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Nigeria's popular singer Davido has said that he is seeking legal redress against K24 following a story on his alleged arrest at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. In a statement on Tuesday, April 2, the 'Unavailable' hitmaker expressed his displeasure at the erroneous reporting adding that he found the fabrication 'extremely irresponsible'. While sharing the obviously cooked-up story, K24...

https://static.ntvkenya.co.ke/uploads/2023/02/NHIF-employee-murder-mystery-NTV-obtains-exclusive-CCTV-footage-of-the-shooting.mp4  CCTV surveillance footage has emerged showing the exact moment Lilian Waithera a staff at the National Hospital Insurance Fund, NHIF was shot along Kaunda street in Nairobi CBD. The footage shows that Waithera who was walking in the company of one...

Section 12 of the Land Act provides that The Commission may, on behalf of the National or county governments, allocate public land by way of: Public auction to the highest bidder at prevailing market value subject to and not less than the reserved price; Application confined to a targeted group of persons or groups in order to ameliorate their disadvantaged position; Public notice of tenders as...

Detectives from the Homicide department based at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters have taken over investigations into the mysterious death of 23-year-old Geoffrey Mwathi.  The DCI took over the probe on Friday morning following a directive from Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki who called for a  thorough probe into the...

Residents of Githurai 45 off the Nairobi-Thika highway are a sad lot. On Sunday morning, they woke up to a nauseating stench wafting from a dirty grey sludge that was flowing right into their houses.  Two days later, they are still living with the spectre of waterborne diseases, besides having their daily activities disrupted. A night downpour in Nairobi on Monday worsened the situation, as more water...

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested 44 school kids at the Mountain View Estate in Nairobi. The kids who included 26 boys and 18 girls are aged between 14 and 17 years. All are in primary and secondary schools. In a statement after the arrests, DCI detectives said various alcohol brands and bhang were recovered.     Also arrested was...

The Family of slain Businessman George Mwangi has appealed to the police to act with speed and arrest all the perpetrators involved in the murder of the Rwanda based businessman whose body was found in Kieni Forest, Kiambu County last Tuesday. Mwangi's mother Priscilla Wanjiru says the family is still in shock following the murder of her 58-year-old son and arrest of his wife politician Gladys Chania,...

Nairobi’s Kenyatta Avenue was a spectacle on Monday because demolition of stalls, a car wash and a car park constructed on land previously occupied by the popular Simmers Club. They were demolished after Nairobi Governor Michael Sonko thretened to bring them down. County government earth-movers flattened the famous “pimp my ride” modern car wash and accessories stall at the junction of...

A househelp has been confirmed dead after being attacked by her employer’s dog in Moriema, Malindi town, Kilifi County. Roselyn Nafuna, 39, was going about her housekeeping activities early Monday morning when her boss’s South African Boerboel descended on her at the porch of the house and mauled her. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the...

Land Mawe is an old city estates serving residents of all kinds, from students, working class to low-income earners. The estate is located on the edge of Nairobi’s CBD next to Nairobi Railway Station, a transport hub for many living within Nairobi and the outskirts, and the Technical University of Kenya (TUK).   The estate has several, numbered block buildings, which eases identification for...

NATO’s violent intervention in Libya led to the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi. As was suspected at the time - and was later shown in the published emails of Hilary Clinton - NATO acted to prevent Gaddafi founding an African central bank with its own gold-backed currency. That institution would have challenged the power of the dollar and finally allowed Africa to escape its colonial shackles, writes...

Police in Kakamega are holding a man who brutally assaulted another with heavy blows and kicks, for responding to a call of nature at a public place.   Jared Otieno, 30, was arrested yesterday afternoon within Kakamega's Dharau area, moments after the serious assault on the 24-year-old victim.   The victim had taken a leak at a public place oblivious of a clear warning inscribed on an...

The body of Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud has been found at Kerugoya Level 5 Hospital mortuary. According to the family lawyer Charles Madowo, the family has requested privacy as they "process the tragic news and plan for burial." "Even as Bashir rests, the family shall not rest until justice has been served and those responsible brought to book," Madowo...

President William Ruto has sustained the push for a new order in financing in the African continent. Speaking in Nairobi during the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Trade and Development Bank Group, President Ruto said the continent must liberate itself from financial institutions that have burdened it with debts, especially in the wake of limited resources.  In particular, he noted that Africa needs...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1301999485447438336 In 2014, Ross sold his 10,086-square-foot home Fort Lauderdale to buy a large estate formerly owned by a boxing legend in Fayetteville, Georgia. Rick Ross’ purchased the mansion for $5.8 million (ksh629 million) after it had fallen into foreclosure under previous owner Evander Holyfield. The 54,000-square-foot estate is the largest single-family mansion...

Police in Garissa County on Sunday detained a woman following the mysterious death of a man in her house. Grace Mueni, 36, was arrested at the Garissa Police Station where she had gone to report the mysterious death of the man, a police officer with whom she had been cohabiting with. “She left the house for work on Saturday morning leaving the officer relaxing after night duties. However, when she...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been asked to vacate their British base of Frogmore Cottage, the couple's spokesperson has confirmed.   It was earlier reported that the home, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, had been offered to the Duke of York.   A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed the news. Buckingham Palace has not commented. The duke and duchess now live...

Most steel construction is done with a type of steel called mild steel. Mild steel is a material that is immensely strong.  Take a circular bar of steel 1 inch / 25mm in diameter. If you were to attach this bar securely to your ceiling, you could hang from it 20,000 Kg (which is 20 tons) This immense strength is of great advantage to buildings.  The other important feature of steel framing is its...

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Kenya Power has issued a directive to customers enrolled in its prepaid power plan, urging them to update their meters, commonly referred to as token meters, by August in order to maintain access to electricity. This update is part of a comprehensive global initiative to enhance the security of generated tokens for all prepaid meters utilizing the Standard Transfer Specification (STS). Joseph Siror,...