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Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lillian Omollo and National Youth Service (NYS) Director-General Richard Ndubai will remain in police custody until June 5th when the court will rule on whether they will be freed on bail or not. The two will remain in custody alongside 33 other suspects despite…
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100 Cuban doctors will arrive in Kenya as earlier scheduled after the High Court on Tuesday declined to give orders blocking the government from issuing them with licenses to practice in Kenyan medical facilities. In his case, Dr. Samson Misango sought the court orders on grounds that public…
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President Kenyatta has warned no government official will be spared in the fight against graft. Speaking when he issued more than 50,000 title deeds to landowners from Eastlands area in Nairobi at Jacaranda Grounds on Wednesday, President Kenyatta stated that those found to have looted public funds…
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Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge has warned banks directly linked to the Sh9 billion scandal at the National Youth Service (NYS) that they will face the law. Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Njoroge said CBK is working hand in hand with other State agencies to ensure…
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Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has called for the resignation of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. In a statement on Monday, Mudavadi said it was clear that the Head of State had failed to tame corrupt government officials and thus unfit to continue…
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Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lillian Omollo and National Youth Service (NYS) Director-General Richard Ndubai have pleaded not guilty to charges leveled against them over the Sh9 billion scandal at the NYS. The two were brought before Nairobi Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti on Tuesday afternoon…
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The Employment and Labour Court has suspended the appointment of former head of Public Service Francis Muthaura as the new chairman of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Byrum Onganya suspended the appointment of Muthaura alongside Charles Makori Omanga, Mukesh Shah…
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday morning paid a visit to ailing businessman Chris Kirubi, who recently returned to the country after traveling to the United States to receive specialized treatment. Odinga, who was accompanied by his lawyer Paul Mwangi, visited the billionaire at his…
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Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula has threatened to expose Opposition leader Raila Odinga if he continues to tell lies about him and Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi. Wetang'ula, who was responding to claims by Raila that the merging of Ford-Kenya and ANC parties was a tribal…
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Thirteen foreigners have been arrested with fake documents in the ongoing verification and registration exercise targeting foreign citizens working in Kenya. Speaking on Tuesday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi said the exercise has so far seen more than 2000 foreigners issued with fresh…