Kenya on Monday confirmed its first mpox death, as cases of the disease in the country continue to rise. Mary Muthoni, principal secretary in the Ministry of Health, said in an update released in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that the number of confirmed cases of mpox in the country now stood at 13. Muthoni said…
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Cameroon secured a vital 1-0 victory over Kenya in their 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium on Monday. The win keeps the Indomitable Lions at the top of Group J with 10 points, leaving Harambee Stars with an uphill battle in the remaining qualifiers. The decisive…
Kericho Governor Erick Mutai has survived his impeachment trial at Senate after 34 senators voted against his ouster while 10 voted to uphold his removal from office. This is after Senate found that the minimum threshold of 32 MCAs was not met at the County Assembly when they voted to impeach. On October 2, 2024,…
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John Korir mustered a dominant performance as he clinched his first ever major marathon title, winning the Chicago Marathon in 2:02:43, almost two minutes ahead of Ethiopia’s Mohamed Esa, who timed 2:04:39. Korir, younger brother of former marathon great Wesley Korir broke away from the leading pack just as they passed the 30km mark, and…
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Teenage Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is leaving the Spain squad to avoid exacerbating a muscle strain, the Spanish Football Federation announced on Sunday. Yamal, who limped off in the last minute as Spain beat Denmark 1-0 in the Nations League on Saturday, will miss the match against Serbia on Tuesday. “Lamine Yamal underwent an MRI…
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Ruth Chepngetich took almost two minutes off the world record* at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, winning the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:09:56 on Sunday (13). Not only did she obliterate Tigist Assefa’s world record of 2:11:53, set in Berlin last year, Chepngetich also notched up her third Chicago Marathon victory…
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Benga queen Lillian Auma well known as Princess Jully is dead. The Dunia Mbaya hit song singer died on Saturday after a short illness. The 51-year-old songbird had been admitted at the Migori County Referral Hospital where she was receiving treatment for the last two months. One of her sons Bradley Ogudah said she had…
The Kenyan Embassy in Thailand has cautioned Kenyans to desist from travelling to Myanmar following a surge in cases of Kenyans being mistreated in the Asian country. The Embassy was forced to issue the warning after a group of Kenyans living in the Asian country called for help after getting trapped in Myanmar’s notorious scam…
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Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 to edge closer to the Nations League quarter-finals on Friday as 10-man Netherlands rescued a 1-1 draw in Hungary.Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz laid on a backheel for Undav’s opener after 30 minutes in Zenica. The Stuttgart forward then made it two when he turned…
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Kenya will send 600 more police officers to Haiti next month to bolster an international anti-gang mission, President William Ruto said on Friday during a visit by the Haitian prime minister intended to speed up deployments to the force. At least 10 countries have promised to send a total of about 2,900 troops to participate…
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