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Sh112 million Kenyan ivory netted in Hong Kong

AUTHORITIES in Hong Kong yesterday said they have seized more than a tonne of ivory worth about Sh112 million in a shipment from Kenya. The shipment, according to the Hong Kong Customs, contained 779...

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Rethinking the Nairobi resolution

If you are reading this you are part of a select group of individuals who were able to survive the tumultuous year that was 2012. You survived the Sunday bombings in Eastleigh and being caught up as...

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Theft case withdrawn

A University student yesterday withdrew a case against two suspects for stealing mobile phones valued at sh30,000 were stolen from him. The 23-year-old man told a Makadara court he wanted to withdraw...

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3 charged with violent robbery

Three men were yesterday arraigned in a Nairobi court charged with violently robbing a businessman of his US20,000 dollars before threatening to injure him. James Mburu Gitau, Titus Mwori and Augustine...

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Court orders striking nurses back to work

STRIKING Nurses were yesterday ordered to return to work as the court deals with the matter regarding the registration of their union. Lady Justice Maureen Onyango warned that athose who does not...

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Bid to stop Arachi and Kimayio fails

A LOBBY group has moved to court seeking to stop the gazettement of Samuel Arachi and Ndegwa Muhoro as deputy Inspector General of police. But Justice David Majanja declined to issue interim orders to...

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Five-year jail term for fraudulent trader

A businessman described by the police as a fraudster with four previous convictions was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail by a Nairobi court for forgery and obtaining Sh800,000 from a city...

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Party politics and economy revival top agenda in Kiambu county

Like in other parts of the country, the scramble for the position of governor in Kiambu county has started. Already, big names have positioned themselves for the seat. The county has a population of...

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Case against Wambui candidature dismissed

The High Court yesterday ruled that only the IEBC has the mandate to decide on who is qualified to contest seats in the March 4 election. This is a reprieve for aspirants with integrity questions High...

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Traffic police told to restore sanity on roads

Traffic police and police chiefs have been ordered to ensure that sanity returns to Kenyan roads. Speaking at Dabaso in Malindi, traffic police commandant boss Benson Kirui Githinji told the police to...

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Muchemi’s son wanted to start a rehab centre

The 31-year-old son of Solicitor General Wanjuki Muchemi who died last Sunday in controversial circumstances had plans of settling down and starting an alcohol rehabilitation centre. His plans did not...

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Jubilee plans to sway Ukambani vote – Kalonzo

Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday said the jubilee coalition has set aside billions of shillings to sway the voting in lower eastern to their favor. ‘This is tax payers money that they are using...

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Traders dispute sucks in Tobiko, Immigration

A dispute among four Mombasa businessmen has escalated into accusations that the Ministry of Immigration and the Director of Public Prosecutions are intimidating two foreigners. Two businessmen in the...

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IEBC opens voter roll today

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will today open up the voter register to allow Kenyans to verify their details. However, unlike in the past where the register was left open for a...

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Uhuru, Ruto to woo Kisii and Kuria voters in Nyanza tour

Jubilee Coalition Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta begins his four day tour of Nyanza in Kuria today. Uhuru will be accompanied by his running mate William Ruto during the tour of Kuria East and...

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TNA blames Ndung’u over false members list

The IEBC and TNA were yesterday engaged in a blame game over the false registration of party members. TNA chairman Johnson Sakaja pointed an accusing finger at the Registrar of Political Parties for...

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Mudavadi, Kiyiapi get tickets as Eugene quits race

Deputy Prime minister Musalia Mudavadi was yesterday officially named the UDF presidential flag bearer. Mudavadi however failed to name his running mate as expected when he accepted his nomination as...

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Signs That He Intends To Marry You

It is the end of the year; you are probably evaluating all aspects of your life including your relationship. You have been dating this man for a considerable length of time. You feel like your...

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WHY PARTIES CLOSED STABLE DOORS BEFORE HORSES BOLTED

The kichinjio (slaughterhouse) season is upon the Kenyan electorate and the political class of all parties is determined to micro-manage every aspect of the party primaries. It is said about Grand...

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‘POLICE BOSSES HELPED FAKE NAKURU COP’

THE family of a man accused of impersonating a senior police officer yesterday claimed that both former Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere and Rift Valley police boss John M'mbijiwe knew him. Iteere...

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