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Former Cabinet Minister Nicholas Biwott is dead. The 77-year-old veteran politician passed away on Tuesday at around 11 am after being admitted at Nairobi hospital following a long illness. A member of the family said that his body has been moved to Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi, but did not disclose…
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Deputy President William Ruto and his arc-rival, Baringo Senator Gideon Moi have put their differences aside to work together in drumming up support for President Uhuru Kenyatta ahead of next month’s polls. The two have been at loggerheads in recent times over President Uhuru Kenyatta’s succession…
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Preliminary reports from late Interior Cabinet Secretary General Joseph Nkaissery's postmortem tests have ruled out foul play in his sudden death. A team of pathologists on Monday carried out autopsy tests on the late CS's body, with early reports indicating that Nkaissery suffered a heart attack.…
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National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders have opposed the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on three counties of Lamu, Garissa and Tana River by the newly appointed acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. The Cabinet Secretary announced the curfew hours after his appointment by President…
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The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has announced new salaries for various state officers including the president, his deputy, governors and MPs among others. Under the new reviewed salaries structure released SRC Chairperson Sarah Serem on Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy…
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Kenya’s giant betting firm SportPesa has rubbished media reports that the company was planning to stop operations in Kenya because of a new law imposing heavy taxes on Gambling firms signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta two weeks ago. SportPesa said that statement made by Global Chief Executive…
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Kajiado County leaders affiliated to the National Super Alliance (NASA) were driven away from attending a meeting at the rural home of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery, who passed away on Saturday. The leaders led by Kajiado Governor David Nkedianye, Kajiado Central Member of…
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Detectives investigating the death of the late Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery on Sunday grilled 10 individuals who are believed to have interacted with him hours before his death. The officers further reviewed closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the Bomas restaurant where…
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National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga has assured his supporters and the country that there is nothing to worry about his health, moments after being discharged from a Mombasa hospital where he was admitted on Sunday evening. "I am as fit as a fiddle. I have been…
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Hours after his appointment as acting Interior Cabinet Secretary to replace fallen Joseph Nkaissery, Fred Matiangi has hit the ground running by imposing a ninety-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in the counties of Lamu, Tana River and Garissa to contain Al Shabaab insurgence. In a gazette notice on…