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1 week ago | 
tv47.digital | Michael Majanga |Sophie Opondo
Officers from the National Police Service (NPS) on Wednesday, April 16 condoled with families affected by the collapse of a building in Kisii County. Five people died after the four-storey building under construction collapsed in Itierio area on 6th April 2025. Kisii County Police Commander Ronald Kirui led officers to Bogiakumu Location, Bonyando Sub-Location, to condole with the bereaved families.
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1 week ago | 
tv47.digital | Michael Majanga |Sophie Opondo |Samson Jura
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Tuesday, April 15 came to the rescue of a helpless giraffe with magot-infested wound at the Meru National Park. The authority’s Meru Mobile Veterinary Unit, in conjunction with a team from Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT), responded to a report of the injured adult male reticulated giraffe within the park. The wound, KWS says, was located on the right lateral aspect at the base of the giraffe’s neck, and is suspected to have been constantly reopened by ox-peckers.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Samson Jura |Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
George Oduor, a longtime aide and bodyguard to Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader Raila Odinga, has passed away. According to reports, Oduor died on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital, where he had been admitted for over a week. A trusted member of Raila Odinga’s security team, Oduor had served the Odinga family for over 30 years, dating back to the 1990s.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga |Samson Jura
Kisii County, April 2, 2025 – In a significant blow to narcotics trafficking in the region, a multi-agency team led by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) conducted a high-profile operation in Mwamogeza Village, Kisii County, recovering a massive consignment of suspected cannabis sativa.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has urged administrators in Bungoma County to exempt residents from the rigorous vetting process during application for National Identity Cards (IDs). Mr. Wetang’ula’s utterances came on the backdrop of President William Ruto’s order issued in North Eastern Kenya earlier in the month where he gave the directives.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has petitioned the National Assembly to consider lifting the moratorium it imposed on the government about the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) as a way of restoring investor confidence in the sub sector. Accompanied by the Principal Secretary for Energy Alex Wachira, Wandayi said the moratorium impossed in 2023 has negativity impacted efforts to negotiate better and affordable Power Purchase Agreements with the Independent Power Producers.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
RUIRU, Kenya, Mar 28 – Columbia Africa Healthcare Ltd has opened doors to its newest facility, the Columbia Africa Ruiru Clinic, offering high-quality outpatient care to one of Kenya’s fastest-growing communities. Located at The Nord Mall on Kamiti Road, the new clinic is designed to provide accessible, world-class medical services to Ruiru residents and beyond.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Michael Majanga |Sophie Opondo
Julius Bitok has been named the best performing Principal Secretary (PS) in 2024 in the Politrack’s Starleader of the Year Awards. Bitok was feted for his stewardship at the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services, during a colourful gala at the JW Marriot Hotel in Nairobi on Friday, March 28 night. Since December 2022, PS Bitok has overseen transformational changes at the department that caught the attention of Kenyans.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Sophie Opondo |Michael Majanga
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested Jared Nyauncho, a Senior Court Assistant and David Tunya, a Customer Care Officer, for soliciting and receiving a bribe of KSh5,000 from a complainant as an inducement to facilitate retrieval of a court file.
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3 weeks ago | 
tv47.digital | Michael Majanga |Sophie Opondo
Police in Kwale County have arrested 12 suspects of machete-wielding gangs that has been terrorising residents in the area. Law enforcement agencies intensified operations aimed at neutralising the dreaded gangs following a series of violent attacks, looting and interference of peace of residents and business owners in Kwale and the surrounding areas. The 12 suspects were arrested in Friday, March 28 operation.
