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BLOG: Parody accounts and the art of impersonation
It’s said that everyone in the world has at least one lookalike. Most people though give up their ghost before meeting their duplicates. Doppelgängers have existed throughout history. Sometimes the...
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City’s tallest building illuminated in flag colours ahead of Jamhuri Day...
Nairobi’s tallest building was on Friday evening illuminated in the country’s national colours ahead of the Jamhuri Day celebrations. PHOTO | COURTESY UAP Old Mutual Tower, a 33-storey complex in...
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40 perish after truck bursts into flames on Nairobi-Naivasha highway – PHOTOS
The number of people who died on Saturday evening when a truck carrying inflammable substances rammed into several vehicles before bursting into flames near Karai on the Nairobi-Naivasha Highway has...
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REVEALED: How British secret services spied on Kibaki and Raila
The Kenyan government is taking seriously reports that British intelligence agents spied on President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, including intercepting their communication, and will...
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Family saved from Westlands eviction in new style of land grabbing
A family in Nairobi’s Westlands was on Friday night rescued from a gang that had come to evict them, less than a week after an elderly couple’s house was demolished in the same area. Ms Rakha Shah told...
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Popular blogger predicted Naivasha accident, but no one listened
An online activist had predicted Saturday’s deadly accident in Naivasha, which has so far claimed the lives of 40 people, in a post on Facebook nine months ago. The accident occurred after a truck...
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Judiciary may pay Sh350 million for unused house in Upper Hill
The Judiciary may be compelled to pay a private company more than Sh350 million for breach of a 10-year lease agreement to occupy the ultra-modern building that was tailor-made to house the Court of...
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11 GSU officers who guarded Uhuru at Bomet rally killed in Naivasha accident
At least eleven officers from the General Service Unit (GSU) were among the people killed in the accident in Naivasha on Saturday night. The officers from the Presidential Guard based at the State...
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Nurses call off strike after striking pay deal with govt
The weeklong strike by nurses is over after their union struck a pay deal with the government on Sunday. Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) chairman John Bii announced that they had finally reached...
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University students arrested over kidnap of 12 year-old in Nairobi
Police on Saturday arrested two university students on allegations of kidnapping and torturing a 12 year-old who went missing seven days ago. The students, Levis Oduor and Edwin Otieno, from Jomo...
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More than 50 feared dead after church collapses during service in Nigeria
More than 50 people died and hundreds others are believed to have been wounded when a church collapsed during a service in southern Nigeria on Saturday, a resident and police said. State news agency...
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Uhuru condoles family and blames Naivasha accident on ‘traffic regulation...
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday expressed his condolences to the families of all those affected by the Saturday evening accident that killed 40 people at Karai area, near Naivasha town. In a...
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Witnesses, survivors recall horrific scenes from Naivasha accident – PHOTOS
The Saturday night horrific crash in which close to 40 people perished in an explosion at Karai near Naivasha has cast a pall on the country as Kenyans were preparing to commemorate Jamhuri Day, a...
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Speed humps likely caused the Naivasha accident – police
Speed humps might have contributed to the Saturday night accident that claimed about 40 lives, police investigations show. Police said the light truck might have lost control after hitting a hump....
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Google celebrates Jamhuri Day with a doodle
Search engine giant Google on Monday celebrated Kenya’s Jamhuri day with a doodle bearing the famous Kenyan colour-branded wristband. Google often changes its doodle to mark significant occasions or to...
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Identification of Naivasha accident victims begins at Chiromo Mortuary
At least 33 bodies from the Naivasha tragedy are set for identification at Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi on Monday morning. Mr Fred Majiwa, Communications Manager St John Ambulance, said government...
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Here is what you need to know about Jamhuri Day’s military parade
The Kenya Defence Forces has broken with the strict tradition of witholding information on its activities during public holidays and offered educative information on its scheduled parade during...
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Police disperse anti-graft protesters in city centre – PHOTOS
Anti-riot police lobbed teargas cannisters on Monday to disperse anti-corruption protesters in the city centre. The protesters, rallying under the #TakeBackKenya slogan, held the march to condemn...
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Uhuru condemns road officials for Naivasha accident – VIDEO
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday condemned the Ministry of Transport officials for the erection of speed humps at the scene of the tragic accident that killed 40 people on the Nairobi-Naivasha...
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Mixed reactions as Safaricom announces 100% bonus for Jamhuri Day
Mobile service provider Safaricom on Monday treated its customers to a 100 per cent bonus on airtime purchased via M-Pesa. The Jamhuri day promotion was not publicized widely by the service provider...
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