Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi won the deepest women’s 3000m steeplechase race in history to add the Olympic title to her world crown at the Paris 2024 Games on Tuesday (6). Running 8:52.76, the 24-year-old smashed an Olympic record that had been set when the discipline made its Games debut for women in 2008, denying Uganda’s Peruth…
Kenyan athlete Beatrice Chebet won the women’s 5,000 meters final in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. Chebet, 24, scored her country’s first gold medal in Paris 2024 in the women’s 5,000-meter final with a time of 14 minutes and 28.56 seconds. Second-place Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands bagged a silver and third-place Nadia Battocletti…
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Azimio leader Raila Odinga has contributed KSh 1.5 million to support victims of a fire at Toi Market in Kibera. Raila Odinga speaking at Toi Market after a fire incident which razed down several shops and caused four deaths. The blaze, which was reported to be caused by an electrical fault, broke out on Saturday,…
President William Ruto has dismissed four board members of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries Limited (KCC). In a special gazette notice dated August 5, 2024, he revoked the appointments of Geoffrey Noah Angwenyi, David Kipkurui Samoei (Rtd), Col. Rukia Rashid, and Elisha Biwot. Simultaneously, President Ruto appointed Noah Ndemo Nyachae, Rawlynce Bett, Naisula Keko, and…
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Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice as France fought back to beat 10-man Egypt 3-1 after extra time and reach the final of the men’s Olympic football competition. The result means Thierry Henry’s side are guaranteed a first medal in the tournament in 40 years when they play Spain at the Parc des Princes on Friday. Mateta,…
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Uganda’s duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo have withdrawn in the 5000m event at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics in France, it is official. The position was confirmed by the head coach of the Uganda athletics team, Faustino Kiwa, in a brief statement to the chef de mission of team Uganda, Moses Mwase. “I…
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This evening, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announced a significant reshuffle of his cabinet in a statement sent to the newsroom. The reshuffle aims to realign key personnel to drive forward the county’s development agenda and improve service delivery to Nairobi residents. The reassigned County Executive Committee (CEC) members include: Stephen Gathuita Mwangi: Moved from Built…
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Boxer Cindy Ngamba made history Sunday by becoming the first athlete competing as a refugee to win an Olympic medal. The 25-year-old from Cameroon has given hope to the Refugee Olympic Team, which was created to draw attention to the plight of refugees around the world. Cindy Ngamba ‘s victory at the Paris Games comes…
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her downfall. Jubilant crowds stormed into the opulent grounds of the presidential residence unopposed, carrying out looted furniture and…
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Twenty six students and 4 staff members were injured in a road accident in the Sachang’wan area of Molo, along the busy Nakuru Highway, on Monday. The bus in which the students were travelling from Eldoret town, where they had attended the National Music festivals,was hit by a tow truck that had brake failure, according…
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