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At least eight people are missing after they were swept away by floods at Mukaa area in Makueni County. This follows heavy rains that pounded the region on Thursday night, officials said. Police said the eight attempted to cross the Muuoni River, which was overflowing with water at around 10 pm. Many other people were unable to cross and reach their homes as the river was overwhelmed by the floodwaters, police and locals said. The victims were part of a larger group returning home after a meeting with First Lady Rachel Ruto in Kasarani, Nairobi. On reaching Kavuthu Township, they…

Jack Ma has put off plans to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Alibaba shares after the Chinese tech giant’s stock plummeted last week. Two regulatory filings from last Thursday revealed that Ma had been looking to offload 10 million shares, worth nearly $871 million. But because the company’s stock price has fallen below the billionaire’s expectations, he has not sold “a single share,” according to a Wednesday post from Alibaba Chief People Officer Jane Jiang Fang on the company’s internal forum seen by CNN. The sales were initially planned to take place this Tuesday through JC Properties…

A police officer was found dead after being stabbed in the stomach in Tarasaa village, Tana River County. The body of constable Elijah Lekishon who was attached to Kilelengwani police patrol base was found lying in a pool of blood in a house. The assailant who had been with him was missing in the Thursday morning incident. Neighbours told police the assailant and the officer had fought before he was stabbed in the head. It is not clear what prompted the fight that turned fatal. The body had a deep cut on the forehead, police said. A known female suspect…

A key political ally of Vladimir Putin has adopted a child seized from a Ukrainian children’s home, according to documents uncovered by BBC’s Panorama. Sergey Mironov, the 70-year-old leader of a Russian political party, is named on the adoption record of a two-year-old girl who was taken in 2022 by a woman he is now married to. Records show the girl’s identity was changed in Russia. Mr Mironov has not responded to requests for comment. The child, originally named Margarita, was one of 48 who went missing from Kherson Regional Children’s Home when Russian forces took control of the city.…

This year’s best-performing Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate scored 428 marks out of 500. Education CS Ezekiel Machogu on Thursday said that only 8,525 candidates scored above 400 marks. “400 to 500 mark the number was 8,525 candidates which translates to a percentage of 0.60,” he said. According to the CS, 352,782 candidates scored between 300 to 399 marks, which translates to 24.29% “200 to 299 marks, the candidates who were in that category were 658,278, which was 48.49%,” he said. Read: How To Check 2023 KCPE Results Some 383,025 candidates scored between 100 to 199 marks, while 2,060…

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu will release the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results this morning. Candidates, and their guardians can access the results through the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) website, SMS platforms, county education offices, or through their respective schools. To access the results via SMS, candidates have been advised to send their index number, followed by the initials KCPE (in capital letters) to 40054. “Parents and candidates can get their KCPE results by sending the candidates’ results by sending their index number to code 40054. The SMS will be charged at Sh25.” SMSs will be…

US actor Jamie Foxx is being sued by a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at a restaurant in New York City eight years ago. According to the lawsuit, Mr Foxx, whose real name is Eric Marlon Bishop, groped the unnamed woman after she asked to have her photo taken with him. The accuser is suing Mr Foxx for damages, alleging “sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery”. Mr Foxx’s representatives did not respond to a BBC request for comment. The lawsuit alleges the assault occurred at around 01:00 in the morning on 26 August 2015 at Catch NYC after…

Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, according to a first results forecast. After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is projected to win 36 seats, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance. “The PVV can no longer be ignored,” he said. “We will govern.” If confirmed the result will shake Dutch politics. But he will have to persuade other parties to join him in a coalition government. His target is 76 seats in the 150-seat parliament. Mr Wilders, 60, was in combative mood in his…

Police have held an ex-US state department aide who allegedly spewed anti-Muslim abuse at a New York City food vendor. Stuart Seldowitz has acknowledged in media interviews that he is the man seen in viral video calling the vendor a “terrorist”. He alleged the individual had provoked him by expressing support for Hamas. The halal cart man, named in reports as Mohamed Hussein, denied to media he made any comments in favour of Hamas. A New York Police Department spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that Mr Seldowitz had been taken into custody on Wednesday, but said details of any charges…

A speeding car crashed and exploded in a deadly fireball on a US-Canada border bridge, triggering a major security scare on the eve of Thanksgiving. Two people in the vehicle died, and a US border agent was injured, but New York’s governor ruled out terrorism. The car was being driven from the New York side of the border to Rainbow Bridge when it crashed at a checkpoint. The incident near Niagara Falls saw the closure of four bridges on the world’s longest international border. The explosion happened at around 11:30 local time (16:30 GMT) on Wednesday, causing serious disruption on…

A British national aged 83 was found dead in his house in Diani, Kwale County. Peter Southerland Hutchence was found unresponsive by his Italian wife aged 67, police said. Doctors were Wednesday November 22 called to the scene and confirmed him dead. The police say they are yet to establish the cause of the death. He was however nursing a skin related disease. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other probes. Elsewhere in Kabiro area, Dagorreti, oneTafrosa Vyona aged 51 old passed on while being taken to hospital. The body of the woman was taken to…

A family is mourning after their two sons drowned in a pool of water in Makongeni area, Nairobi. The victims were aged 13 and 11 and were pupils at Mukuru Outreach Kenya Academy in the city. The incident happened Wednesday evening as the grade seven and five pupils respectively played in a pool of water, police and witnesses said. Their younger brother aged six who was with them survived the tragedy. Witnesses and police said the three were playing around a pool of dam when the two accidentally slipped and drowned. On noticing the incident, the younger brother ran to…

Police are investigating an incident in which a University of Nairobi student died by suicide in the Kabete area. The body of Jonah Kiplangat, 19 was found dangling on a tree with a rope tied on his neck. Police said the body was found at the university farm on Wednesday evening. The victim stayed alone in one of the hostels at the university. After accessing his room the police said they recovered a suicide note bidding farewell to his parents and clan written in his dialect. The note was left on the table. Police said they are investigating to establish…

A police officer died by by suicide in a waterfall in Nyeri County. Constable Dennis Githinji of Karatina police station is said to have jumped into Ndomboche waterfalls after he had thrown his mobile phone into the same place on Wednesday afternoon. Police said he was in the company of two of his friends when the incident happened. The site is common with drowning cases. It is not clear what motivated the officer into the tragedy. Officials from the county fire brigade camped at the site in efforts to retrieve the body on Wednesday evening. The mission was expected to…

The 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results will be released on Thursday, Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has said. The event will be held at the Kenya National Examinations Council’s new Mitihani House in South “C” from 8am. This year’s candidates sat for the last KCPE exams as the 8-4-4 curriculum is slowly being phased out. Statistics show that over 1.4 million candidates sat the examination. Read: Girl Goes Missing, Another Goes into Labour in Day One of KCPE, KPSEA Exams On Tuesday, Machogu said the exam that was conducted between October 30 and November 1 went well. “There were…