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eastleighvoice.co.ke | Michael Kirwa
Wanyonyi, Chebet shine as Junior Starlets named Team of the Year at SOYA Awards Olympic champions Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Beatrice Chebet were the biggest winners at the 2024 Sports Personality of the Year Awards, held Thursday night at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Maureen Kinyanjui |Mwangi Maina |Michael Kirwa |Alfred Onyango
World Haemophilia Day: Shining light on rare disorder and women often left behind On this day, governments and health bodies are reminded to put in place policies and plans that will support patients and their families in the long run. Every year on April 17, people around the world take time to raise awareness about haemophilia, a rare inherited bleeding disorder.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Lucy Mumbi |Mwangi Maina |Maureen Kinyanjui |Michael Kirwa
The government has suspended the licensing of new foreign medical practitioners in Kenya, citing concerns over ethical practices and governance in transplant procedures, particularly at the Mediheal Group of Hospitals.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Lucy Mumbi |Mwangi Maina |Maureen Kinyanjui |Michael Kirwa
Duale stops kidney transplant services at Mediheal hospital, suspends senior officials He further directed that all patients currently seeking transplant-related services at Mediheal be redirected to eight other licensed transplant centres across the country, including Kenyatta National Hospital, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, and Nairobi Hospital, among others.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Maureen Kinyanjui |Mwangi Maina |Michael Kirwa |Alfred Onyango
A storm is brewing over the alleged disappearance of Sh2.75 billion meant to compensate landowners displaced by a standard gauge railway (SGR) project.
Now, a group of 184 aggrieved petitioners is calling on the High Court to intervene, accusing high-ranking government officials of orchestrating the embezzlement of the money.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Maureen Kinyanjui |Mwangi Maina |Michael Kirwa |Alfred Onyango
For the first time in Kenya’s history, village elders who have long been central to community leadership are now on the path to official state recognition.
Often called upon to resolve conflicts, offer guidance, and hold communities together, elders have historically performed their roles without pay, training, or formal acknowledgement from government structures.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Lucy Mumbi |Mwangi Maina |Maureen Kinyanjui |Michael Kirwa
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) will also be able to procure more transformers within its existing budget, thereby ensuring a consistent power supply while reducing the frequency and impact of outages. President William Ruto has signed into law the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2025, effectively removing the 25 per cent tax on imported, fully assembled electric transformers and their parts — a move expected to lower electricity connection costs for consumers.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Farhiya Hussein |Mwangi Maina |Maureen Kinyanjui |Michael Kirwa
Coast traders warned as fake KEBS officers defraud businesses in widening scam Speaking in Kilifi Town, Market Surveillance Manager Peter Makan, representing the KEBS Coast Regional Manager, confirmed that the fraudulent scheme has been spreading rapidly across different areas.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Maureen Kinyanjui |Mwangi Maina |Michael Kirwa |Alfred Onyango
Nairobi Senator Sifuna files petition against forced evictions of Korogocho residents Many residents feel that the eviction process has been rushed and handled in a way that does not respect their long-standing ties to the area. Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has filed a petition in the Senate, challenging the city county’s decision to evict residents from Korogocho following the designation of the Nairobi River Corridor as a Special Planning Area.
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1 week ago | 
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Michael Kirwa |Mwangi Maina |Maureen Kinyanjui |Alfred Onyango
Cameroon Women U17, popularly known as the Baby Lionesses, are not taking any chances against Kenya’s Junior Starlets as the two sides prepare to clash in the first leg of the final qualifying round for the 2025 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup at the Nyayo National Stadium this Sunday. The return leg will be played in Yaoundé on Friday, April 25, 2025.
