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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Sunday evening said one casualty was reported in the afternoon collapse of an eight-storey residential building in the Kahawa West area. The building’s number of occupants during the incident had yet to be established. It housed residential units and businesses, among them a clinic. Sakaja said a middle-aged woman was…

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Several people feared trapped after a seven-storey building collapsed on Sunday morning in Kahawa West,Nairobi The building, which housed businesses and residential units, collapsed into rubble in mere seconds, with videos obtained capturing the final moments before the crumble. In the videos, several children are seen trying to scamper for safety as the building toppled…

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This Sunday (October 20, 2024), Grammy-nominated African music artist Ayra Starr will perform a special YouTube Live concert streamed globally from Nairobi, Kenya. The event, produced in partnership with Raha Fest, will celebrate the release of her sophomore album, “The Year I Turned 21”, and will be available for fans worldwide to experience on her…

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The High Court in Kerugoya has issued orders barring Kithure Kindiki from assuming office as Deputy President pending hearing and determination of a case filed before it. David Munyi Mathenge and Peter Gichobi Kamotho and sought the orders after the National Assembly approved the nomination of Kindiki as the new Deputy President, a day after…

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National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has gazetted Prof. Kithure Kindiki to take up the Deputy President position after the House approved his nomination. In a gazette notice dated Friday, October 18, 2024, Wetangula reaffirmed the gazettement saying that House had voted in support of the nomination of Kindiki as the new DP by President William…

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was ousted from office on Thursday after being impeached in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation. In a historic move, the Senate voted to impeach Gachagua on five of 11 charges, after a similar motion was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house National Assembly last week. The vote…

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is in stable condition following his admission to Karen Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Addressing the press outside Karen Hospital, Chief Cardiologist Dr Dan Gikonyo reported that Gachagua was admitted around 3 PM after experiencing severe chest pains. “The deputy president was admitted here this afternoon. He came in about 3 o’clock….

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Seven suspects – including local government officials and a former African Nation Congress (ANC) spokesperson – have been charged with fraud in a South African court. The defendants appeared in court following an investigation into a 27 million rand (£1.2m; $1.6m) government tender. The investigation found that five years ago the provincial government in Gauteng…

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Detectives in Embu have arrested a man over the brutal murder of his lover and thereafter dumping her body in a river. Benson David Mwendwa is accused of the gruesome murder of 44-year-old widow, Jane Kilonzi, at her home in Mbeere South where he had been housed last month. In a statement on Wednesday, the…

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Rigathi Gachagua who faces impeachment, pleaded not guilty in a senate hearing Wednesday (Oct. 16) to all allegations including corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and support for historic anti-government protests. Gachagua’s legal team have Wednesday (Oct. 16) and Thursday (Oct. 17) to cross-examine witnesses, and the senate will vote Thursday evening. Court rulings this week allowed…

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