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Nov262024 by williamNo Comments

Businessman Elias Njeru arrested over tried murder of his confederate

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Assault suspect Elias Njau A businessman who's accused of stabbing his confederate numerous situations has been arrested over tried murder allegations levelled in opposition to him. Elias Mutugi Njeru, the first suspect inside the tried murder of Florence Wanjiku Gichohi, turned himself in alongside his lawyer. "The suspect surrendered at Nakuru Police Station inside the agency of his lawyer from Gakuhi Chege and Associates Advocates," the Nationwide Police Service (NPS) acknowledged. The suspect was re-arrested by police and positioned in custody, pending investigations by officers from Menengai police station. The tried murder was reported at Kiamunyi Police Publish in Nakuru on Friday. Preliminary investigations established that the sufferer was attacked...

Nov262024 by williamNo Comments

‘Now everyone knows your true colours!’ Gachagua to Ruto as he plots political return in January

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File image of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. PHOTO | COURTESY Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has hinted at making a convincing political comeback in January 2025 after holding consultations with like-minded residents of the Mt. Kenya space. Speaking all through a church service in Murang'a on Sunday, Gachagua talked about that his bitter fallout with President William Ruto has allowed him to re-strategize his subsequent political switch. The earlier DP talked about that Ruto's true colours grew to grow to be apparent when he purportedly supported his ouster and his political comeback may be sane and thought of. "We as a result of the Mt. Kenya people hate two points; lies and betrayal. This coming January after the talks we'll announce the...

Nov192024 by williamNo Comments

Tensions escalate in Woodley as homes are set for demolition

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A piece of Woodley Property. [File, Standard] As they had been supported to stroll to the playground, the venue the place a bit of residents had gathered for a gathering, the nervousness of the aged and frail senior residents was evident on their faces. For the many years they've lived in Woodley, nothing has shaken them greater than the latest information that their houses are earmarked for demolition to make means for the redevelopment of the property by the Nairobi County Authorities. Clearly frail, the aged and sickly residents had been decided to not miss the assembly convened by the Woodley Residents Welfare Society (WRWS), the place they hoped to chart a means ahead after the welfare group misplaced a petition searching for to dam the eviction of sure tenants. The eviction is a par...

Nov192024 by williamNo Comments

African worldwide places which have gained Miss Universe

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Listed under are the African worldwide places which have launched dwelling the Miss Universe crown. Nonetheless, Africans is not going to be recognized for worthwhile the Miss Universe pageant. Solely 4 African worldwide places have launched dwelling the Miss Universe crown. Proper right here’s a historic run of African worldwide places which have produced a Miss Universe 1. Botswana Mpule Kwelagobe in 1999 was the first black African lady to be the Miss Universe and the first lady from Botswana to win. Her triumph was noteworthy on account of it launched consideration to the illustration of Africans in pageants like this. 2. South Africa South Africa is the African nation with most likely probably the most Miss Universe winners. The firs...

Nov192024 by williamNo Comments

Stakeholders name for partnerships to enhance sanitation

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A rest room being put in by Contemporary Life in an off-the-cuff settlement in NairobiStakeholders have referred to as for collaborations and partnerships between varied gamers to reinforce entry to scrub and protected bogs forward of World Rest room Day on Tuesday.The day is devoted to elevating consciousness concerning the vital significance of sanitation and making certain that everybody, in all places, has entry to clear and protected bogs.Regardless of being a primary human want, thousands and thousands world wide proceed to dwell with out satisfactory sanitation amenities, with devastating results on well being, dignity, and human potential.Amref Well being Africa-Kenya emphasised the significance of protected and well-managed bogs.“We advocate for safel...

Nov142024 by williamNo Comments

President Ruto nominates ex-IEBC Chair Issack Hassan, former MP Jaguar to State job

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President William Ruto assents to the Sugar Bill 2022 at State Residence, Nairobi, on November 1, 2024. PHOTO | PCS President William Ruto has nominated Ahmed Issack Hassan, former chair of the Neutral Electoral and Boundaries Charge (IEBC), because the model new Chairperson of the Neutral Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). The announcement was made by way of a communiqué from Head of Public Service Felix Koskei on Tuesday, which confirmed that President Ruto had submitted Hassan's title to Parliament for approval and subsequent appointment. Hassan was one in all eight candidates shortlisted for the place in October, following an open title for features by the IPOA Chairperson Alternative Panel on September 13, 2024. After reviewing the features, the panel shortlis...

Nov122024 by williamNo Comments

Africa: World’s Longest Arbitrarily Detained Journalist Receives The Edelstam Prize

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The Edelstam Prize 2024 is awarded to Mr. Dawit Isaak for his excellent contributions and distinctive braveness in standing up for freedom of expression, one's beliefs, and within the defence of Human Rights. The prize will likely be awarded throughout a ceremony on the Home of The Aristocracy in Stockholm, Sweden, on nineteenth November 2024. As Dawit Isaak is a prisoner of conscience and the longest-held detained journalist on the planet, he can't be current. His daughter, Betlehem Isaak, will obtain the prize on his behalf. Mr. Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean-Swedish journalist and advocate for human rights, co-founded Setit, Eritrea's first unbiased newspaper. Overtly criticizing the Eritrean authorities and advocating for human rights, democratic reform and free speech, led to his arrest in ...

Nov112024 by williamNo Comments

Somaliland’s Bihi urges help for election pivotal to independence

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Thursday November 7, 2024 Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi addresses the general public in a current televised speech, calling for unity and help for his administration’s push for worldwide recognition forward of the November election. CREDIT / Workplace of the Somaliland President.Hargeisa (HOL) — With Somaliland's election days away, incumbent President Muse Bihi Abdi has urged the general public to help his Kulmiye social gathering, positioning it as the one political drive able to attaining worldwide recognition and securing Somaliland's future stability."Now we have constructed robust alliances," Bihi mentioned at a throughout a current televised tackle, framing the election as Somaliland's defining second on the world stage. "Our purpose just isn't private acquire however securi...

Nov102024 by williamNo Comments

The story behind the Baltasar Ebang Engonga leak

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Baltasar Ebang Engonga / Fb Baltasar Ebang Engonga was detained on suspicion of corruption earlier than the movies have been leaked What the remainder of the world sees as a intercourse tape scandal might in truth be the most recent episode within the real-life drama over who will turn into Equatorial Guinea’s subsequent president. Over the previous fortnight, dozens of movies - estimates vary from 150 to greater than 400 - have been leaked of a senior civil servant having intercourse in his workplace and elsewhere with totally different girls. They've flooded social media, surprising and titillating folks within the small central African nation and past. Lots of the girls filmed have been wives and family of individuals near the centre of energy. It seems some have been conscious they h...

Nov92024 by williamNo Comments

Household asks police to hurry up probe into Willis Ayieko’s homicide

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The late Wells Fargo Firm Human Useful resource Supervisor Willis Ayieko.[Ayieko, Meta] The household of Wells Fargo supervisor Willis Ayieko, who was murdered two weeks in the past, has appealed to the police to expedite investigations into his killing. This was the central plea voiced by audio system throughout Ayieko’s requiem Mass held at Nairobi's All Saints Cathedral on Thursday. There's mounting stress on the police to carry to justice these chargeable for the dying of the Wells Fargo Human Useful resource Supervisor. Ayieko’s mutilated physique was found in a stream in Gem, Siaya County. Vitality Cupboard Secretary Opiyo Wandayi expressed the general public's want to know the killers and the motive behind Ayieko's dying. “All of us wish to come to phrases with what led to his d...