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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Peter Muiruri |Mary Imenza |Manuel Ntoyai |Hudson Gumbihi
Mohan Panesar 50-year love affair with wood. (Courtesy)Mohan Panesar’s soul is entwined with the essence of wood. Whenever he enters his workshop along Mombasa Road, Nairobi, each morning, as he has done for the last 50 years, his hands twitch with the urge to create bespoke pieces. He speaks of wood with poetic reverence and with the same passion a painter speaks of colour. Each creation tells a story, a narrative of his endless love and dedication.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Jacinta Mutura |Mary Imenza |Manuel Ntoyai |Hudson Gumbihi
She died branded a criminal, condemned by the law for ending her own life, but a court has now declared her innocent. It is, however, too late for Charity Muturi, who passed away last year. She fought for the decriminalisation of suicide attempts, and although her life was cut short, her battle has finally borne fruit posthumously.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Boniface Gikandi |Hudson Gumbihi
Bar owners have petitioned the government against the order to close more than 2,000 liquor outlets located near schools. The bar owners say the directive is punitive, arguing that most of the bars within 300 metres of learning institutions were established before the schools came up. Speaking during the Bar, Hotel and Liquor Traders Association’s annual general meeting in Murang’a County, the traders from 42 counties said there was a need to end the squabble, as they were in legitimate business.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Hudson Gumbihi
Bars and other alcoholic drinks outlets operating near schools to be shut with immediate effect, the Interior Ministry has ordered. This is after the Ministry of Education’s established that 2,252 schools were being affected by the sale and consumption of alcohol. The bars are located about 300 metres from the institutions.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Hudson Gumbihi
Realisation of a properly planned capital city of Nairobi will remain a mirage as long as the key organ mandated to resolve land related disputes is not adequately funded and facilitated. The city is awash with land disputes, some linked to unplanned and haphazard buildings in total disregard of zoning regulations aimed at ensuring organised development and sustainable land use.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Collins Kweyu |Hudson Gumbihi |Jacqueline Mahugu |KIrsten Kanja
She brought an Asian “Jesus Christ” to the thousands of her followers in her church in Nairobi’s Kawangware, performed wedding ceremonies between the living and the dead and transformed self-confessed hardcore killer criminals into preachers of the Gospel. Prophetess Sinaida Mary Akatsa suffered no fools in her ministry. Any indication of waywardness was met by instant disciplinary action, meted by herself.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Hudson Gumbihi
The court has stopped construction of a police station on a disputed piece of land in Mihang’o, Nairobi. Milimani Commercial Courts Chief Magistrate P. Achieng issued the orders halting the upgrading of Mihango Police Station after Githunguri Njiru Farm Limited, which claims ownership of the parcel on which the facility stands on, went to court seeking orders to stop any further development.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Hudson Gumbihi
A team from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters has taken over investigations into the shooting to death of Charles Otieno following a stand-off over a parcel of land in Njiru. The death of Otieno brought to fore the bitter fight between hired gangs and the Kirima family attempting to reclaim the more than 1,000 acres in Njiru, Choka and parts of Mihango. The court last year declared that the land belongs to late politician Gerishon Kirima.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Hudson Gumbihi
It is now close to a month since Della MCA Yusuf Hussein Ahmed went missing and his whereabouts remain unknown. But the family, through lawyer Danston Omari, believe Ahmed was abducted by police officers who however deny involvement. According to Omari, the MCA’s relatives are worried about his safety after embattled Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua sensationally claimed the State was actively carrying out extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Molly Chebet |Pkemoi Ng'enoh |Hudson Gumbihi |Sharon Wanga
This action-packed weekend was one for the fitness fraternity’s books. Fitness sensation and the ‘King of Squats’, Nkululeko Dlamini, was in Kenya and hosted a showdown at an event dubbed the King Fitness Explosion Challenge, held at the Waterfront Mall, Karen, on Saturday, 21st September. The enthusiastic fitness instructor shared tips on growing bigger glutes, and attendees had a great time.
