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September 17 by-elections: Key facts

Sep 13 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 13 - Kajiado North, Kangema and Ndhiwa constituencies, which hold mini-polls on September 17, are to many political pundits going to gauge the popularity of the main political parties as the country gears for the General Election next March. Key facts: NDHIWA CONSTITUENCY 1. Where is Ndhiwa constituency? Ndhiwa constituency is...

Kenya dragged into anti-Obama campaign

Sep 5 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 - Kenya has once again been dragged into the bitter US presidential campaigns with several homemade billboard signs in Boston generating considerable controversy for their inflammatory anti-Obama messages. The three provocative campaign posters are on display outside a motorbike accessories store off Route 27 in Hanson, Massachusetts....

Paper slams the UK over Kenyan preacher

Sep 3 | LONDON, Sept 3 - A popular British newspaper - The Sun - has taken on the British government for harbouring a Kenyan TV preacher who is wanted in Nairobi to face charges for child abductions. Self-styled archbishop Gilbert Deya is accused of stealing slum kids and giving them as "miracle babies" to infertile women. "A TV preacher wanted in Africa for...

Hillary Clinton due in Kenya on Saturday

Aug 3 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 3 - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lands in Kenya on Saturday for a one-day official tour. She is scheduled to arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 8am, and from there travel to the city centre for meetings with President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. She...

AG advises against County Commissioners’ appeal

Jul 5 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 5 - Attorney General Githu Muigai’s office has written to the Internal Security Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo advising against lodging an appeal on a High Court ruling that outlawed the appointment of 47 County Commissioners. Sources at the State Law office told Capital FM News that the letter written by Deputy Solicitor General...

High Court clears Kosgey of corruption

Jun 28 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 28 - Tinderet MP Henry Kosgey is likely to return to the Cabinet after the High Court on Thursday cleared him of criminal charges relating to a car imports scandal. Justice Nicholas Ombija terminated the charges against Kosgey ruling that the case was an error in law, and instigated by bad blood between him and the then industrialisation...

Kibaki rejects degrees, party-hopping law

Jun 25 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 25 - Members of Parliament who do not have university degrees on Monday breathed a sigh of relief after President Mwai Kibaki declined to sign the controversial Miscellaneous Amendment Bill as passed by Parliament last Thursday. The President was particularly irked by amendments allowing party-hopping and the MPs degree requirement...

Moi Avenue blast victim dies

May 31 | NAIROBI, Kenya, May 31 - One person has died from injuries sustained four days ago when a home-made bomb ripped through shops in central Nairobi, in what the government has now admitted was a terrorist attack. The woman who had severe burns died on Thursday morning at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). "Unfortunately, one of the patients receiving...

Three killed in yet another road crash

May 18 | NAIVASHA, Kenya, May 18 - Three people died on the spot in yet another road crash on Friday morning just past the Naivasha fly over. Five passengers were rushed to nearby hospitals in a critical condition. "Two buses collided head on," the Kenya Red Cross said. The crash follows another collision on the Maragua-Muranga road on Wednesday night, which...