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TNA boss calls for red uniform

Kiambu-The National Alliance branch chairman has asked area residents to wear red clothes during today's inauguration ceremony of President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta as a sign of support from his home turf....

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Heavy rains kill child, two men in Muranga

Heavy rains in Muranga yesterday killed three people.A young child was killed in a mudslide while two men were swept away by the two rivers in the county. The five-year-old child was killed when a...

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I will work with Joho to develop Mombasa- Awiti

Nyali MP Hezron Awiti yesterday announced there are no ill-feelings between him and Mombasa governor Hassan Joho. The two were bitter rivals after Awiti was frustrated in ODM in favour of then deputy...

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Tour sector tells the West to back Uhuru

Tourist players at the Coast have praised the decision by the West to soften their stand against President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta's win. Mohamed Hersi, t he chairman of Mombasa and Coast Tourist...

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TB prevalence in Mombasa and Malindi slums, say public health chief Omar

Tuberculosis is prevalent at slums in the Coast, the director of public health and sanitation at the province has warned. Director Anisa Omar blamed the high population at the slums for the rapid...

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Pwani student drowns in Kilifi evening waves

A second year student from Pwani University in Kilifi on Sunday drowned in the Indian Ocean where he had gone for a swim with his friends. Ken Munene Kaburu, a Bachelor of Commerce student at the...

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Mombasa to begin work after trainig of staff

MOMBASA shall start operating formally after the appointment and induction of county officials. “We have not started any formal operations because the officers who are to work in the county assembly...

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MP Awiti vows to improve crowded Kongowea market

Kongowea market traders yesterday complained of congestion when Nyali MP Hezron Awiti toured the market. The traders said there are many people and poor management. The market accommodates about 12,000...

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Father defends suicidal son

A father yesterday defended his suicidal son at a court. Kelvin Kahuhia had been charged with trying to drown himself at the Indian Ocean. Police said Kahuhia jumped into the ocean at the Likoni Ferry...

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Tycoon fails to sow up in Livondo car theft case

A Tanzanian tycoon has been accused of wasting the court's time in a car theft case involving politician Stanley Livondo. Billionaire Mohammed Bakhresa did not show up in court to testify despite the...

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Mwingi diesel thieves hit Chinese road firm

A Chinese company constructing the Sh3billion Mwingi-Kamuwongo road in Kitui is losing millions of shillings to drivers and traders who siphon fuel from trucks. And as the China Wu Yi company counts...

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10 women groups aided

The government has disbursed Sh500,000 to ten women groups in Mandera East to boost their income generating ventures. Each group received cheque worth Sh50,000 from the revolving Women Enterprise Fund....

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Suspected thief

TWO suspects have been apprehended in Embu in connection with burglary incidents in several Embu senior civil servants’ houses. Embu police boss Gasper Makau yesterday said the two are being...

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Buri ward rep launches tree planting at Timau Secondary School in Meru

Residents of Buuri constituency in Meru have been urged to plant trees during this rainy season to increase the tree cover in the region which is partially semi arid. While speaking during a tree...

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Man injured by ex-wife's lover

A man sustained serious head injuries following an attack by his former wife and her lover. The man was reportedly beaten up by his former wife and her current husband. “What I witnessed yesterday was...

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Mwingi kills his wife

Police in Mwingi have launched investigation over a man who killed his wife over the night and escaped. Speaking to the press in Mwingi yesterday the OCS Mwingi Jonathan Wafula said the man escaped...

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Mentally ill boy drowns in dam

A mentally challenged boy died yesterday after drowning in a dam at Isekele village in Mwingi Central. “The boy had gone swimming alone before for his body was spotted floating on the dam,” said Mwingi...

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MP lobbies for environment

The Imenti South MP Kathuri Murungi has called upon the incoming president Uhuru Kenyatta to back his bid for the chairmanship of the committee of environment and natural resources in parliament....

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5 bodies found, 3 still mising in Marsabit floods

THE body of the five people who were swept away by the raging flood in Marsabit on Saturday have been recovered. Rescue teams from the red cross, village elders and the office of the county...

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Corridors of Power

Will Uhuru announce his Cabinet tomorrow or will he hold on to it till next week? Our moles tell us Uhuru and Deputy William Ruto have agreed on those they want named to the Cabinet. However some of...

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