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The High Court has ordered Safaricom to pay a former employee Sh2.3 million compensation for wrongful dismissal. Michael Karanja served as the principal officer for fraud detection and analysis at Safaricom until November 2017 when he was fired over alleged involvement in graft. The telco accused…

Senator Johnson Sakaja is the most preferred candidate for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat, a new opinion poll conducted by Trends and Insights Africa (TIFA) shows. Sakaja, who is eyeing the seat on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket, would garner 23 percent of votes cast if elections…

Detectives in Narok are investigating the circumstances under which the son of nominated MP David Ole Sankok shot himself dead. The 15-year-old boy, a Form Four student at Kericho High School, is said to have shot himself using his father’s firearm at their home in Ewuaso Ng'iro, Narok County on…

Kenyan middle-distance runner David Lekuta Rudisha has joined politics ahead of the August 9th elections. Rudisha, a two-time Olympic champion, has been cleared by the Independent, Electoral, and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Kilgoris parliamentary seat as an independent candidate…

The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) on Monday said it has cleared 47 independent candidates eyeing the presidency in the upcoming elections. Independent candidates cleared by the ORPP have until Monday midnight to submit their names to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries…

Five months after she was nominated as the US Ambassador to Kenya, billionaire Meg Whitman is yet to take up the role in Nairobi. President Joe Biden nominated Whitman, a former Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO, for the position in December last year. The White House says her nomination, which was made on…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has suspended voter registration ahead of the August 9th elections. IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati said no registration of voters will take place in the country and diaspora until March 13th, 2023, when the continuous listing will resume. “The…

47 people have been cleared by the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties to contest for the presidency as independent candidates in the August 9th elections. The Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu says the 47 are among 7,111 independent candidates who are eyeing various political…

Nominated MP David Ole Sankok’s first-born son has reportedly shot himself dead. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at the politician’s home in Ewaso Nyiro, Narok County, according to reports. Narok CCIO Mwenda Ithaiba told TV47 Digital that the deceased was a Form Four student and was…

Azimio La Umoja–One Kenya coalition presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga is expected to name his running mate on May 10th. A seven-member advisory panel appointed to help Odinga to pick the most suitable running mate candidate will start interviews on Wednesday. The panel’s secretary Elizabeth Meyo…