Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America, where it paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others. Authorities accused Toledo of accepting $35 million in bribes…
An elderly man was struck by lightning in Kwa ward,Kuria West According to eye witnesses, the man was walking home from Migori town after completing his shift as a night guard, when he got caught up in heavy rains and was struck by lightning. “At first, some residents didn’t realise who it was on the…
Over 960,000 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE) candidates are set to starts their exams on Tuesday. French, German, Sign Language, Arabic, Music and Home Science will dominate the first week of this year’s KCSE examinations, set to commence across the 10,755 exam centres across the country. At the Kereri Girls High School in Kisii,…
A train ran over and killed two children on Monday in a town outside Cairo,officials said. The angry residents attacked railway guard and his post after the incident A crowd descended on the intersection near the town of Bilaydah in the city of Al-Ayat, where a train earlier killed two children trying to cross using…
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Manchester City defender John Stones headed a last-gasp winner in a 2-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday that took them top of the Premier League and set a club record of 31 league games unbeaten. Champions City dominated possession from start to finish at Molineux, but were shocked in the seventh minute when a…
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…
