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Uhuru’s foreign trips good for Kenya, says CS Monica Juma

The Foreign Affairs ministry has defended President Uhuru Kenyatta’s foreign trips saying they have helped project Kenya's image globally and to promote the...

Kalonzo directs Wiper MPs to back Uhuru on 8% fuel VAT

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has asked members of the party to back President Uhuru Kenyatta's proposal to slash fuel VAT from 16 to eight per cent. Kalonzo,...

Fire razes Meru School dormitory, no injuries reported

A fire on Wednesday razed a dormitory at Meru School in North Imenti constituency in a suspected arson attack.The cause of the fire is yet to be established...

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A crew member stands next to matatus parked on Kenyatta Avenue, Mombasa during a protest on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. /ANDREW KASUKU

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MPs chat after the two-thirds gender rule Bill failed to pass in Parliament, May 2016. /FILE

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ODM leader Raila Odinga with Jubilee and NASA youths during a meeting at Capitol Hill, Nairobi on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. /COURTESY

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A section of Avic International's GTC tower under construction along Chiromo Lane, Nairobi, November 27, 2017. /ENOS TECHE

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Kabarnet law court where a 21-year old woman was arraigned for throwing her 3-weeks-old baby in a pit latrine, September 19, 2018. /JOSEPH KANGOGO

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Former Congolese interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary arrives to file his candidacy for the presidential election, at the Congo's electoral commission (CENI) head offices at the Gombe Municipality in Kinshasa, August 8, 2018. /REUTERS

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Chinese nationals arrested by Immigration officers in South C brothel on September 19, 2018. / COURTESY

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Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja addresses journalists at Pumwani Maternity Hospital on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. /COURTESY

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An anti-HIV crusader displays a T-shirt with a message that promotes testing for HIV in Homa Bay as Governor Cyprian Awiti looks on, February 9, 2018. /FILE

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Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo addresses a past presser in Nairobi, 2012. /FILE

John's father Wilson Irungu (L) at Kigumo police station with his relatives on Tuesday, September 19, 2018. /ALICE WAITHERA

Family of bread vendor shot dead by cop at Kigumo AP post demands justice

"Soy MP Caleb Kositany has written to the Speaker of National Assembly Justin Muturi proposing a Bill scrapping the Senate, Nominated MP, and MCA posts."

Tax cut: Soy MP Caleb Kositany proposes Bill scrapping Senate, MCAs post

"Nakumatt was on March 6 evicted from the mall building in Mombasa for failing to pay Sh27.8 million in rent arrears, service charges, and promotion fund."

Nakumatt claims Sh11bn from Nyali landlord, auctioneers for damages

Public Service CS Prof Margaret Kobia at Sarova Whitesands Hotel in Mombasa on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. /JOHN CHESOLI

Kenyans uneasy with strong women leaders - CS Kobia

Land commission revokes titles for 150 public plots in Eldoret

Court declares Finance Bill illegal

House of bribes? I don't hate women for rejecting advances, Baraza says on Fatuma Gedi

Migori, Homa Bay cops kept in dark over Sharon's murder probe

Two suspects in Sharon's murder detained for 10 days

Pumwani nurses fault workload, consultants for child deaths

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Imported plastic rice is raising concern - KRA

Plastic rice from China is slowly finding its way into the country, an agency set up to fight counterfeits told a Senate committee yesterday.Kenya Revenue...

Pool cash to invest in Big Four housing plan - CS Macharia

Collective investment in real estate offers Kenya a solution of bridging the huge affordable housing deficit, Infrastructure and Housing Cabinet secretary...

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communication authority director general Francis Wangusi during a press conference at the communication authority offices on 18th.September.2018/EZEKIEL AMING'A

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Central

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Suicide dam where tormented souls plunge to their deaths

Tara Singh dam in a secluded scenic spot in Nyandarua West does not draw people to admire the landscape and the sunlight or moonlight on the water. They come...

Coast

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Case adjourned as magistrate goes on leave

The last witness in a property dispute between two siblings in Mombasa will testify in November after hearing was adjourned because the magistrate was away on...

AP officer’s gun goes off killing vendor in Kigumo

Loreto teacher murdered in Limuru, killer lynched

Install water meters but don’t charge residents, says MP

Cut number of bodyguards, says MP Nyoro

Lobby to hold mineral rights forums to educate residents

Woman in labour bleeds to death as family opposes aid

DPP to charge more officers over death of Briton Alexander Monson

Tonnes of waste collected in Kwale coastline clean-up

North Eastern

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Ex-prison officer arrested over death of magistrate’s daughter

Police have arrested a former prison officer in Meru over the killing of a magistrate’s daughter. Police also arrested a man from Nairobi’s Kayole estate,...

Nyanza

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Tough race as Ugenya seat is declared vacant

A political showdown is looming in the Ugenya parliamentary race between former MPs Chris Karan and David Ochieng’ after the seat was declared vacant....

Mutua clashes with speaker, says she is sabotaging him

Contraband food seized as Garissa truck overturns

Garissa University students want police to produce missing colleague

Kivuti declines handshake with Wambora, to proceed with case

Accidents cause of Jaramogi hospital congestion, says county

Garbage heaps in Rongo hurting trade — vendors

Teen pregnancies still high in Busia, Siaya, says report

Reducing tax to 8% not the solution – Gem MP

Rift Valley

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Court dismisses Chepkwony petition to stop Mau evictions

Kericho governor Paul Chepkwony on Monday suffered a setback after the High Court in Narok dismissed an application seeking to stop evictions in the Maasai Mau...

Western

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Reduce VAT on fuel to four per cent – cleric

A Busia cleric has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to further reduce the proposed eight per cent VAT on petroleum products to four. Addressing a church...

Governors meet to agree on growth plan

Five counties quit Northern club, move to other groups

State says recovery of Mau must go on

Phillip Murgor and his brothers battle over late dad’s property

Reject Uhuru’s tax proposal, Western leaders urge MPs

Toxic mushroom soup claims four

Kenyans should be allowed to vote using ID – Mudavadi

Opposition is dead, MPs now declare

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