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Our wives need diplomatic passports, MPs propose
MPs have come up with more extravagant proposals that will afford them additional specialised treatment. Among proposals contained in the Parliamentary Service Bill by Eldas MP Adan Keynan include...
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Secondhand cars, beer to cost more from this weekend
Cars, beer, cigarettes, juices and water will cost more from Saturday after MPs failed to marshal the numbers needed to reject President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposal for higher taxes on the items. The...
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Police officer shot dead in Kasarani ambush
A police officer was shot dead in Kasarani as he responded to a distress call from members of the public on Thursday morning. His colleague was however not injured in the 3.30am attack, about a...
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El Niño rains finally here, but Kidero’s Sh50m repair works collapse
Heavy rains pounded Nairobi from Wednesday night as the much talked about El Niño rains kicked in. But disappointingly for residents, recent repair works on the city’s drainage system failed to work,...
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Stubborn Robert Mugabe refuses to look colorful in India
African presidents attending the ongoing India-Africa Forum Summit were on Wednesday invited to wear the traditional Kurta Sherwani with a waist coat. The traditional Indian attire was the dress code...
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REVEALED: What President Obama wrote in his letter to Boniface Mwangi
Letters like yours mean a great deal to me, and they keep me going every single day; those are the moving words of US President Barack Obama in a letter he wrote to activist Boniface Mwangi. In the...
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Here is why Nairobi mums may no longer enjoy free maternity
Free maternal health programme may be headed for a crisis after Nairobi County Government threatened to reintroduce charges in its hospitals. Governor Evans Kidero has written to Health cabinet...
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School closed as El Niño disrupts learning
Over 1500 pupils of St. Elizabeth Primary School in Industrial Area (Lunga Lunga Rd) were sent home on Thursday morning following flooding of the school at the onset of the El Niño rains. The pupils...
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KCSE candidate to sit exams in police cell after beating nephew to death
Police have arrested a Form Four student at Baba Dogo Secondary school who caned his nephew to death on Wednesday evening in Ruaraka. Kenya Police spokesman Charles Owino said that the deceased...
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Tanzania’s new president, ‘The Bulldozer’ Magufuli
Tanzania’s new leader John Pombe Magufuli rose from humble beginnings to win the presidency of East Africa’s most populous nation in the country’s hardest ever fought elections. The win, on his...
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Man gets life sentence for defiling his 9-year-old niece
A 26-year-old man who defiled his nine-year-old niece has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Iten. Passing the judgment, principle magistrate Hezron Nyaberi said the court was satisfied...
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Tourism boom expected in Malindi as Britain lifts travel advisory
The British government has lifted the travel advisory against Malindi, boosting the coastal town ahead of the festive season. The lifting of the advisory against the coastal town was revealed by...
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Helicopter Bishop: Yes, I hit and killed pedestrian
Bishop Thomas Wahome of Helicopter Ministries on Thursday admitted that he hit and killed a pedestrian but could not recall the registration number of the car he was driving. This comes as information...
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Police arrest man selling water as cooking oil
Police in Langata on Thursday arrested a man who was selling water disguised as cooking oil, packaged and sealed in 20 litres jerrycan. The man is reported to have been selling the items to...
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Virgin Mary’s image ‘appears’ on a rock in Makueni
Thousands of Christians are flocking Manooni Dam in Mbitini, Makueni County where locals say the image of Mary the mother of Jesus has appeared on a rock’s face. Nairobi News has learnt that rumours of...
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Mwiki mother slaughters two children in cold blood
A woman on Thursday night murdered her two children in Mwiki estate by slitting their throats with a kitchen knife before attempting to take her own life. The 36-year-old is said to have killed her...
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Airtel, Safaricom in Twitter banter
Airtel and Safaricom lit up Twitter on Friday morning as they engaged in a good-natured banter as the latter celebrated 15th anniversary on Friday. Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore distributes free airtime...
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Granny arrested for keeping husband’s decomposing body
Police have arrested a 75-year-old woman who kept the body of her husband for more than a week in their house at Free Area estate on the outskirts of Nakuru town. The residents were shocked when the...
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Maina Kageni’s ‘Be a Hero to a Little Hero’ campaign nets Sh 20m
Children are admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital’s cancer ward have a reason to smile after Classic 105 presenter Maina Kageni fronted a successful campaign that raised more than Sh 20 million for...
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NTSA to erect pedestrian fences on Nairobi highways
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has been granted the permission to erect pedestrian fences on major highways in Nairobi to reduce pedestrian accidents. NTSA will erect the fences on...
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