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Nairobi, Rift Valley get new Regional Commissioners in latest changes
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Nairobi, Rift Valley get new Regional Commissioners in latest changes

Nairobi and Rift Valley regions Wednesday, January 12 got new Regional Commissioners (RC) in changes announced by the Office of the President. Also affected were Western, Eastern, Central and North Eastern. The changes were announced by Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho who said they be effected immediately. The new Nairobi RC will be William Kangethe Thuku who was two weeks ago named the Chief Administrative Secretary for Correctional Services. The new Rift Valley RC will be Makueni County Commissioner Mohamed Maalim. This follows the resignation of George Natembeya from Rift Valley as the RC to seek to be elected as Trans Nzoia County governor. Even though he resigned, Natembeya was moved to Harambee House where he will clear his way out. Those affect...
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Nikola Jokic gets tossed, but Nuggets top Wizards
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Nikola Jokic gets tossed, but Nuggets top Wizards

Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 19 rebounds and nine assists before being ejected, Monte Morris scored 22 points and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Washington Wizards 113-107 on Monday night. Aaron Gordon had 16 points and Jeff Green scored 13 for the Nuggets, who held a 33-point lead in the third quarter but had to hold on. Jokic was tossed midway through the fourth period after arguing calls with two different referees after the same passage of play. Davis Bertans scored 21 points, Bradley Beal had 19 points and 10 assists, Aaron Holliday added 18 and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 13 for Washington. The Wizards were without Kyle Kuzma due to health and safety protocols. Denver was missing JaMychal Green, who suffered an ankle injury in San Antonio on Saturday night, and Wil...
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Mama Ngina Girls Secondary school closed after attempted arson
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Mama Ngina Girls Secondary school closed after attempted arson

Mama Ngina Girls' Secondary School has been closed down indefinitely after an attempted arson by the students at around 5am of Wednesday morning. Mombasa County Director of Education Peter Magiri confirmed that fire broke out in one of the ablution blocks within the school compound when the girls were preparing for the morning preps. He said all the girls have been sent home as they launch further investigation into the incident. Mama Ngina is the only girls' national secondary school in Mombasa County. This is the first school unrest incident to be reported in Mombasa. Police, County education officers are currently at the school, following up on the incident. More to follow
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Plumber at Joel Osteen’s church finds stash of cash, cheques in wall
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Plumber at Joel Osteen’s church finds stash of cash, cheques in wall

A plumber doing repair work at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church  found hundreds of envelopes of cash and cheques hidden in a wall that police think is connected to a massive 2014 theft at the Houston mega-church. According to CNN, officers were called to the church on November 10 to investigate the discovery. "Church members stated that during a renovation project, a large amount of money -- including cash, cheques and money orders -- was found inside a wall," statement by Houston Police Department read. Police said that evidence from the recovered cheques suggests that the envelopes are connected to the March 9, 2014, theft of undisclosed amounts of money from the church. CNN reported at the time that about $600,000 (Sh66 million) in cash and $400,000 (Sh44 milli...
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Mutyambai son to face charges over fatal accident
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Mutyambai son to face charges over fatal accident

A son to Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai is likely to be charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving following an accident that occurred Thursday in Nairobi. David Mwendwa Mutyambai was driving the four wheel drive car that was involved in the accident. Mwendwa is also likely to be charged with causing serious injuries to a pedestrian following the accident. He is out on Sh20,000 cash bail as police investigate the incident along Southern Bypass in Nairobi. The file on the accident is likely to be sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution with the recommendations. Police are also likely to ask the ODPP to open an inquest into the accident based on the accounts of Mwendwa and passengers who were on board the double cabin car....
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Uhuru back after week’s visit to Mozambique, South Africa and Uganda
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Uhuru back after week’s visit to Mozambique, South Africa and Uganda

President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived back in Nairobi Thursday after a weeklong visit to Mozambique, South Africa and Uganda. Kenyatta arrived in Kenya ahead of a busy schedule waiting for him. He starts his schedule in Lanet, Nakuru where he will preside over a military parade on Friday, November 26. On Monday, November 29, he is expected to be at National Police College Campus A, Embakasi for the passing out parade of 2,610 recruits. On Tuesday, November 30, he has scheduled the State of Nation Address in a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament on November 30. National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi communicated the planned address to MPs during the Tuesday plenary sitting. The President is expected to take stock of his administration’s milestones as well as state h...
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Passaris now wants DCI, DPP to ban Sonko from social media
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Passaris now wants DCI, DPP to ban Sonko from social media

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has asked the Director of Criminal Investigations to block all the social media platforms of former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko. She spoke Tuesday during the illumination of the Kenyatta International Conference Center to mark the beginning of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence on Tuesday night. Passaris said that Sonko’s recent actions warranted the country to ban him from using any social media platforms. Sonko recently leaked videos implicating various individuals including Justice Said Chitembwe in alleged corrupt dealings, with one woman being exposed in a compromising situation. Passaris said that Sonko infringed on the rights of the woman and his expose of her constitutes online violence against her. ...
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Mass Looting in Bay Area, This Time Nordstrom in Walnut Creek
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Mass Looting in Bay Area, This Time Nordstrom in Walnut Creek

Bay Area looters have coordinated by the dozens and descended upon high-end retail stores ... and on Saturday, Walnut Creek's number was called. Check out this footage that was captured last night by NBC reporter Jodi Hernandez, who filmed a surreal scene at a Nordstrom store in the mostly upscale East Bay city. As she describes ... it looks like scores of people pulled up to the curb in a concerted effort. She captured more footage of Walnut PD officers arriving on the scene and apprehending a few of the thieves -- but by all accounts, a majority of them got away ... with only 3 arrests being made that night. Three out of about a reported 80 people -- so not even close. It's a deeply troubling trend that started to make itself known in San Francisco just the night before, on...
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Kampala bombings: Kenya tracking terror cells
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Kampala bombings: Kenya tracking terror cells

People extinguish fire on cars caused by a bomb explosion near Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda, on November 16, 2021. - Two explosions hit Uganda's capital Kampala on November 16, 2021, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country. The explosions occurred in the central business district of Kampala near the central police station and the entrance to parliament, police said. (Photo by Ivan Kabuye / AFP) Kenya deployed heavily armed police officers around key installations on Tuesday in response to twin suicide bomb blasts that rocked Kampala. At least six people were killed  and hundreds injured in the Ugandan capital. One blast was near Parliament, the other near the Central police stat...
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Miguna return in limbo as Court refuses to lift red alerts
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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...
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