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Kajiado North MP Onesmus Ngogoyo has dismissed as hot air evidence tabled by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Mutuse has in his motion tabled on September 26 listed 11 grounds on which he wants the Deputy President removed from office, including advancing ethnic division, gross violation of the constitution,…

After serving as Council of Governors (CoG) vice chair, Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi has been elected to serve as chair, replacing Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru who served for two terms. Abdullahi won the seat after an election held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi where Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga was elected to serve as…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja have extended a declaration of Hillo gold mine site in Marsabit county as dangerous and disturbed.  They gazetted the declaration on Friday, October 4, saying they had among others, consulted the National Security Council before making the decision.  The declaration of the gold…

President William Ruto’s administration has been dealt a huge blow in its quest to provide quality education after the High Court suspended the implementation of the new University funding model.  In a ruling delivered on October 3, 2024, Justice Chacha Mwita ordered the model to be temporarily halted pending the hearing and determination of a…

Reigning African Rally Champion Karan Patel is keen to clinch the Rallye International du Burundi that runs from September 20-22, 2024, when he will clash with top guns at the third leg of this year’s African Rally Championship. The KCB Racing Team driver will be navigated by his long-time friend Tauseef Khan in their Skoda…

The boy, said to be aged just 50 days old, was travelling with a group of migrants that became trapped in a mountainous area. They had been abandoned by human traffickers who are creating a “scene of despair” on Tilos, the island’s mayor says. Seawater was used to make the baby’s milk as the group’s…

Thirty individuals arrested on Monday night for urinating and littering in the streets of Nairobi will now serve community service sentences at public facilities including Nairobi Funeral Home (City Mortuary). A city court handed the sentences on Tuesday following the arraignment of the individuals arrested in a raid by Nairobi County Environment Department efforcement teams….

World Health Organisation has encouraged countries affected by Mpox to fight the virus together. In a Twitter post on Friday, Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said countries should enhance surveillance. “Identification of the first Mpox clade 1b infection in Sweden underscores the need for affected countries to tackle the virus together,” he said. Tedros asked countries to…

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors. After torrential rain in recent weeks, a huge mound of garbage at the city’s only landfill site collapsed late on Friday, crushing and burying…

US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are at odds over their first head-to-head debate, with each in favour of a different broadcaster and date. The Harris campaign is pushing for a debate to take place on ABC News on 10 September, in a slot previously scheduled for a debate between President Joe Biden…