A tree that has graced a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, for nearly a century is slated to be taken down to make way for a highway through the city intended to reduce traffic jams. The fig tree, four stories high and almost a century old, its arched branches forming a giant canopy, has served as a landmark for generations of Kenyans in the bustling commercial neighborhood of Westlands in the capital,...
The widow of a Mombasa businessman has moved to court to stop the distribution of her husband’s Sh600 million estate. Katharina Walele, the widow of Gasper Walele Mwanguwa, wants the High Court to nullify a decision by a lower court that allowed the property to be distributed to her daughter Veronica Kalamba, son Julius Mndwariga and stepson John Ighacho. Katharina is only entitled to a Sh10,000...
A huge fire has been reported at the lower side of Ngara Market in Nairobi. According to photos and videos shot at the scene, billows of smoke could be seen invading the sky from more than a kilometre away. The smoke filled the air as residents tried to put out the flames before the emergency services arrived. At the time of this reporting, the cause of the inferno...
A 36-year-old pregnant woman is shivering inside a hollow baobab tree trunk on a cold morning. It is drizzling and she is surrounded by her four children. What started as a normal disagreement between Juliet Samba and her inlaws has now culminated in her expulsion from the family, prompting her to seek refuge in the forest alongside her husband and four children. The woman from Kirutai...
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