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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Lilian Chepkoech |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
Scam stamp (Courtesy)A man in Kasarani Sub-County has admitted to swindling a businesswoman of Sh150,000 after failing to fulfil a promise to help her daughter travel to Qatar for work. Appearing before Makadara Resident Magistrate Stephanie Bett, Naftali Kahwak Gacheru was accused of defrauding Ann Njoki Mwaura of the stated amount between 11 and 16 September last year, within Kasarani, Nairobi County, while pretending to be in a position to secure employment for her daughter.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Patrick Beja |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
The late Radio Veteran broadcaster Leonard Mambo Mbotela's wife Alice Mbotela (left) (Photo: Elvis Ogina, File/Standard)Veteran broadcaster Leonard Mambo Mbotela who died yesterday morning disciplined and mentored his siblings, his family said yesterday. His younger brother Donald Mbotela said the broadcaster who was the first born in a family of eight children could always whip and counsel them whenever they went wrong.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Yvonne Chepkwony |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
Evans Kebwaro,27, was convicted and sentenced for the murder of four women in Mawanga in Nakuru, which shook the nation three years ago (Photo: iStock)His presence radiated an unsettling power. Even in handcuffs, he sat calmly accompanied by two prison officers, indicating the seriousness of the offence. Evans Kebwaro,27, was convicted and sentenced for the murder of four women in Mawanga in Nakuru, which shook the nation three years ago.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Collins Kweyu |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
Kenya Power transformers and power lines next to informal settlement in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]A woman died in Kibra’s Sarangombe village while responding to a distress call by her daughter who had accidentally touched live electricity wires. Pamela Otiende, 40, was attempting to rescue her daughter who was hanging clothes on the lines when she accidentally came into contact with a live electric wire.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Kelvin Karani |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
Mombasa politician, Gordon Omondi Teti protest at Nyali in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]Mombasa politician Jackson Gordon Teti suffered a significant setback when a Mombasa court dissolved his second marriage due to domestic violence. His first marriage was also dissolved by a court in Canada’s Queen’s Beach 10 years ago after it was established that he was abusive and violent towards his first wife.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | James Omoro |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
AIC Bishop Benard Ondiek, Nyakach MP Aduma Owuor and Homa Bay Woman Rep Joyce Osogo addressing journalists at the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Homa Bay Town. (James Omoro, Standard). The sanctity of the pulpit was shattered in a gruesome act of violence that lifted the veil on hidden extramarital affairs within Kenya’s churches. While illicit relationships among religious leaders and congregants have long simmered beneath the surface, rarely do they erupt into such public and fatal consequences.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Nehemiah Okwembah |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
It is a dog’s life for Kanze Katana Fundi, an elderly woman at Muyungu dumpsite, one of Kilifi County’s biggest landfills. She has been a scavenger at the dumpsite since 1977, oblivious to the risks. Fundi is one of several families residing in shanties on the outskirts of the Malindi dumpsite. They have no other home, and as they get older, they seem to have given up on ever living a better life.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Isaiah Gwengi |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
Even in his twilight years, Prof. Bethwel Allan Ogot’s daily routine was as disciplined as a well-choreographed academic syllabus. He’d rise with the sun at 6 a.m., immerse himself in the day’s newspapers, digest global affairs with the sharpness of a man half his age, enjoy his breakfast, and then retreat to his sanctuary, the library. For at least two sacred hours each day, he wrote, undisturbed and unwavering. This wasn’t just any library.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Nancy Gitonga |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
The High Court has ruled that former Migori Governor Okoth Obado and two others have a case to answer in connection with the murder of former university student Sharon Otieno in 2018. A ruling delivered by Justice Cecilia Githua found that the prosecution had presented sufficient evidence against Obado, his personal assistant Juma Oyamo, and Migori County Clerk Casper Obiero to require them to mount a defence.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Chebet Birir |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
When Mary Wanjiku sat for her KCSE in 2013, she scored a C-minus. With limited finances, further studies remained out of reach. In 2016, she married Maurice Mwangi, a matatu driver, and the couple settled in Githunguri, Utawala. But as their family grew, so did financial strain. “This area does not have sufficient fresh water. I saw my neighbours using donkeys to ferry water, and that’s how I thought of owning one,” she recalls.
