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The United States government has issued a security alert to its citizens following Tuesday afternoon terror attack at 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi's Westlands area near the Dusit D2 Hotel. In an advisory dispatched shortly after the attack, the US has urged American nationals around the area of…
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At around 3.30 pm, a loud blast has been heard at 14 Riverside Drive in Westlands area in Nairobi near the Dusit D2 Hotel followed by heavy gunfire. Sources indicate that six attackers arrived at the scene aboard two cars, one which they blew upon entry and another Toyota saloon car bearing…
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A loud explosion followed gunshots has been reported at 14 Riverside in Nairobi's Westlands area in what is suspected to be a terror attack. Reports indicate there was an explosion outside one of the buildings before heavy gunfire filled the air at around 3 pm. Security officers have arrived at the…
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Migori Governor Okoth Obado is in trouble again after he was linked to a scheme to eliminate his former business associate, Jared Kwaga. The Star reports that Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are in possession of letters linking Governor Obado to a plot to murder…
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The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has announced the cancellation of results of more than 3,000 candidates who sat for the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Knec Chairperson Prof. George Magoha says the 3,427…
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Police have arrested a Kenyan social media user behind an inciteful tweet that warned of ethnic violence should a particular community fail to vote for Deputy President William Ruto in 2022. In a statement, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) says Dennis Kiptoo Mutai has been…
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A Nairobi court has ruled that three of the four suspects accused of being behind the terror attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall in 2013 have a case to answer. The four suspects; Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah, Adnan Ibrahim, and Hussein Hassan are accused of masterminding the September…
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Twalib Abdallah Mbarak has on Monday taken oath as the new Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mbarak, a former National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer, takes over from Halakhe Waqo whose six-year tenure ended last week. He has been sworn-in in a ceremony…
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A Nairobi tycoon has sued Governor Mike Sonko over an explosive phone recording that leaked online last month. Mike Kamau, who owns Nairobi's Marble Arch Hotel, accuses Governor Sonko of leaking the recording of their phone conversation on social media. The billionaire says the recording, where…
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Fresh details on how Kenya’s key strategic assets were used as collateral to secure loans running to billions of shillings from China have emerged. In a report, the Daily Nation says that the prime assets are currently exposed and will be seized by China should Kenya fail to service the debt or…