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The High Court sitting in Nairobi has cancelled the ballot printing tender awarded to Dubai-based firm, Al Ghurair by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). In its ruling to the case filed by the National Super Alliance (NASA) seeking to have the tender cancelled citing…
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The United States government has reassured that it has no preferred candidate among the eight Kenyan presidential candidates in the August 8 election. US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec said that his country does not support any Presidential candidate, but it will continue to provide all the…
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Police in Mombasa County are investigating a Friday morning incident, where Senator Hassan Omar’s campaign truck was vandalized by unknown people. The senator, who is seeking to oust Governor Ali Joho from the Mombasa governor seat in the August 8 polls on a Wiper Party ticket, said the 3:00 am…
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Siaya County governor Cornel Rasanga has begged voters in the County to re-elect him in order to save him from being“bankrupt and hopeless.” The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate for Siaya governor is facing a an uphill task in his reelection bid from an independent candidate, Rarieda…
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The government has assured Kenyans that it will not be shutting down the internet during the August 8 general elections. Through Information, Communications and Technology Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru, the government said that there were no intentions to disable the internet in the country, adding…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has on Thursday signed into law an Act that gives the guidelines on the equitable distribution of the national revenue for each of the 47 counties. This will mean that in the 2017/2018 financial year, all the 47 counties will be allocated a total of Sh341 billion, which…
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Classic 105 presenter Maina Kageni has emerged third in an opinion poll in the race for the Nairobi Women Representative seat. In the poll, Maina trailed ODM’s Esther Passaris and Rachel Shebesh of Jubilee Party with just 1% of Nairobians supporting him for the seat. Passari has 57% support while…
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Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has joined the crowded list of those eyeing the Presidency in the 2022 general elections. Mutua on Thursday declared that he will be in the ballot for the country's top seat come 2022 while spelling out an ambitious development plan, that according to him, will…
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It would be a neck-and-neck race for Evans Kidero and Senator Mike Sonko for the Nairobi gubernatorial race if elections were held today, a newly released poll shows. The poll results released on Thursday by TIFA Research Company indicated that the incumbent governor Evans Kidero of ODM would…
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Matuga Constituency parliamentary candidate is nursing serious bullet injuries at a Mombasa hospital after accidentally shooting himself on the lower abdomen. Kassim Sawa, who is contesting for the seat on Musalia Mudavadi-led Amani National Congress (ANC), shot himself while undergoing a security…