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4 days ago | nation.africa | Elvis Ondieki |Eddy Ashioya

Paul Russo - Chief Executive Officer, KCB Group PLC One way you can tell that Mr Russo treasures his late mother, Ntirison, is the fact that he always has her photo at his workstation. “[She was] a pillar of hope, hard work, and never giving up,” he said. “She gave up everything to ensure we had a chance. In fact, giving up everything is an understatement.

6 days ago | nation.africa | Elvis Ondieki

What you need to know:No Pope in modern times has been elected on the first attempt, and so Wednesday’s black smoke was widely expected. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, was elected on the evening of the second day of the last conclave, held in 2013. The 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church is American-born Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Leo XIV after his election on Thursday.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Duncan Khaemba |Elvis Ondieki

That Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata, a lawyer, represented some relatives of people who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash until they were paid is not in question. Families received millions in compensation per victim. For each family that he represented, Dr Kang’ata got his pre-agreed share alongside his lawyer partners — as he told the Nation in 2024.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Elvis Ondieki

It will be white smoke billowing from a makeshift chimney and a bell ringing from the heart of the Vatican. With that, the world will know that the Roman Catholic Church has a new pope. The words “habemus papam (we have a pope)” will also flash around. As to when that will happen, it is a wait-and-see matter. At the first voting session on Wednesday, the first smoke signal of the process was expected in the evening. But how does it feel like to be in a conclave?

1 week ago | nation.africa | Elvis Ondieki

We are seated at Nation Centre 10 days after Anifa Wanjiru Mango convinced a court to let a 50-member cast from Butere Girls to stage a hitherto-banned play at the national drama festival. At 29, Anifa has a certain force in her words and a certain loudness in her articulation. She doesn’t say it overtly, but she has the air of a rebel around her.