Kenya: NMS Identifies 1000 Illegal Garbage Dumping Sites for Closure

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Kenya: NMS Identifies 1000 Illegal Garbage Dumping Sites for Closure

[Nation] Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has identified 1,000 more illegal dumpsites in Nairobi for closure, as it steps up its fight to rid the capital city of garbage.

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Kenya: Great News for Motorists as Epra Slashes Petrol, Diesel Prices

Nairobi — Starting mid-night, motorists will pay less for super petrol and diesel but more for kerosene after the energy watchdog revised prices of the precious

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Kenya: Lucky Kenyan Scoops Ksh1.6 Million Betway Casino European Roulette

Nairobi — Kenyan punter, Ketan Kumar has something to smile about in this tough times when the novel coronavirus has shut down sports world wide, after winning a mega Ksh1,632,355 Betway Casino European

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The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed

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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”

The following speech, a sermon Dr. Martin Luther King gave at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, was the last public appearance before his assassination the next day. King, in Memphis to support a strike by garbage workers, gives a poignant vision of the victorious future of the

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Kenya: Amina Mohamed Among Favourites for WTO Top Job

Kenya's Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has become one of the top picks for the World Trade Organization's director general post, according to a UK

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Kenya closes Tanzania, Somalia borders- VIDEO

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday ordered the closure of borders with Tanzania and Somalia as cross-border Covid-19 infections continued to

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Wangari Maathai

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Teachers cautious on schools’ reopening

Teachers want the national government to streamline the transport sector and provide Covid-19 testing kits to school dispensaries before the partial reopening of schools across the

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Tourism, horticulture drop widens current deficit 6.2pc

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Shabab militants attacked an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya, beginning on Sept. 21, 2013, killing nearly 70 people and wounding about 175. The siege lasted for four days, with persistent fighting between government troops and militants. The attack was meticulously planned, and the militants proved

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Kenya: Senators Want Broke Kenyans Stranded Abroad Evacuated

Nairobi — The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on coronavirus has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the evacuation of broke Kenyans living abroad, with priority given to

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Truck drivers decry long border wait

Past studies conducted in Kenya found that truck drivers face a higher risk of contracting and spreading viruses, like HIV/Aids, because they are a highly mobile vulnerable group that traverses the country and often spends nights stopped in temporary locations, where exposure is high and testing

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Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem virus outbreak

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Covid-19: 51 more test positive - VIDEO

The minister announced Mombasa has the highest rate of Covid-19 deaths recording 27, followed by Nairobi (20) while Siaya, Bomet and Kiambu have one fatality

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Kenya: Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Drop to Lowest in More Than a Decade

In its latest monthly review, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) cut diesel prices by the biggest margin of Sh19.9 per litre, giving transporters and big manufacturers a major

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Mason, Dawn (1945- )

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Kenya slum demolition sparks protests amid virus restrictions

Hundreds of protesters in Kenya blocked one of Nairobi’s major highways with burning tires to protest government demolitions of the homes of more than 7,000 people and the closure of an adjacent food

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Importers cry foul as KRA pulls plug on cargo tracking firms

The problem of the seals emerged after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) discontinued signing of Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) certificates for eight companies, which arm cargo with tracking devices on behalf of the

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Kenya: Kitui Family Recounts How Kin Was Killed By Gunmen Linked to Felicien Kabuga

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Kenya: Deaths That Have Hit Prominent Kenyan Families in Recent Times

Tecra Muigai's abrupt death is the latest in a string of sudden deaths that have hit prominent families in Kenya, leaving behind a trail of heartbreak, tears and plenty of

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Triton scandal: UK court allows Devani extradition

Mr Devani lost his appeal against the extradition at the Court of Appeal in a case described as one “with a complicated and unsatisfactory procedural

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Kenya: Campaign to Drive Out Elephants From Human Settlements in Kajiado Ongoing - KWS

Nairobi — Kenya Wildlife Service rangers commenced the process of driving away three elephants from human settlements in Kajiado County on Sunday, the announced announced in

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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Family Tree and Genealogy

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