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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:50:00 +0300
Court halts water project over compensation row
According to the petitioners, the project implementers did not conduct proper public participation, thereby disregarding the interests of residents.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:55:00 +0300
Family battle derails burial of county administrator four months after death
Former Rachuonyo North Assistant County Commissioner James Momanyi Mabea died on April 4 after battling a long illness.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:20:00 +0300
Gang targeting schools, hotels and bars killed 13 in last one year
Residents say it consists of young men, usually armed with firearms, machetes and other crude weapons.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:05:00 +0300
Police probe abduction, death of M-Pesa agent
The M-Pesa agent is alleged to have been kidnapped and killed before his body was dumped in Siongiroi area in the neighbouring Bomet.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:40:00 +0300
Atandi hits out at Governor Rasanga for eyeing MP post
Mr Atandi told Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga to shelve his ambitions to compete with him in 2022.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Embu brothers were killed on first day of new business
The two Embu brothers who died over a week ago had earlier that day opened a small pork business.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Seven drown, eight survive after vessel capsizes off Kenyan coast
Seven sailors from the Comoros Islands died while eight were rescued after their boat developed mechanical problems while at sea.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Nairobi-based lawyer seeks orders to evict mother and sister from property
A Nairobi-based lawyer wants her mother and sister evicted from a Sh30 million property in Mountain View Estate, Nairobi.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Homabay locals in darkness after theft of oil from transformers
The business community in Homabay is lamenting persistent power blackouts which are causing them losses.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Agency lauds county's readiness to host investment conference
A government agency has lauded Kisumu County's preparations to host the upcoming investor conference.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Five dead in Nakuru after drinking illicit brew, 12 in hospital
At least five people died after drinking illicit liquor.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Farmers-led irrigation system that helps knit a community together
Faced with water shortage, residents of the semi-arid Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet devised an igneous way to draw water up the highlands.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Long droughts push girls to FGM, early marriages
The scorching sun on the plains of Kajiado Central is unforgiving to teenage girls who trek for several kilometres across dusty hills and valleys.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
How Trans Nzoia couple turned tables on an attacker and disarmed him
A suspected armed robber found himself in trouble after a couple he had gone to rob at Kaptegaa village in Endebess, Trans Nzoia, fought back.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:42:16 +0300
Explorer finds huge deposits of high grade gold in Kakamega mines
The mines fall under the highly prospective Busia-Kakamega Gold Belt. They cover some 1,162 square kilometres.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:05:00 +0300
Woman mysteriously dies at her father's gravesite
According to witnesses, Abei, 22, had said that life was unbearable and that she was invited to the grave by her father's spirits.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0300
Ex-military recruit now digs latrines for a living
Former officer discharged on medical grounds. He was dismissed from KDF five months into recruitment.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:30:00 +0300
'Mboko', a traditional gourd used to drink palm wine hard to find
Rituals must be followed when passing it to another person but the gourd is slowly being replaced by drinking glass.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0300
'Beast of burden?' Diary of a Pokot woman
Many women are married off before the age of 18. A man's huge responsibility is to marry many wives and sire children.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0300
'Queen of carpentry' living off her passion
Margaret Mwikali is a communication graduate from JKUAT whose turbulent academic journey sparked off her creativity, passion for wood.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:51:42 +0300
Tension in Lokichoggio as armed militia storm security camp
Tension was high in Lokichoggio border town in Turkana West Sub County after suspected armed Toposa militia from South Sudan invaded a Kenyan securit

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:46:20 +0300
Tour guides, porters combine efforts to reverse endangered Mt Kenya ecosystem
The damselflies are listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union of Conservation and Nature.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:21:29 +0300
Slain Embu brothers to be buried on Friday
The two brothers who died at the hands of police will be buried on Friday at their home in Kithangari, Embu County.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0300
Sad memories of Biafran war still haunt journalist
More than 50 year later, journalist recalls how soldiers burnt houses and killed civilians. Most victims were children and women.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:15:46 +0300
Girl, 15, escapes marriage after forced FGM
Police in West Pokot have launched a manhunt for culprits who married of a 15-year-old girl after forcing her to undergo Genital Female Mutilation.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0300
Mudavadi's tough task of picking ANC flagbearer in race to succeed Oparanya
Musalia Mudavadi is between a rock and a hard place as his party prepares to pick a candidate for Kakamega gubernatorial seat.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:30:31 +0300
Orphans find refuge in home built from 50,000 plastic bottles
The orphanage in Rabai, Kilifi, has 38 orphans between two and 18 years of age.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:00:22 +0300
Nyayo Estate locks out Nairobi water officials after many years of dry taps
30,000 residents of Nyayo Estate in Nairobi have been struggling to survive with little water.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 08:54:50 +0300
Life in jail for man who kicked out wife to sleep with daughter
When the sentence to hang was read to him in the hot Monday afternoon at the Kakamega principal magistrate's court

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 17:25:31 +0300
Kiambu couple, Mukundi and Njeri, to be buried in separate locations
Postmortem conducted on the couple's bodies on Friday, August 6, revealed the two died of gunshot wounds.



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