Kenya: Breakthrough in Shantel Murder Case

Kenya: Court Orders Nms, Nema to Close Dandora Dumpsite

[Nation] The Environment and Land Court yesterday ordered the Dandora dumpsite closed within six months and the government to develop a plan for cleaning up the Nairobi and Athi rivers.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: 'Fake' Ruto Assassination Letter - Dennis Itumbi to Know Fate in September

[Nation] Former State House Director of Digital Communication Dennis Itumbi will know his fate on September 25 in a case in which he is charged with making a false document alleging a plot to assassinate Deputy President William Ruto.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Women robbed near Meadow Bank fish depot - Stabroek News

Two women were on Monday robbed at gun-point of cash and other valuables in the vicinity of the Wild Caught Fresh Fish Depot, at Meadow Bank wharf, Georgetown. The article Women robbed near Meadow Bank fish depot appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Black Households Earned 61 Cents for Every Dollar of White Median Incomes | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the city level. Efforts to ameliorate the problem of fatal police violence must move beyond the individual level and consider the interaction

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Kenya: God Loves Kenya, DP Ruto Says of BBI Court Ruling

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President William Ruto has welcomed Thursday night's court ruling nullifying the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) constitutional amendment process.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Gaspo Ladies' Angachi Crowned February's Best Player

[Nation] Gaspo Ladies FC defensive midfielder Sheril Angachi has been named the Kenya Footballers Welfare Association (KEFWA) Players' Player of the Month for Ferbruary 2021.

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Source: allAfrica.com

LIVE WRAP | Tokyo Olympics - Day 3: Every Team SA athlete in action - 26 July 2021

A breakdown of all Team SA's representatives in action at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday, 26 July.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Mombasa port’s hits, misses in the face of Covid-19 crisis

The Mombasa port has recorded increased cargo destined to Tanzania, South Sudan and the DRC Congo while Uganda’s consignments declined in the first four months of this year.

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Source: Business Daily

Boda rider in fake Kericho kidnap saga convinced two people to send money

The suspect, in a bid to scare his wife into sending the money, reportedly claimed the kidnappers had bound his hands.

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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke

Kenya: Will New Variants of Covid-19 Affect Vaccines?

[Nation] Over the past few weeks, a new SARS-Cov-2 variant has been wreaking havoc across the world.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Safeboda Rides Out of Kenyan Market, Cites Covid-19 Effects

[Nairobi News] Boda Boda motorcycle hailing company Safe Boda has announced plans to halt its operation in Kenya from Friday, November 27.

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Kenya: MCK Wrangles - CS Joe Mucheru, AG Kihara Kariuki Set to Face MPs

[Nation] ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru and Attorney-General Kihara Kariuki are among individuals expected to face MPs on Thursday morning over an attempt to revoke the appointment of a Media Council of Kenya (MCK) board member.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Chocolate thief gets suspended sentence - Barbados Today

A middle-aged man with an apparent sweet tooth has been warned to behave himself if he wants to avoid spending time in prison for stealing chocolates. Dennis Alfonzo Beckles, 63, of Paradise Village, Christ Church pleaded guilty in a Bridgetown Magistrates’ Court to stealing six chocolate bars

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Sick baby and parents escape death linked to police trap

The rider was escorted the station as the family was ordered back to the hospital for treatment.

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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke

Kenya: DP Ruto's Ally Feisal Bader Declared Msambweni MP-Elect

[Nation] Independent candidate Feisal Bader has been declared the new Msambweni MP-elect after garnering 15,251 votes in a hotly contested by-election.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Why Food Safety Standards Are Important for Kenya's Exports

[Nation] Kenya is a major player in international food export, especially in horticulture produce such as vegetables and fruits. This means standards have always to be strictly observed across the value chains for produce to be accepted in both local and international markets.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Echoes from the past: Nanyuki, colonial settlers and the donkeys

Bogus agreements, randy donkeys and ice on the equator have at different times described one of Kenya’s oldest towns.

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Kenya: Boda Boda Rider Presumed Dead Returns Home Alive Amid Burial Plans

[Nation] The family of a boda rider presumed dead after going missing for two months held prayers to cleanse their homestead when he returned home alive amid burial arrangements for him.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Olympics 2021 live updates - Caeleb Dressel takes 100 freestyle gold, Bobby Finke wins 800 free, golf tees off, plus more from Tokyo news -The Black Chronicle

Are the Olympics a fifth major? Depends on whom you ask. Either way, golf - which came back to the Games in 2016 after a 112-year absence - started

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Kenya: No Dance Floor in Clubs as Govt Releases Fresh Covid-19 Guidelines

[Nairobi News] In a move aimed at restricting Covid-19 infections in pubs and restaurants during the festive season, the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development has proposed new guidelines for sale of alcohol in establishments.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: One Killed As Locals Flout Inter-District Travel Ban

[Monitor] One person in Kabarole District was shot dead yesterday by a security officer at a police checkpoint for allegedly flouting inter-district travel ban.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenyan insurer Pula offers lifeline to African farmers hit by climate change | News24

When Kenyan farmer Waki Munyalo's crop of lentils shrank by three quarters last year because of unusually low rainfall, disaster was averted thanks to a simple remedy that was previously unavailable to most African farmers -

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Kenya: Governors From Western List 15 Projects for Uhuru to Unveil in Visit

[Nation] Five governors from Western on Thursday met President Uhuru Kenyatta ahead of his planned development tour of the region next month.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Jobless Graduates Chase Dreams On Boda Bodas

[Monitor] Mr Stephen Ojula graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration in 2018 but he for two years failed to get the white-collar job he trained for.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Somalia: Somaliland At 30 - Still Unrecognised, but Alive and Well

[African Arguments] 30 years after declaring independence, Somaliland is still at the margins of the international system despite its considerable successes.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Man accused of killing three men in Kilifi arrested in Fedha, Nairobi

The suspect becomes the sixteenth person to be arrested in connection with the July 7 killings.

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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke

Kenya: Why Jubilee Purge on Ruto MPs Stalled

[Nation] The expulsion of five nominated senators allied to Deputy President William Ruto has stalled because their potential replacements will upset regional balance and inflame a furious row in Jubilee over a contentious county cash plan.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Buhari's Promise to Increase Education Budget, Another Unrealisable Move?

[This Day] The promise by President Muhammadu Buhari to increase the country's budgetary allocation to education by 50 per cent in the 2022 and 2023 appropriation bills is cheering news given the level of rot plaguing the sector after years of neglect.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Closure of Schools Exposes More Girls to FGM, Says Govt

[Monitor] Cases of girls subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Karamoja and Sebei sub-regions have increased exponentially since the closure of schools early last year, the State Minister for Gender and Culture, Ms Peace Mutuuzo, has said.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Police Officer Knocked Dead in Kansanga

[Monitor] A police officer attached to the field force unit at Kabalagala Police Station in Kampala was on Sunday evening knocked dead while enforcing curfew.

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Source: allAfrica.com

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