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GWYNNE DYER: Lab-grown meat is delicious

“Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Israel-based startup Future Meat Technologies. But it will get...

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CS appoints 10 new members to Kerio development agency board

The government has appointed 10 new directors to the Kerio Valley Development Authority board.East African Community and Regional Development CS Adan Mohammed has gazetted the names. They are Pauline...

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#FindCarolineMwatha: Human rights group to hold night vigil in Dandora

17 Lobby groups will on Monday hold a night vigil in honor of human rights defender who went missing on Wednesday last week.Caroline Mwatha disappeared from her home in Dandora under unclear...

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MACHEL WAIKENDA: Governors grasp golden egg

One day a countryman going to the nest of his goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a...

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Man detained over wife’s death at lodge

A man suspected to have killed his estranged wife in a lodging has been detained for eight days pending investigations.Emmanuel Owuor is suspected to have killed Grace Adhiambo. They had separated for...

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MPs to wine, dine like kings as cafe takes a 5-star touch

When MPs resume sittings this afternoon, they will enjoy five-star catering services.In the evening, after a ‘hard-day’s’ work, those who partake of wine, whisky or beer, will be served at a newly...

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From ‘beba beba’ to booking seat: E-shuttles take on matatus to ease commute

A storm is brewing in the matatu sector as three technology companies plan to introduce mass transport apps.Little Cabs, Safiri Express and Egypt-based Swvl have vowed to disrupt the matatu sector.The...

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EDITORIAL: Morpho looks like it has guilty conscience

Yesterday Morpho directors failed to come before the Public Accounts Committee, which is examining its deal to provide 45,000 KIEMS kits for the 2017 elections.Morpho, under its new name Idemia, is...

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Bungoma to engage public in finance, planning projects

The county government of Bungoma has launched public participation into its planned Medium Term Expenditure Framework.Finance executive Esther Wamalwa said the report was part of the Public Finance...

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DEMAS KIPRONO: Ramifications of hijab ruling

On January 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in a 4-1 majority decision, quashed a Court of Appeal decision that had found it discriminatory for church-sponsored schools to bar Muslim students from wearing...

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Help us now before Baringo is hit by waterborne diseases, says MP

A Baringo MP yesterday said residents will contract waterborne diseases if they don’t get clean water soon.Baringo Central MP Joshua Kandie said 70 per cent of the county is arid and semi-arid and many...

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Dusit: DCI pursues banks, Safaricom

The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti is considering charges against officials from the CBK Supervision Department, the Financial Reporting Center, Safaricom’s M-Pesa Supervision...

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EXPERT COMMENT: Bad guys always coming up with ways to beat a good system

How were suspected terrorists able to transact and move huge sums of money through banks and mobile phone money platforms? I don't want to apportion blame. At this juncture that should not be our...

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Body of missing Dandora activist Caroline Mwatha found at City Mortuary

The body of the missing Dandora activist Caroline Mwatha has been found at the City MortuaryShe was reported missing on Wednesday last week and police have been working around the clock to trace...

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You don’t deserve to breathe the air of liberty, judges tell six murderers

When marriage and family become a mortal peril for spouses, and children kill their parents without blinking, something of our humanity is lost and the law must be deployed and enforced to express our...

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I am not sidelined, Matiang'i reports to me - Ruto

Deputy President William Ruto has rubbished claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta has elbowed him out of the heart of power to obstruct his 2022 presidential bid.For the first time, Ruto dismissed...

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EXPERT COMMENT: What NLC said on Ruto’s Weston Hotel land

The management of Weston Hotel Ltd did not provide any information that could explain the circumstances that led to the taking possession of the land, except that Priority and Monene were in possession...

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Ojaamong in demo threat over state of Busia-Kisumu highway

Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong yesterday threatened to lead a demonstration in protest against Kenha’s failure to expand and repair the dilapidated Busia-Kisumu Northern Corridor B road.The governor...

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Uproar over KVDA board appointees

West Pokot and Turkana residents have raised questions over the recent state appointments to the Kerio Valley Development Authority board.Regional Development CS Adan Mohamed appointed 10 more members....

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Lake Naivasha terrain under threat in boundary review

Lake Naivasha will lose more than 100,000 acres if the government proceeds with a contentious plan to redraw its boundaries.The proposed move, which has been condemned by conservation lobbies and the...

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