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President-elect Joe Biden’s efforts to reverse President Donald Trump’s immigration executive actions may not be as simple as issuing a contrary edict, as court rulings show that the government should consider both the scope of authority as well as underlying reasons for actions taken.
As Trump…
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Famed US-based Kenyan Akorino gospel singer Allan Aaron has reportedly remarried after abandoning his first wife and kids.
Through Facebook, Aaron revealed he got married on January 2nd, but did not share the identity of his new spouse or her photos.
The ‘Kiriro’ hitmaker was previously married to…
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Homicide detectives have recovered murder weapons believed to have been used in the killing of five people in Kiambu County on Tuesday.
On Saturday afternoon, the prime suspect in the macabre killings, Lawrence Simon Warunge led officers to the spot where he disposed of the murder weapons. …
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Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, a Kenyan-born man accused of killing numerous elderly women at assisted facilities in Texas has been indicted on another charge of capital murder.
A Dallas County grand jury handed down the additional capital murder charge against Chemirmir on December 29th, 2020.
This…
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Detectives have opened a probe into a land deal linked to the murder of US-based nurse Nicholas Njoroge Warunge and his family.
Njoroge, his wife Anne Wanjiku, their son Christian Njenga (13), nephew Maxwell Njenga (13), and farmhand James Kinyanjui were killed by unknown assailants at their…
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Nicholas Njoroge Warunge, the Kenyan man who was murdered alongside his family in their home in Kiambu County, was working in the US as a nurse.
Njoroge, his wife Wanjiku, their two children, niece, and farmhand were killed by unknown assailants this week.
The lifeless body of 55-year-old Njoroge…
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Kenyans in the diaspora defied the global financial crisis occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic to send home more cash.
A record $3.04 billion (Sh331 billion) was received from the diaspora in the 12 months to November 2020, the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows.
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A Kenyan woman living in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates has earned praise online for her kind gesture.
For months now, Wangeci Waruire has been preparing and distributing food to fellow Kenyans in Dubai who were rendered jobless by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview with BBC, Wangeci said she…
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A Kenyan woman working in Saudi Arabia is crying out for help after her employer subjected her to horrific cruelty and mistreatment.
30-year-old Rebecca Chesang’ who hails from Kapkenyeloi village in Nandi County works as a house help in Arar, a city in northern Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border.…
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Former IEBC commissioner Dr. Roselyn Akombe has quit her job at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Akombe through Twitter on Monday announced she secured a new job at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
She will serve as the Governance and Peacebuilding Africa Coordinator…
