Day: July 5, 2019

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3,049 total views, no views today BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,5TH JULY 2019-A memorial service was held Friday at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi for the late Tom Mboya  with calls for reconciliation being made by those who attended.July 5 this year marks 50 years since the man who became a minister in Jomo Kenyatta’s administration was assassinated. Various leaders among them  former prime minister Raila Odinga, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi, former attorney-general Charles Njonjo, and senators Amos Wako and James Orengo  joined the family to…

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3,267 total views, no views today BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,5TH JULY 2019-The controversy surrounding Digital director at state house  Dennis Itumbi  has now caught up with   Muthaiga police boss Alphonse Kimengua  who has since been interdicted over recent pictures taken and shared by friends of Dennis Itumbi inside the station. On Thursday  a Nairobi court detained  Mr Itumbi,  for five more days   to allow police complete investigation into a fake letter that claimed there was a plot to assassinate the Deputy President William Ruto. He was locked up at Muthaiga Police Station.…

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3,384 total views, no views today BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,5TH JULY 2019-President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday   reaffirmed the government’s commitment in supporting the Safari Rally’s bid to make a comeback to the prestigious World Rally Championship.As away of showing just how serious his promise is ,the head of state  presented a cheque of Sh440 million towards the World Rally Championship Safari Project to the project’s chief executive Phineas Kimathi. Uhuru later  flagged off cars competing in this year’s Safari, which is running as a candidate event for the World Rally Championship, at…

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1,126 total views, 1 views today BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,TH JULY 2019-Kenyans on Friday thronged social media platforms  to wish Kibra MP Ken Okoth  who is battling cancer a quick recovery.This is a after a picture of the Mp  with Kenya’s Ambassador to France Judi Wakhungu  was posted on the twitter timeline of  Mss Wakhungu. The MP who is undergoing treatment for Stage 4 colon cancer in Paris had paid Ms. Wakhungu a courtesy call at her office. “He updated us on many issues including his impressive education projects & his plans for…

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795 total views, no views today  BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,5TH JULY 2019-President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday expected to travel to  Tanzania  to visit  counterpart, John Magufuli, at his rural home in Chato, Tanzania. According to Magufuli’s Communications Director, Gerson Msigwa,  President Kenyatta’s plane will touch down at Chato Airport at 10pm on Friday. However ,Kenya’s Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) has not issued a statement on the two-day informal visit or details of President Kenyatta’s itinerary for the weekend. The Head of State flagged off the 66th Edition of the 2019 Safari…

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950 total views, no views today BY CORRESPONDENT,NAIROBI,5TH JULY 2019-Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has seized 144 drums of imported Ethanol at the Port of Mombasa, which had been mis-declared as 1000 bags of cement. Customs officers have also seized another high end motor-vehicle, a Range Rover Sports suspected to have been stolen from the United Kingdom which had been mis-declared as second hand window frames, doors, folding chairs, stools and wall pictures. The Ethanol was imported in two by twenty feet containers while the vehicle was in a twenty-foot container. The…

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