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The University of Eldoret has announced that it will award a Honorary Doctorate in Education to Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon. Kipyegon is a renowned middle and long-distance runner who has achieved global recognition for her athletic excellence. She will be conferred the honorary degree during the university’s 13th graduation ceremony on November 21, 2024. “The…

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The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. After several years, it however appears thousands of them have been left without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has been aware of for decades, and hasn’t fixed. Some of these adoptees live in hiding,…

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Former president Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said a special prayer for his motherland even as he celebrated his 63rd birthday, urging Kenyans to pray for peace and unity as the country goes through what some analysts describe as a constitutional crisis. At the same time, Uhuru said he was praying for peace and unity in…

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A suspected robber involved in the theft of a transformer in the Kang’oki area,Thika town was shot and killed on Saturday morning by police. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. when a gang of seven attempted to vandalize the transformer, having already disconnected power in the area. Thika police chief Lawrence Muchangi confirmed that the…

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Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Human Capital Development Justin Muturi has called on Kenyans to collect their identification documents, as thousands remain unclaimed nationwide. Speaking during a visit to the Thika Huduma Centre, CS Muturi revealed that over 190,000 National IDs are uncollected across the country, with Thika alone housing more than 10,000 IDs,…

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Election officials in Mozambique on Thursday announced that the ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country’s disputed elections extending its five-decade grip on power The party’s candidate, Daniel Chapo, will replace President Filipe Nyusi, who is stepping down after the maximum two terms. Frelimo has ruled the country since its independence from Portugal in 1975…

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Kenya Under-17 women’s football team has made history following their 2-1 victory over Mexico on October 24 at the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Dominican Republic The glory marks Kenya’s first ever win in a FIFA World Cup as Mildred Cheche’s charges secured their only win in group C to exit the three-week…

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Speaker Enock Okero has been ousted from office by Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) of Nyamira for gross misconduct, among other charges. This follows a vote in which 23 MCAs supported the impeachment motion, while 11 abstained. Okero’s impeachment comes after his suspension two weeks ago by the same assembly, although he has since…

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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet reshuffle aimed at making his administration more efficient, his office said Wednesday. The shake-up comes during worsening economic hardship and frustration with the administration in Africa’s most populous country. Tinubu appointed new ministers for humanitarian and poverty reduction,…

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The body of the missing Wajir Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Della Anole Ward, Yussuf Hussein Ahmed, was found in Lake Yahud area in Wajir County. This was more than a month since he went missing. Police were yet to comment on the developments. His family positively identified the mutilated body at a local…

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