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UhuRuto lock out politicians from JP posts

In a major blow to politicians, President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto will lock out sitting elected leaders and aspirants from managing the Jubilee Party.Instead, they have agreed that party...

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ODM now targets three IEBC officials

The IEBC saga isn't over yet — ODM is stoking the fire with a new issue.The party now demands vetting and removal of three IEBC officials, despite commissioners agreeing to leave only if the...

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Ethiopia declares six-month state of emergency after violence

Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn declared a six-month state of emergency on Sunday to restore order after weeks of protests that have resulted in deaths and damage to mostly foreign-owned factories...

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Recce Squad officer shoots lover 53 times, kills himself

A Recce Squad officer used an M16 rifle to fire 53 bullets at his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in his house at the headquarters in Ruiru.US-trained commando Kennedy Mwarabu shot Nthenya...

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Surgeon used a 'Mulika Mwizi' for a caesarean section

One night Fredrick Ouma Oluga was in the middle of a caesarian section at the Vihiga District Hospital when the lights flickered and then went out.The hospital’s generator should have kicked in...

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Jubilee's Sh6.8bn secret water project will turn counties to deserts - Raila

Cord leader Raila Odinga wants the Sh6.8 billion Northern Water Collector Tunnel project stopped as it is a "secret, ridiculous" Jubilee initiative.The project funded by the World Bank seeks to divert...

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Raila fights project he launched

Opposition chief Raila Odinga appeared to shoot himself in the foot yesterday when he savagely opposed a Sh6.8 billion "secret Jubilee Government" water project — which he launched as Prime Minister in...

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Maasai, lobby call for for new SGR route to spare national park

The Maasai community and conservationists yesterday proposed a new route for phase two of the standard gauge railway to save Nairobi National Park.This comes as public resistance mounts to the...

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Kill us or commute our sentence, say Death Row convicts

Three hundred Death Row inmates are begging for execution or commuted sentences, they live in agony and limbo.It's better to be dead, they say, than to live in solitary confinement for years, denied...

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Ruto blamed for job losses of Kalenjins

There's an effort to reignite rebellion in the Rift Valley against Deputy President William Ruto.He and President Uhuru Kenyatta are facing allegations they have unfairly fired key Kalenjins, sidelined...

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Ababu Bill slashes MPs’ hefty pay, scraps sitting allowances

Public officers pocketing fat salaries could face a pay cut while sitting allowances may be scrapped — if MPs vote to reduce their own benefits for the publi good.A bill by Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba...

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Zuma and Uhuru tight-lipped on CS Mohamed’s AU candidature

South African President Jacob Zuma remained tight-lipped about his country’s commitment to back Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed as the next African Union Commission chairperson.Neither...

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Murang’a assembly wanted Sh6.8bn project redesigned

The Murang’a assembly last year recommended the controversial Sh6.8 billion Northern Water Collector Tunnel be redesigned because it would cause severe and long-term damage.A report of the assembly’s...

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Audit calls for reduction of MPs, MCAs

Kenyans are over-represented by exorbitantly paid lawmakers and should slash the number of elected leaders and reduce their allowances, an audit report on the Constitution says.The report presented to...

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I’ll back Wetang’ula or Raila ‘if they are picked’

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday said his desire to be Kenya’s fifth President is not cast in stone.He said he is willing to support whoever is chosen as Cord’s flagbearer. But if he is chosen,...

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I’m a liberal Christian and faith won’t cloud my mind – Maraga

Chief Justice nominee David Maraga, 66, yesterday told MPs he will work to end frequent wrangles pitting Parliament and the executive against the judiciary.He told the Justice and Legal Affairs...

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Ending contract with KLM could have saved KQ Sh26bn

Kenya Airways management could have ended the KLM partnership earlier to save the airline from last year’s Sh26 billion losses, the National Assembly Transport Committee was told yesterday.The...

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Listen to my side as well, Machar tells Kenyan MPs

After surviving 37 days on the run with South Sudan government soldiers shooting and detonating bombs at him, former vice president Riek Machar is appealing to Kenyan MPs not to condemn him...

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Couple misdiagnosed with HIV to sue health centre, demands compensation

Frederick Omondi, whose wife was misdiagnosed with HIV has threatened to sue Diani Health Centre for compensation. The family's story was first aired on a local TV channel on Sunday evening.Speaking to...

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Atheists demand removal of 'God' from national anthem

Atheists in Kenya have lodged an online public petition demanding the removal of 'God' from the national anthem.In a statement on Sunday, the society said "as non-believers, we feel that the National...

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