Month: February 2019
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Government to sack, blacklist striking nurses
The government has threatened to sack striking nurses and ensure they are blacklisted from working in any public institution in…
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Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ Yang Fenglan jailed in Tanzania
Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese businesswoman nicknamed the “Ivory Queen”, to 15 years in jail for smuggling hundreds…
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Section of Rift Valley politicians ask for meeting with DP over 2022
A section of Rift Valley politicians are pushing Deputy President William Ruto for a meeting to address growing fears that…
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Governor Sonko offers Murage a job opportunity
NAIROBI Governor Mike Sonko on Tuesday offered job opportunity to Boniface Murage, the man who was arrested trying to smuggle…
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China pledges more support for banks’ perpetual bonds to boost lending
“Perps” – bonds with no maturity date – are seen as a major step toward recapitalisation of banks, whose lending…
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Cameroon kidnap: 170 students freed
Cameroonian students and school staff who were kidnapped on Saturday have been freed, the Bishop of Kumbo has told the…
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Boniface Murage set free for smuggling baby from KNH
A 22-year-old man arrested while smuggling a baby out of KNH over Sh56,000 bill has been freed on a three-month suspended…
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Mexico border wall: US states sue over emergency declaration
A coalition of 16 US states led by California is suing President Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare…
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Briton jailed for IEBC ‘Chickengate’ scandal walks to freedom
Millionaire British printing firm owner Nicholas Smith, found guilty in 2015 of bribing Kenyan bureaucrats and tenderpreneurs to win multimillion-shilling…
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Business
Kuria wants government tenders paid promptly
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has proposed an amendment to the procurement law to compel the government to pay tenders for women,…
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