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Camp Mulla to launch solo careers

Plans are at an advanced stage for hip-hop award-winning group, Camp Mulla, to launch solo musical projects. Speaking to Word Is, one of the group members, Shappa Man, said in about two months, the...

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Spotted

Spotted: Citizen TV news anchor Janet Mbugua walking along City Hall Way in Nairobi on Tuesday morning. She had a pair of grey jeans and black sweater and was carrying a red handbag.Read more about...

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East African Staple Foods cookbook launch

With the Kenyan lifestyle undergoing dynamic change, the Eastern Africa Grain Council launched a cookbook manual that outlines and informs the public on eating nutritional and healthy foodstuffs. The...

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Leaders should get their priorities right

When Kenyans went to the polls on March 4, hopes were high that the incoming leaders would be different from their predecessors. It was the expectation of the electorate that the new leadership will...

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Rains have wreaked havoc in game parks

Deputy President William Ruto was quoted as saying that Kenyans have a special way of doing their thing. I certainly concur with him. After such a grueling period of politicking, competition, winning...

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Where are the fanatics who could kill for Uhuru or Raila?

I wonder how all those people who spent time feuding over their support for Uhuru Kenyatta or Raila Odinga after the March 9 Supreme Court decision must have felt on Saturday last week when these...

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Letter To My Friend Ngunjiri Wambugu

My dear friend Ngunjiri Wambugu: Allow me to vehemently disagree with you over your recommendation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) cases on Kenya should be withdrawn now that at least 6.1...

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Kenya's Fly In The Soup Challenge

For 50 years, Kenya’s branding challenge has remained remarkably the same: how to diminish - to insignificance - the ugly in the beautiful. Or, to use a more graphic, if somewhat revolting metaphor,...

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Kenya Railways slashes off-peak fares

Kenya Railways has slashed fares to Sh30 for a one-way ticket during off-peak hours as it targets mass commuters on the Syokimau train service. The firm has been charging Sh100 for a return ticket,...

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Dollar demand slightly affects shilling

The Kenya shilling weakened slightly early on Friday, weighed down by dollar demand from importers and banks covering their positions before the weekend. But traders said the local currency could firm...

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Naikuni denies reports 'he is leaving KQ for Cabinet post'

KENYA Airways CEO Titus Naikuni has refuted reports that he has resigned from the company. Speaking yesterday at the airline's Pride Center in Embakasi, Naikuni termed the reports as non factual adding...

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High staff costs eating into banks earnings - report

Commercial banks are grappling to keep their employees costs down as they seek to save their earnings. The banks were last year hit by a 13 per cent increase in employment costs which out-paced the...

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KRA collects Sh179bn from January to March

The Kenya Revenue Authority has collected Sh179.7 billion between January and March, rising by 12 per cent over Sh160.4 billion in a similar period last year. The taxman said performance in the third...

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Just one bank yet to meet core capital law

One bank is yet to meet the minimum core capital requirement of Sh1 billion as set out by the Central Bank of Kenya. According to CBK, as per the 2012 audited financial statements, two banks had not...

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West Pokot governor demands pay for Police Reservists

West Pokot governor Simon Kachapin has promised to collaborate with the national government to ensure that the Kenya Police Reservists are paid to avoid misuse of government weapon in illegal...

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Rain stops road works in Nzoia

TRANS NZOIA Heavy rains in Trans Nzoia have halted the construction of roads. Trans Nzoia Kenya Rural Roads Authority regional manager Laban Ngigi said the government allocated Sh39 million for the...

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Migori police recover cattle

MIGORI Police in Migori have recovered 10 bulls and two heifers stolen from Ndhiwa in Homa Bay. They were found along Got Jope-Wasio road driven by three suspected rustlers who escaped when they were...

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Kinuthia to fight graft

Nakuru governor Kinuthia Mbugua has promised to fight corruption in the county. Mbugua was speaking in Nakuru on Thursday during the opening of the county assembly. The governor said there is no proper...

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Narok centre to be moved

THE Narok Central Business Association chairman David ole Sankok has renewed calls to relocate the county headquarter to Ewaso Nyiro trading centre. “The government should relocate the headquarters to...

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North Rift to be disarmed

BARINGO IGP David Kimaiyo has ordered a fresh disarmament in Baringo and other counties affected by cattle rustling in the North Rift region. During an extensive tour of the county, Kimaiyo said,...

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