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Death toll of collapsed house now rises to 21
The death toll of the collapsed building in Huruma has hit 21, as families continue to agonise over their missing loved ones. At least 65 people were still unaccounted for by last night. Rescue...
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Give details of Pan Paper revival plan, State urged
Yusuf Masibo @PeopleDailyKe Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) leaders led by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula claim the government has sold Pan African Paper Mills at a “throw -away” price....
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Anxiety as Raila vows no let-up in anti-IEBC protests
A major confrontation looms between the government and the Opposition after Cord leader Raila Odinga declared his team will not go through Parliament in its bid to eject IEBC commissioners. He said...
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State on spot as scribes mark Press Freedom Day
Kenyan journalists yesterday joined the world in marking the World Press Freedom Day, with industry stakeholders decrying diminishing media freedom in the country. A colourful celebration at Nairobi’s...
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Geothermal fraud suspects want case halted
Seven former tender committee members at Geothermal Development Company facing corruption charges now want their prosecution stopped. The members who were charged alongside suspended managing director...
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Five suspects in the Huruma tragedy to know bail fate today
A Nairobi court yesterday ordered the locking up of two brothers and three government officials accused of approving the construction of the building that collapsed killing more than 20 people in...
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Wiper on way out of Cord, declare MPs
The Wiper Party is on its way out of Cord, according to three Ukambani legislators. This follows Coalition leader Raila Odinga assertion that an agreement struck with its leader Kalonzo Musyoka is no...
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Police avert biological terror raid
Kinyuru Munuhe and Nasibo Kabale @PeopleDailyKe Police have averted a major biological terror plot using anthrax virus by Kenyan and Ugandan medical students linked to al Shabaab, Inspector General of...
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Ruto wants Bensouda probed over ‘lying witnesses’
Brian Mureithi @brayomureithi Deputy President William Ruto has filed a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking to have the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) compelled to appoint an amicus...
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JKUAT loses Sh100m to ‘rogue dons’
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) closed its campuses in Kigali, Rwanda and Arusha, Tanzania because they have been making losses, vice chancellor Mabel Imbuga has...
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Requiem mass for former First Lady set for today
Kenyans from all walks of life will today gather at the Consolata Shrine in Westlands for a Requiem Mass to celebrate the life of Former First Lady Lucy Kibaki who will be buried in a private ceremony...
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Cord leaders visit Huruma as police tear gas accompanying crowds
Cord leader Raila Odinga was forced to hide in his car after police lobbed teargas canisters at a crowd accompanying him to the site where a building caved in at Hurumu slums. Police reportedly had to...
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Mama Lucy left rich legacy, says Kibaki
Bereaved former President Mwai Kibaki yesterday spoke for the first time in public since he accompanied the body of his wife, Lucy, from the UK on Sunday morning. But even as the mood at his Tchui...
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Ngilu says Jubilee ties cost her Senate job
Former Lands Cabinet secretary Charity Ngilu has cautioned Wiper leaders against entering into a deal with the ruling Jubilee, saying they risk being shortchanged. Saying “there are powerful cartels...
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Owners of collapsed storey out on Sh1 million bond
Nairobi court yesterday released two brothers and three government officials accused of approving construction of the six-storey building that collapsed in Huruma estate on a Sh1 million bond each...
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MPs back push for agency removal
A parliamentary caucus on human rights has called for the overhaul of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Kenya Parliamentary Human Right Association (Kephra) says the...
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Western envoys caution on push to send IEBC packing
In a rare intervention on Kenyan governance issues, 11 Western envoys based in Nairobi have told the Opposition to tread carefully in the ongoing push to disband the Independent Electoral and...
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MPs want ex-Youth Fund bosses charged
A National Assembly committee has recommended that former officials of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) be prosecuted for defrauding it of Sh180.3 million. The Public Investment Committee...
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Keep politics out of new Pan Paper deal, says Lusaka
Some leaders from Western region have cautioned against politicising the revival of Pan African Paper Mill saying dirty politics may scare away the investor. They said the move to revive the...
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Pay us or else…union tells Knec
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has threatened to storm Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) offices if teachers are not paid by end of today. Kuppet secretary...
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