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17Oct

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Kenyan Shilling weakened To Record Low

The Kenyan shilling weakened to a new low against the dollar , according to LSEG data. At 1015 GMT, the shilling was trading at 149.35/55 per U.S. dollar, compared with Friday's closing rate of 149.20/40, the data showed. The shilling, which has lost 17.4% of its value against the dollar since the start of the year, touched an all-time low of 149.40/60 earlier in the session. Typically, demand for dollars comes from the energy and manufacturing sectors.

Over Ksh.9 Million Worth Of Methamphetamine Drug Seized At JKIA

4Oct

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local news

Over Ksh.9 Million Worth Of Methamphetamine Drug Seized At JKIA

Detectives have seized Ksh.9 million worth of methamphetamine drug at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The drugs, weighing more than one kilogram, were concealed inside bicycle saddles. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the consignment was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia. “The drug estimated at over Ksh.9 million was stashed among other items declared as bicycle accessories in a consignment being shipped from Moroni, Comoros,” the DCI said. Detectives deployed at the airport to handle immigration crime and suspicious cargo flagged the consignment. A verification exercise saw brown packages with a white crystalline substance found concealed in eleven saddles. Upon testing, the substance tested positive for methamphetamine...

Police Officer Dies By Suspected Suicide In Kirinyaga

28Sep

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Police Officer Dies By Suspected Suicide In Kirinyaga

A police officer attached to the Kerugoya Police station in Kirinyaga County was on Wednesday found hanging from the roof of his rented house in Kerugoya town. His caretaker, Ann Wanjiru, said that she had gone to check up on him because he had been missing since Monday. Wanjiru said that after efforts to try and open the door turned futile, she decided to use an object to peep through the window, where she discovered a body hanging from the roof. "I tried to open it in vain as the door was locked from inside. I was shocked after seeing the body I immediately called the authorities," Wanjiru said. "We wonder why the officer decided to end his life and we think they are being paid well by the government." Confirming the incident, Kamukunji Assistant Chief Julius Ng...

Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot calls out president Ruto to stop reminding kenyans about Uhuru

18May

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Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot calls out president Ruto to stop reminding kenyans about Uhuru

Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot has called out President William Ruto for what he calls being stuck up on inheriting a poor state of the economy from former president Uhuru Kenyatta. Ruto and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, have several times been quoted saying they "inherited a dilapidated economy" from Mr Kenyatta, thus calling for more time and patience from Kenyans before a change with the Kenya Kwanza administration can be felt. But according to the outspoken lawyer and former presidential aspirant, President Ruto’s administration should borrow a leaf from Kenya’s third president, the late Mwai Kibaki, who he says was focused on transforming the country instead of complaining about the state of the country he inherited from President Daniel Moi. “Let us st...

UoN The Only Kenyan University Named In World’s Top 2,000

16May

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UoN The Only Kenyan University Named In World’s Top 2,000

The University of Nairobi has been named the only Kenyan University to make it to the top 2,000 universities globally. In the 2023 ranking edition by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) released on Monday, UoN was placed 1,425th on the list and ranked as the leading higher learning institution in Kenya. CWUR added that UoN's employability rank was recorded at 1,610 which was measured by the professional success of its alumni, including the number of top positions they have held at major companies relative to the university's size (25%). UoN's ranking has however dropped from its position in the CWUR 2022 edition, which placed it at the 1,404th position. Other African countries making the list were South Africa with 12 Universities, with the University of Cape T...

Masked Gunmen In Nakuru Storm Radio Station, Rob Presenters Live On Air

13May

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Masked Gunmen In Nakuru Storm Radio Station, Rob Presenters Live On Air

A radio station in Nakuru County was reportedly robbed while presenters were live on air on Thursday night. The robbery at the Mwinjoyo FM studios, which was caught on camera in a now viral video, occurred as the presenters were going about their show normally. Midway through the video, a group of gun-wielding men in dark clothing and masks are seen storming the studio and ordering the presenters to switch off the transmission and lie on the floor. At some point, one of the thugs confronts one of the presenters who is already lying down, asking them “nini unafanya wewe?” (what are you doing?) before stepping on them. They then proceed to query the presenters on whether there is somebody else in the premises, presumably at an office upstairs, and whether there are CCTV came...

Gunmen raid city hospital, steal patients’ cash and phones

12Apr

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Gunmen raid city hospital, steal patients’ cash and phones

Gunmen raided a private hospital in the Ruai area, Nairobi and robbed patients of mobile phones and cash. Guards at the Ruai Family Hospital told police the gang of two riding on a motorbike struck on Monday, April 10, at 4 am and forced their way into the facility. The guards said the gang was armed with pistols when they arrived and demanded cash and electronics. To announce their arrival one of the gunmen fired one round on the floor forcing the staff and patients present to cave in and lie down. It was then that one of the gunmen proceeded to collect four mobile phones from the patients present and unknown amount of money. And after the mission, the gang ran out of the facility and jumped onto a waiting motorcycle and escaped. Police said no injury was reported d...

Kenyans In Diaspora To Be Able To Marry At Embassies

6Apr

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Kenyans In Diaspora To Be Able To Marry At Embassies

Kenyans nationals in the diaspora will soon be able to marry at Kenyan embassies in their respective countries of residence, President William Ruto said on Wednesday. Ruto said Attorney General Justin Muturi is working on the gazettement of Kenyan embassies worldwide as legally-recognised places of marriage. “The Attorney General has given concurrence that he is going to gazette our embassies as a place you can get married,” he said in Kigali, Rwanda during a meeting with Kenyans living in the country. However, Ruto said the marriages will be within the confines of Kenyan law, meaning same-sex marriages will not be officiated regardless of whether the country of residence legally recognises gay marriages. “The law of Kenya will continue to apply; if you are a man, you can ...

Raila Calls Off Anti-Government Protests

2Apr

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Raila Calls Off Anti-Government Protests

Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday evening called off the anti-government protests which were set to enter the third day on Monday. The Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader made the announcement in a press address at his Capitol Hill office in Nairobi. It came just hours after President William Ruto's address in which he called on the opposition leader to do so and give way for a bipartisan parliamentary process in the recruitment of commissioners to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which is one of the issues the opposition had raised with President Ruto's administration. Odinga said the Azimio camp is ready for dialogue that will address the key issues they have raised. According to the opposition lea...

Raila: Uhuru Kenyatta Is Not Sponsoring Azimio Demos

29Mar

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Raila: Uhuru Kenyatta Is Not Sponsoring Azimio Demos

Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed “unfounded” claims that former president and Azimio council chairman Uhuru Kenyatta is funding the opposition’s anti-government protests. Following Monday’s demonstrations – the second in a series of bi-weekly protests lined up in the coming days – Odinga gave an interview to the BBC where he maintained that Kenyatta does not engage in Azimio’s “domestic issues”, despite still being a member of the movement. “There have been unfounded allegations that Honourable Uhuru Kenyatta is funding the current protests. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Odinga told the network. “Yes, Uhuru Kenyatta is a member of this movement, he is still the chairman of this movement, but he’s restrained himself and has had ...