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Police on Friday afternoon lobbed teargas to disperse refugees, including the disabled ones, who had camped outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Westlands. According to reports, the refugees opted to camp outside the offices in a bid to get their monthly payments. Speaking to Capital FM News, Jean Claude, a refugee from DRC Congo, and a person living with disability, noted that the agency has failed to address their grievances. “They’re beating even the disabled. We have suffered enough already to go through this pain,” he lamented. Claude, who uses a wheelchair, narrated how he…

Police in Kisumu have began investigations in Kisumu Girls’ High School over the death of a student. According to reports, the student was found dead under unclear circumstances. The administration of the institution are yet to release an official statement on the same. On Friday, the police visited the school to carry out preliminary investigations. The body of the student has since been moved to Kisumu Hospital mortuary. This death comes at a time when parents had raised concerns on the students’ safety with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Last month, the TSC resealed a statement assuring parents that the…

Tana River County Commissioner has warned of an impending arrests for Kenyans who have not registered for the Huduma Namba by the deadline date. According to the commissioner, Oning’oi Ole’sosio, those who will not register for the much hyped huduma namba will be considered as foreigners and a threat to national security. Speaking to the Nation, Ole’sosio noted that the registration is necessary to guarantee national security and ensure efficient delivery of services. The Tana River County boss mentioned that those against the registration have a hidden agenda. He stated: “Last year after the abduction of an Italian volunteer by…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced the commencement of its investigations into a case of a man who hacked his female friend to death on Wednesday. According to the DCI, the suspect Jacob Kwalat, surrendered to the police on Thursday following his gruesome act. “Detectives have commenced investigations after a 45-Year-Old Man hacked to death a 29-Year-Old woman,” DCI stated. Kwalat, a resident of Kipkaren, is noted to have killed the female for unknown reasons while they were on their way from Kipkaren center. The accused is to be arraigned in court on Friday. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1126737563186749440 Read: Kinuthia’s Parents…

Former world boxing champion Conjestina Achieng’ is reportedly back to drinking herself away in chang’aa dens in her village despite having being admitted to a rehab center. Speaking on her daughter’s state of wellness, Conje’s mother told the Nairobian that, the former household name is drastically deteriorating adding that she spends most of her days at the chang’aa dens. “It has been hell since Conjestina returned home. She wakes up early in the morning and heads straight to the drinking dens. She returns back very late in the nights, sometimes with serious injuries,” she lamented. Conjestina, who has been admitted…

Shalom Hospital nurse who allegedly administered wrong dose that killed seven-month old baby has been charged with manslaughter. Appearing before Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Kahuya, the nurse together with her two colleagues were charged with manslaughter, recklessness and handling poisonous medicine without the laid out procedure. The three, Vincent Njau Nganga, Irene Katete Mutinda and Odhiambo Kennedy, however denied the charges. Magistrate Kahuya released them on bond of Ksh500,000 and a surety of a similar amount. The three were accused of administering a dosage that caused the death of Baby Ethan on Sunday afternoon. It has been revealed that the…

John Magufuli-led government has opted to cancel a Ksh18 billion deal they had drafted with a Kenyan firm to buy cashew nuts from Tanzania. Speaking on the recent development, the country’s Industry and Trade Minister Joseph Kakunda, mentioned that they resolved to cancel the deal after the firm failed to fully honor an agreement. The Kenyan company called Indo Power Solutions had signed an agreement with the Tanzanian government on January 30 to buy 100,000 tonnes of cashew nuts. Indo Power had signed the agreement with the Cereals and Other Produce Board of Tanzania. Minister Kakunda stated that the company…

BBC Journalist Danny Baker has been sacked after he tweeted a joke about the Duke and Duchess Of Sussex’s son using a picture of a chimpanzee. Baker, a British radio presenter, tweeted an image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes below the caption “Royal Baby leaves hospital.” The tweet, which has since been deleted, had circulated on social media, showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: “Royal Baby leaves hospital.” Announcing his own exit, Danny tweeted: “Just got fired.” The BBC is also noted to have reported the news. The…

A couple in Homa Bay has been busted for lying that they were expectant and that they delivered a set of twins who died at birth. It was later discovered that the couple had buried dolls in separate coffins after residents dug out the fresh graves. The couple, Beryl Akinyi and her husband Benson Onyango, are reported to have hurriedly buried their alleged newborn twins whom they told neighbors that they died at birth, on Tuesday evening without the presence of their relatives and friends. According to Akinyi’s brother-in-law Wycliffe Ogembo, the woman left home two weeks ago to give…

The government will have to incur a cost of Ksh467 million for the relocation of a school and hospital in Kibwezi, Makueni County over noise disturbance by the Standard Gauge Railway. According to reports, the managements of the two institutions drafted a letter to Kenya Railways requesting to be relocated due to the disturbance from the trains that pass nearby. The two, Kathekani Secondary School and Mtito Andei Hospital, noted that Kenya Railways accepted their request and the facilities will be moved to another location. Kathekani Secondary School board chairman Mr Michael Mung’ata stated that Kenya Railways informed them that…

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)’s 2019 Economic Survey has divulged that most Kenyan purchased station wagons as opposed to saloon cars. According to the report released on Tuesday, the sales of saloon cars have drastically declined in the past five years. In 2018, the reports states that only 10,504 units of saloon cars were sold as compared to 15,902 units which were sold in 2014. This however is not the same for the station wagon as in the last year alone, 62 percent of the total registered vehicles were sold out. Of the 102,136 new vehicles registered, Kenyans…

The Auditor-General Edward Ouko has raised concerns over an irregular expenditure by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) during the 2017/18 financial year. According to his report, the electoral agency spent Ksh700 million on food alone in its county offices during the 2017 General Elections. He noted that the amount is part of the Ksh800 million which the commission’s chair Wafula Chebukati cannot account for. In a report tabled in Parliament by majority leader Aden Duale, IEBC is stated to have used Ksh691,526,310 for catering services. Ouko exclaimed that the amount was part of Ksh2.2 billion that was budgets…

The Members of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) have declined a request by County bosses to suspend sittings on the audit queries. In a statement issued by the committee’s chairman, Moses Kajwang’, the Senators asserted that if any governor has any reservations on the reports, they should inform the Senate before they appear for the sittings. He stated: “Any party with reservations on county reports by the Auditor General has the opportunity to address these before the Senate or relevant County Assembly. “Senate CPAIC shall carry on with its sittings in accordance with the notice of appearances…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced that they were finally able to arrest two suspects who had gone into hiding after assaulting a university student. The authorities noted that they were able to nab the two following information relayed to them by the public. The DCI stated: “Mr.James Luambe Odete-wanted for Grievous harm & Malicious damage to Property-was yesterday arrested by Detectives following a tip-off from members of the Public.” The DCI went ahead to appreciate members of the public for aiding them to apprehend the duo, however, they noted that one other suspect is still at large…

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has responded to claims that her government spent money on “State House Affairs.” In her resposne, the Kirinyaga county boss called for the resignation of the acting Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS) director, Stanley Kamanguya. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Waiguru dismissed the allegations that the county allocated millions to cater for State House affairs. According to her, the issue is “obviously untrue, unfounded and intended to grossly mislead the public for malicious purposes.” Waiguru asserted that Kirinyaga followed the proper procedures and has since generated the accurate reports from the IFMIS for…