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This page is an archive of main headlines from Kenya for 08.10.2026.
It displays 116 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
08.10.2026 ⇢ The Day Kenya Quarantined 66 Ebola Contacts
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Health authorities moved from tracing to quarantine after the October 6 Bundibugyo death, listing 57 contacts and placing 10 under follow-up before Health CS Duale put the figure at 66 quarantined. Counties were placed on high alert, a suspected case in Wajir tested negative, and WHO issued a fresh travel advisory as China offered Ksh260 million for Ebola and drought preparedness.
Opposition attention stayed on former President Uhuru Kenyatta's exit as Azimio chair, with the Ukombozi Alliance courting Rigathi Gachagua and Kalonzo Musyoka clarifying leadership while Jubilee's role was questioned.
Courts and the state added parallel accountability lines as the High Court quashed the DPP's bid to drop the Oparanya graft case, the government approved Ksh83.6 million for 259 protest victims, and the Senate heard conflicting figures of 354 and 841 Kenyans unaccounted for in Russia's war.
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KPLC announced maintenance-related outages across 10 counties, including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiambu, Nakuru, Kisumu, and Taita Taveta, on Thursday, October 8.
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WAHUDUMU wa afya wameibua wasiwasi kuhusu uwezo wa Kenya kukabiliana na Ebola baada ya kisa cha...
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The party’s National Executive Council met on Wednesday, October 7.
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Unions to meet with representatives of an inter-ministerial committee.
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Kindiki says drones, digital farmer records, precision farming and cheaper inputs are helping raise agricultural productivity as Kenya seeks to expand production and access international markets.
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In a statement, the Massachussetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a "computing pioneer" and said she died on September 30...
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Maduro and Flores both already face drug trafficking and firearms charges in the United States after they were snatched from their Caracas compound in an extraordinary US military raid in January....
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RAIS mstaafu Uhuru Kenyatta amejiuzulu rasmi kama mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Muungano wa Azimio la...
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A Kisumu man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of the manslaughter of his wife of 18 years. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) secured…
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The Second in Command on Wednesday at the Official Residence in Karen, Nairobi chaired a follow-up meeting bringing together representatives of the security agencies and heads of regulatory and enforc...
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07:03⇢Gachagua Courted for Azimio Helm
⌨Attention remains on former President Uhuru Kenyatta's resignation as Azimio chair (Kenyans, Taifa Leo). Taifa Leo confirms the formal exit and reports the Ukombozi Alliance courting Rigathi Gachagua, while Kenyans, citing sources, lists Gachagua and James Orengo among successors considered. Beyond succession speculation, coverage fragments, with no other story drawing multi-source focus.
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07:03⇢Gachagua Courted for Azimio Helm
⌨Attention remains on former President Uhuru Kenyatta's resignation as Azimio chair (Kenyans, Taifa Leo). Taifa Leo confirms the formal exit and reports the Ukombozi Alliance courting Rigathi Gachagua, while Kenyans, citing sources, lists Gachagua and James Orengo among successors considered. Beyond succession speculation, coverage fragments, with no other story drawing multi-source focus.
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Ukombozi Alliance leader Kalonzo Musyoka has clarified the coalition’s leadership structure following the resignation of former President Uhuru Kenyatta....
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The WHO, the United States and the European Union have all urged Moscow for more information after the death of the 28-year-old woman, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siber...
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The naturally occurring weather phenomenon is set to bring higher temperatures to much of the planet, the UN's weather and climate agency said, with its impact compounding the effects of man-made clim...
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which met on October 7, said the current policy stance remains appropriate to keep inflation expectations anchored within the target range and support exchange-rate stability.
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Kenyans.co.ke
Kenya confirmed its first case of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus on October 6, with 57 people traced for quarantine.
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KISA cha kwanza cha Ebola nchini kilichothibitishwa Nairobi kimezua taharuki na kuchochea kaunti...
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The Government has stepped up the war against cartels involved in illicit alcohol and narcotic drugs. Ruthless enforcement through covert intelligence operations will continue, under centralized multi agency command. Out…
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Contact tracing has identified 57 people who came into contact with the patient.
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For generations, coffee has been woven into the economic life of households in the Mt. Kenya region, paying school fees, putting food on tables and supporting investments in farms and…
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CHAMA kipya cha The Equitable Party (TEP) kinachohusishwa na Seneta wa Nairobi Edwin Sifuna...
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Preparations to honor the late Prime Minister and opposition leader Raila Odinga have taken on a deeply symbolic dimension in Kisumu, where a young lady has pledged to stage an…
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North Korea has rejected claims it was behind the explosion that injured three soldiers last month inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer area that has divided the two Koreas si...
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Several people are feared dead after a lorry carrying hawkers lost control and plunged into a river in Migori County....
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MRADI wa kiwanda cha kusafisha mafuta cha Dangote Lamu wa thamani ya Sh2 trilioni ulikaribia...
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10:18⇢Kenya Hunts 57 Ebola Contacts
⌨Editorial focus returns to Ebola containment following the first confirmed case (Daily Nation, Kenyans). Daily Nation describes a race against time to trace contacts, reporting 57 people identified for follow-up. Kenyans reports a fresh WHO travel advisory after the October 6 confirmation of the Bundibugyo strain. The coverage marks a shift from opposition succession speculation back to public-health scrutiny.
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10:18⇢Kenya Hunts 57 Ebola Contacts
⌨Editorial focus returns to Ebola containment following the first confirmed case (Daily Nation, Kenyans). Daily Nation describes a race against time to trace contacts, reporting 57 people identified for follow-up. Kenyans reports a fresh WHO travel advisory after the October 6 confirmation of the Bundibugyo strain. The coverage marks a shift from opposition succession speculation back to public-health scrutiny.
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Duale said the family was “very supportive and was open about what transpired, including where the patient had been for the last 6 months.”
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Daily Nation
Sector stakeholders warn that uncoordinated health checks could increase transport turnaround times.
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MBIO za kumtafuta mgombeaji atakayepeperusha bendera ya upinzani dhidi ya Rais William Ruto katika...
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Musalia Mudavadi visited hospitalised ODM leader Oburu Odinga after Raila Odinga’s mausoleum ceremony, amid updates on Oburu’s health and recovery.
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TV47 Digital
It all started with a radio competition, and a few seconds of panic. There was no carefully planned brand strategy or late-night meeting with a marketing team. Just a moment…
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A multi-agency security team in Igembe Central, Meru County, has disrupted an illicit brewing operation, recovering hundreds of litres of illegal alcohol during a targeted raid. The operation, conducted in…
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TUME ya Kitaifa ya Uwiano na Utangamano (NCIC) imeamuru Waziri wa Utumishi wa Umma Geoffrey Ruku na...
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An eight-year-old girl has been rescued in Dandora, Nairobi, after her mother was allegedly caught subjecting her to female genital mutilation (FGM). The 32-year-old woman was arrested by police officers…
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His whereabouts, legal status and detaining authority have not been disclosed.
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Botswana is looking to Kenya’s cooperative finance sector for practical lessons on building stronger, more sustainable and digitally enabled SACCOs, with the country’s Vice President, His Honour Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe,…
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The Russian church has invested heavily in theological education, with 71 African seminarians reportedly studying at nine theological schools in Russia, where Russian Orthodox institutions support them with scholarships, clothing and travel home.
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The Commission comprises approximately 22 high-ranking experts from politics, academia, civil society, and the private sector.
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The Russian church has invested heavily in theological education, with 71 African seminarians reportedly studying at nine theological schools in Russia, where Russian Orthodox institutions support them with scholarships, clothing and travel home.
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The incident occurred at around 4am when fishermen from Ndhuru Beach in Lambwe Ward, Suba North Sub-County, clashed with their counterparts from Koginga Beach in Homa Bay Town over fishing grounds....
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13:07⇢WHO Issues Fresh Ebola Advisory for Kenya
⌨Ebola containment holds as the only carryover story, with a fresh WHO travel advisory after the Oct. 6 Bundibugyo confirmation and 57 contacts traced (Kenyans). Otherwise attention fragments. The Odinga-family watch continues with Mudavadi visiting hospitalised Oburu Oginga after the Bondo mausoleum ceremony (Tuko), extending earlier memorialization coverage into succession-health scrutiny.
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13:07⇢WHO Issues Fresh Ebola Advisory for Kenya
⌨Ebola containment holds as the only carryover story, with a fresh WHO travel advisory after the Oct. 6 Bundibugyo confirmation and 57 contacts traced (Kenyans). Otherwise attention fragments. The Odinga-family watch continues with Mudavadi visiting hospitalised Oburu Oginga after the Bondo mausoleum ceremony (Tuko), extending earlier memorialization coverage into succession-health scrutiny.
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Kenya is set to hold its election on August 10, 2027, less than a year from now, even as questions about the IEBC'…
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President William Ruto has defended his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), saying his international engagements are helping raise Kenya’s profile....
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Justice Moses Ado ruled in favour of Cape Holdings, setting aside the warrants and auction notices that had paved the way for the sale of the property following a long-running commercial dispute with...
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President Ruto ordered the team to recommend the necessary measures to safeguard the country and avert threat escalation.
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Judge says ODPP bypassed EACC in dropping planned charges.
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The Second-in-Command said he has taken the lead in the fight in a bid to get rid of the harmful substances being sold to people in the name of alcohol, adding that previous crackdowns had fallen shor...
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Kiarie revealed that he was forced to organize public fundraising to cover his airfare and lodging for the Paraguay event despite public assurances of government funding.
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The speculation gained traction in Kenya after media personality and influencer Lynn Ngugi publicly questioned the circumstances surrounding Chivayo’s death, asking whether the businessman could have faked his death or been deliberately eliminated.
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TV47 Digital
Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson has outlined a six-point intervention plan being implemented by the Sakaja-led multi-agency team to protect lives and property as the city braces for El Niño rains.…
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Appearing before a joint Senate committee on Labour and Defence on Thursday, October 8, 2026, Mudavadi revealed that 62 Kenyans have so far been repatriated, as the government continues efforts to tra...
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Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, will be laid to rest today, Thursday, October 8, at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare, following their deaths in a…
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The videos openly highlight the unbearably large-scale logging transport operations in these rural Kenyan highlands, capturing both the challenging dirt-road logistics...
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Kibera High Court has ordered two police officers accused of murdering lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu to undergo a mental assessment before taking a plea. PC Julius Kipkoech Cheruiyot, attached to…
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16:02⇢Court Revives Oparanya Graft Case
⌨No single story commands the front pages as Ebola and succession coverage recedes. Attention splits between the court quashing the DPP bid to drop the Oparanya graft case over process (Daily Nation) and Ndindi Nyoro insisting he cannot be bought by Ruto (People Daily). The rest diverges, leaving court and parliamentary accountability as parallel but unshared focuses.
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16:02⇢Court Revives Oparanya Graft Case
⌨No single story commands the front pages as Ebola and succession coverage recedes. Attention splits between the court quashing the DPP bid to drop the Oparanya graft case over process (Daily Nation) and Ndindi Nyoro insisting he cannot be bought by Ruto (People Daily). The rest diverges, leaving court and parliamentary accountability as parallel but unshared focuses.
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Mainga also said Kenya Railways was developing rail connections to major Nairobi sporting venues, including Talanta…
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Kenya will host the World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally in 2027, with Naivasha set to once again provide the setting for the motorsport event....
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The lavish lifestyle associated with late Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has followed him and his wife, Lucy Muteke, into their final farewell, with their custom-made coffins becoming a major talking…
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The award was presented during the October 2–3, 2026 congress, which brought together security and law enforcement professionals to discuss emerging security challenges, including hybrid threats, terr...
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Wamuchomba said her conscience would not allow her to continue associating with political leaders whom she accused of disregarding other communities despite serving in public office.The MP said she wo...
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Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson has outlined how the Dishi Na County school feeding programme is creating a large and predictable market for farmers while supporting efforts to improve food and…
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From Raila Odinga’s pentagonal memorial to Tom Mboya’s bullet-shaped mausoleum, the monuments reveal how architecture, symbolism and memory preserve Kenya’s political history.
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Maraga criticised the government’s decision to lift the logging ban, arguing that the move had exposed protected forests and water catchment areas to further degradatio...
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Joachim “G6” Chivayo has paid an emotional tribute to his late brother, Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, describing him as his teacher, captain and a key influence in shaping the man…
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Uhuru on Wednesday announced that he had stepped down from the coalition’s leadership but would remain a committed member of the Azimio family and continue supporting it from the ranks.Speaking during...
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The recovery follows a settlement reached on September 21, 2026, through which the registered owner, Omar Tahir, agreed to surrender the property to the government, ending a legal dispute that had dra...
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Mudavadi explained that some Kenyans travelled to Russia without informing their families, while others left without notifying the Kenyan government, making efforts to trace them difficult.
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Mourners called for safer roads and stronger emergency response.
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The panel on compensation said the claims had been processed under Phase VI of the compensation programme, which covers both civilians and uniformed officers.The beneficiaries include victims who suff...
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18:54⇢State Approves Compensation for Protest Victims
⌨No single story holds the front pages as earlier Ebola and succession coverage fades. The state approved Ksh83.6M for 259 protest victims under Phase VI (Citizen). Petitioners put Kenyans unaccounted for in Russia at 841, above the state's 354 (Eastleigh Voice). The rest diverges across memorial, infrastructure and education items.
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18:54⇢State Approves Compensation for Protest Victims
⌨No single story holds the front pages as earlier Ebola and succession coverage fades. The state approved Ksh83.6M for 259 protest victims under Phase VI (Citizen). Petitioners put Kenyans unaccounted for in Russia at 841, above the state's 354 (Eastleigh Voice). The rest diverges across memorial, infrastructure and education items.
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Francis Kamau Karanja appeared before Magistrate Thamara, where he denied the charge of cyber harassment contrary to Section 27(1)(a), as read with Section 27(2), of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime...
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MAREHEMU Raila Odinga Alhamisi alikumbukwa kwa mchango wake mkubwa katika kupigania mageuzi ya...
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Kenyans.co.ke
The manufacturers want the High Court to declare the provisions of the Finance Act 2026 that increased the duty…
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The bill relates to Milimani HCCC No. 533 of 2026, in which Foxcapital sued KCB over funds it claimed the bank had received but allegedly failed to credit to its account....
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The couple were buried side by side on Thursday, weeks after they died in a helicopter crash in the Marondera area on September 30.
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Ruto attributed the growth to reforms in the agriculture sector, including lower fertiliser prices, which he said had made it easier for farmers to produce fodder and silage....
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His travel history and clinical presentation led health officials to treat the case as a suspected Ebola infection and follow the required public health procedures.
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The High Court dismissed Gikaria’s judicial review application, finding that it had not met the threshold for the orders sought.This is after the MP had been ordered to pay Ksh.2.5 million within 48 h...
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The number of contacts is expected to rise as the government continues tracing people who may have been exposed to the 40-year-old patient before his death.
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The focus of the response has largely been on airports and major land border points, with little attention paid to informal crossings along Kenya’s water borders with Uganda and Tanzania....
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Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, said such actions violate Uganda’s laws and sovereignty.
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The suspects, Julius Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Kennedy Kipkemei Borboroi, face murder charges over the killing of Mbobu on September 9, 2025, along Magadi Road as he travelled towards Rongai....
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President William Ruto rebuked Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja for talking during an agriculture summit and ordered camera crews at Jamhuri Park to reduce numbers.
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MP Kaguchia has pushed back against a ruling by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), with leaders allied to the Democratic Congress Party (DCP) backing him....
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President Ruto said part of the Ksh.320 billion held in the National Infrastructure Fund will be used to construct 1,250 dams aimed at moving Kenyan farmers away from dependence on unpredictable rain-...
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Monica Wanjiku Kimani appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe at the Makadara Law Courts, where she faced charges of operating an illegal collective investment scheme without a lice...
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22:32⇢Wajir Ebola Scare Cleared
⌨No shared lead holds the front pages as earlier protest compensation and succession coverage recedes. The Ebola thread continues only through the Wajir suspected case testing negative (Eastleigh Voice), easing containment pressure after the tracing of 57 contacts. Beyond that, attention fragments across a Senate probe of NTSA instant fines (People Daily) and manufacturers challenging the Finance Act tax (Kenyans).
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22:32⇢Wajir Ebola Scare Cleared
⌨No shared lead holds the front pages as earlier protest compensation and succession coverage recedes. The Ebola thread continues only through the Wajir suspected case testing negative (Eastleigh Voice), easing containment pressure after the tracing of 57 contacts. Beyond that, attention fragments across a Senate probe of NTSA instant fines (People Daily) and manufacturers challenging the Finance Act tax (Kenyans).
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TV47 Digital
MIGWANI, Mwingi West – The National Liberal Party (NLP) has formally entered the race for the Migwani Ward MCA seat after party leader Dr. Augustus Kyalo Muli unveiled Andrew Kaleli…
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The ongoing construction of the Kathageri-Kigumo-Kanyuambora road is creating employment opportunities for local residents while improving prospects for trade, transport and access to markets across parts of Runyenjes. For…
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