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President Uhuru Kenyatta launches second naval base in Manda Bay
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President Uhuru Kenyatta launches second naval base in Manda Bay

President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened a strategic naval base to secure Kenya’s territorial waters and protect the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset) project. The Manda Bay Forward Operations Base (FOB), which played a key role in the capture of Kismayu by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in September 2012, was yesterday upgraded to a full naval base. The FOB was crucial in planning during Operation Linda Nchi, a cross-border offensive against the Al-Shabaab who had been making regular trips into Kenyan territory and causing chaos. While presenting the presidential and regimental colours, President Kenyatta said his government is determined to protect Kenya’s territory, explaining that the base will play a key role in achieving that. Presidential colour...
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EABL to Ditch Expensive Kenya Power Electricity for Solar
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EABL to Ditch Expensive Kenya Power Electricity for Solar

The East Africa Breweries Limited has announced plans to ditch the expensive Kenya Power electricity for cheaper and more reliable solar energy to power its factories. Kenya Breweries Limited managing director John Musunga said the company plans to generate its power before 2030 in an ambitious proposal worth KSh 22 billion. "We are committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2030 in all of our facilities.The KSh22 billion investment also includes the production of biofuel," Business Daily quoted Musunga. The MD revealed the brewer had partly switched to using solar energy in its new Kisumu plant, where 10% of its electricity requirements was met by renewable energy. In the green energy plan, the foreign-owned company targets to generate at least 9.3 megawatts at its Ruara...
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Boxing champion great Manny Pacquiao to run for president in 2022
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Boxing champion great Manny Pacquiao to run for president in 2022

Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao has launched his presidential bid with vows to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks to win over voters with his rags-to-riches story. "The time is now -- we are ready to rise to the challenge of leadership," Pacquiao -- currently a senator -- said Sunday, as he accepted the nomination of a rival faction in President Rodrigo Duterte's ruling party. The eight-division world champion and national hero made the announcement weeks after losing what could be his last professional fight, against Cuban Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, who entered politics in 2010 as a congressman before being elected to the Senate, has long been expected to make a tilt for the country's highest office. The 42-year-old is deeply admired by many i...
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Matatu Owners Association Deny Planning Nationwide Strike in Protest of Fuel Prices
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Matatu Owners Association Deny Planning Nationwide Strike in Protest of Fuel Prices

The Matatu Owners' Association (MOA) has dismissed reports of a pending nationwide strike against the fuel price increase. The Matatu Owners' Association (MOA) has dismissed reports of a pending nationwide strike against the fuel price increase. Consequently, the association's chairperson Simon Kimutai asked members of the public to disregard social media reports warning of the disruption of public transport beginning Thursday, September 16. Kimutai faulted the government over fuel price but assured the public that the association would lobby for alternative ways to address certain challenges arising from fuel price. "As the association, we are not going on strike but then we are lobbying for an enabling work environment, we feel the governmrn is not considerate but we are...
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Kenya to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines starting next year
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Kenya to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines starting next year

Kenya will next year start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines locally in collaboration with unnamed pharmaceutical firms in a move aimed at easing supply hitches that have derailed mass inoculation. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe revealed in an internal vaccination blue print that the country has started the process of building a filling plant for the Covid-19 vaccines. A full-fledged vaccine manufacturing plant will be built by 2024, said Mr Kagwe. A fill and finish facility helps third parties put the vaccine from the main manufacturers into vials or syringes, sealing them and packaging them up for distribution. “We aim to start local production during the first quarter of 2022 and have a fully-fledged human vaccine manufacturing capability by 2024.” Mr Kagwe said lo...
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22 Migrants abducted in Mexico have been rescued from hotel
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22 Migrants abducted in Mexico have been rescued from hotel

Some 22 suspected migrants who were abducted by gunmen at a hotel in Mexico have been rescued, authorities say. They were kidnapped when armed men stormed the Sol y Luna hotel in the central city of Matehuala in the early hours of Tuesday. The victims, who include children and a pregnant woman, are mostly from Haiti and Cuba, Reuters news agency reported. Earlier accounts had said some were Venezuelan. The gunmen also kidnapped 16 Mexicans. The kidnappers had arrived in three SUVs, the prosecutor's office in San Luis Potosi state said. They also took the hotel's logbook of guests, complicating the search. The state's attorney general Arturo Garza Herrera said: "I am going to notify the migration institute so that they can be involved since we do not know the migratory s...
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Mudavadi says no one owes him any political debt.
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Politics

Mudavadi says no one owes him any political debt.

Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi has maintained that no one owes him any political debt. Mudavadi clarified that in politics there is nothing like political debts resulting from one’s previous support of another. He said people come together politically with an agenda through shared ideologies, and that should not be seen as a debt. Mudavadi made the remarks on Tuesday during an interview with Kass FM/TV. Responding to questions regarding his 2007 and 2017 support for ODM leader Raila Odinga and whether he feels the former Prime Minister should reciprocate by supporting his 2022 bid, Mudavadi said he is seeking the support of all Kenyans and not from a specific person. “I don’t believe in the idea of ‘political debts’. Raila owes me no debt politica...
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MET GALA 2021 STARS ARRIVE, HIGH FASHION IS BACK!
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Entertainment

MET GALA 2021 STARS ARRIVE, HIGH FASHION IS BACK!

The Met Gala is back after a year off due to COVID, and it looks like the stars were chomping at the bit to put on their best suits and dresses in a return to normalcy. This year's hosts include Keke Palmer, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Timothee Chalamet and Naomi Osaka -- and they've already arrived in with their own getups ... which were eye-popping and extravagant.Getty Some of the stars expected to show include Rihanna, J Lo, Kim K, Emily Ratajkowski, Camila Cabello, Lupita N'yongo, Beyonce, Addison Rae and more. This year's theme is "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" -- so we'll see wears to rep that. We know what you're thinking ... what about the Delta variant? There are strict protocols i...
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Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules — report
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Business

Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules — report

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 26, 2021 Facebook logo is pictured on a laptop screen in Moscow. - Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a program launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on September 13, 2021. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some of its own rules for posts as part of a program launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The program, referred to as "cross check" or "XCheck," shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network, according to a report citing intern...
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Gunmen free 240 inmates from Nigerian prison
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Gunmen free 240 inmates from Nigerian prison

Heavily armed gunmen stormed a jail in Nigeria's central Kogi state overnight, freeing scores of inmates, a prison authority spokesman said Monday. It was unclear who the gunmen were but central and northwest Nigeria have been terrorised by criminal gangs for years. "The medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State, has been attacked by yet to be identified gunmen and 240 inmates forcefully released," Nigeria's correctional service spokesman Francis Enobore said in a statement. At about 2245 GMT on Sunday, he said, numerous attackers "engaged the armed guards in a fierce gun battle." But the gunmen invaded the prison, which had 294 prisoners in custody at the time, including 224 pre-trial detainees. Investigations were under way Monday to find the escapees, he ...
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