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A Kenyan woman working in Saudi Arabia died after she was denied medical treatment due to lack of identification documents.
Reports indicate that Mary Kinuthia complained of abdominal pains and was taken to the hospital by a Kenyan lady, whom she worked with.
Upon arrival at the hospital, the two…
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A new Bill seeking to block Kenyan dual citizenship holders from being appointed to diplomatic positions has been tabled in parliament.
The Foreign Service Bill, 2021, which is sponsored by Kajiado South MP Katoo Ole Metito, is awaiting the First Reading in the National Assembly.
If approved, dual…
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The family of a Kenyan woman whose ailing daughter needs the world’s most expensive drug to save her life has received Sh146 million in contributions against a target of Sh270 million.
14-month-old Ayah Lundt was diagnosed with a condition called spinal muscular atrophy and needs to undergo gene…
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The Kenyan embassy in Washington, DC has suspended all in-person consular services at the Embassy from April 7, 2021 to April 21, 2021 after some members of staff got exposed to COVID-19.
“The is to inform that the in-person consular services at the Embassy will be suspended from April 7, 2021 to…
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Leaders of the Riyadha Mosque and Islamic Centre in Lamu have demanded an apology from a US-based Kenyan designer for misusing the mosque’s portrait.
This comes days after US singer and businessman Jay Z was spotted exiting a restaurant in California last week donning a T-shirt bearing the image of…
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Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has revealed plans to develop a framework that will offer incentives to Kenyans in the diaspora who set up businesses back home.
CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge says they will rely on the findings of a study the bank carried out recently to draft a facilitative policy that…
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Kenyan comedian Francis Onono, alias Brigeddia General, on Friday graduated from the US military academy.
Onono broke the good news through Facebook, describing his graduation as a dream come true.
Onono, who makes regular appearances on The Churchill Show, said he graduated as a soldier at Fort…
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US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has expressed his opinion on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine whose private rollout in Kenya was banned on Friday.
Mutua, who is also an attorney, said the Russian-made jab was yet to be approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US, terming it…
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Prof. Edward Ombati Manyibe, a Kenyan-born scholar has been elected as the new chairman of Langston University Faculty Senate, an influential position in the governance and management of the institution.
The faculty senate is the highest decision-making body of Langston University, the first and…
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Renowned US-based Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been nominated for the prestigious 2021 International Booker Prize for his novel The Perfect Nine.
Ngugi, 83, becomes the first writer to be nominated for the International Booker Prize in the categories of both author and translator. He is also…
