger was seriously injured and has been rushed to Shalom Community Hospital in Athi River...

4Nov

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International news

Ethiopia’s war marks one year.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 26, 2021 A damaged tank stands on a road north of Mekele, the capital of Tigray. - Ethiopia's cabinet on November 2, 2021 declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent push towards the capital, state-affiliated media reported. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) A year ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deployed troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region, launching a campaign that he vowed would be swift and targeted. Instead, it devolved into a prolonged war marked by atrocities and starvation, and fighting now threatens the Ethiopian capital. How did we get here? The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner said he aimed to detain and disarm leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the...

Governor Mutua said he’ll crush me to ashes – ex Lillian Ng’ang’a

4Nov

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Entertainment

Governor Mutua said he’ll crush me to ashes – ex Lillian Ng’ang’a

The separation between Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua and his ex -Lilian Ng'ang'a - has taken an ugly turn, with the latter accusing the county chief of harassment and refusing to move on. In a press conference with her lawyer Philip Murgor on Thursday, Ng'ang'a accused the governor of gaining access to a vehicle she allegedly owns and having it sold. “Mutua, accompanied by his police guard, Martin Nzinghi arrived at my apartment parking lot at Kileleshwa, Nairobi, and without my knowledge or consent and using a spare key which he had legally obtained, drove way my personal motor vehicle KBY 186G- a car which had been fully registered in my name since 2014,” read part of Ng'ang'a's statement. She also alleges her shares in the hotel company she co-owned with the governor were...

President Biden is in Rome for a G20 summit

29Oct

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International news

President Biden is in Rome for a G20 summit

US President Joe Biden has arrived in Europe for two international summits, leaving his $2.75tn (£2tn) domestic agenda in limbo back in Washington. Mr Biden had hoped to trumpet a bumper environmental package at next week's global climate summit in the UK. But his fellow Democrats abandoned plans for a vote on Thursday, leaving his whole platform up in the air. Mr Biden, whose approval rating has been falling, said his presidency itself was hanging in the balance. "The rest of the world wonders whether we can function," he said. He landed in Rome early on Friday for a G20 summit where plans for a global minimum tax will be on the agenda. America's second Catholic president will also meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday. He will head to Scotland on Sunday nig...