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Nyeri town MP-elect Duncan Maina Mathenge (UDA) sheds tears after he was declared the winner at Nyeri Polytechnic on August 11, 2022.
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Ruto's UDA bags all MP seats in Karua's Kirinyaga backyard
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UDA MP breaks one-term jinx in Sigor as Moroto gets 4th term in Kapenguria: Sigor has not re-elected an MP for a second term consecutively, since it was created ...
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UDA MP breaks one-term jinx in Sigor as Moroto gets 4th term in Kapenguria
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KDF changes: Lt Gen Charles Kahariri named new Vice Chief of Defence Forces: Major General Charles Muriu Kahariri has ascended to the rank of Lieutenant General ...
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KDF changes: Lt Gen Charles Kahariri named new Vice Chief of Defence ...
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Ezra Chiloba: I'm worth Sh800 million: Former Communications Authority Director-General Ezra Chiloba has revealed that his net worth stands at Sh800 million ...
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Ezra Chiloba: I'm worth Sh800 million
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Raila silent as Kenyans suffer amid medics strike, fake fertiliser scandal: Unlike in the past when Raila would have issued several statements and addressed ...
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Raila silent as Kenyans suffer amid medics strike, fake fertiliser scandal
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Beijing Race Under Scrutiny As Video Suggests Runners Helped Chinese Winner: Organizers are investigating the results of the Beijing Half Marathon ...
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Quick Glance: Investigation Launched After Beijing Half Marathon Finish
  • Following the finish of the Beijing Half Marathon, the results are now under scrutiny due to the peculiar behavior displayed by three runners from Kenya and Ethiopia.

  • A Chinese runner overtook the others, as seen in a recorded livestream of the Beijing Half Marathon. The remaining three runners - Willy Mnangat and Robert Keter from Kenya, and Dejene Hailu from Ethiopia - followed closely behind, with He claiming the first place.

  • The organizers of the half-marathon are currently examining the results after a video of the finish circulated online, prompting many to question the intention of the three African runners to slow down.

  • The winner secured the first place with a time of 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds. Mnangat, Keter, and Hailu shared the second place, one second later.
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How to handle chicken before slaughter: irds should be caught at night or lights should be dimmed to keep the birds calm during the catching process
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How to handle chicken before slaughter
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Hellen Obiri leads Kenya's Boston Marathon sweep: Obiri leads podium sweep for Kenyans with Lokedi second and Kiplagat third.
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Hellen Obiri leads Kenya's Boston Marathon sweep
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Why that negative HIV test results could actually be positive: There is a chance that three out of every 100 Kenyans who underwent testing were erroneously ...
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Why that negative HIV test results could actually be positive
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Mr. Ibu's burial date set for June 28 : The burial date was announced on Saturday, with plans for a grand sendoff in honor of the late actor.
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Mr. Ibu's burial date set for June 28
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Man’s tearful goodbye to wife, three children, brother killed in Salama crash: Tears flow freely as grisly road crash survivor buries seven family members.
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Man’s tearful goodbye to wife, three children, brother killed in Salama ...
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Blow as intern teacher posts declared illegal: TSC cannot hire or engage or hire student-teachers or interns as its mandate is limited to employing only those ...
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Blow as intern teacher posts declared illegal
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Plan to transform Thika into city kicks off: Once established, Thika will be the first city in the Mt. Kenya region and is expected to create an additional 50 ...
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Plan to transform Thika into city kicks off
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Grade 9 to remain in primary despite secondary school push: Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang on Wednesday dismissed concerns that junior schools are not ...
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Grade 9 to remain in primary despite secondary school push
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The empty JSS promise: Where are the 16,000 classrooms?: Although the target is to build 15,000 classrooms, there are over 23,000 public schools in the country.
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The empty JSS promise: Where are the 16,000 classrooms?
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Firm unveils electric bus assembly line: Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM) has launched the first large-scale electric bus assembly line at its plant in Thika.
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Firm unveils electric bus assembly line
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Puzzle of county employees who share the same bank accounts: Some 14 ECD teachers shared bank accounts raising questions about their existence ...
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Puzzle of county employees who share the same bank accounts
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Doctors dare government, vow to go on with strike for the long haul: Striking doctors say they are ready to sit out for six months or even a year until the ...
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Doctors dare government, vow to go on with strike for the long haul
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Why George Natembeya’s Tawe movement is giving Wetang’ula sleepless nights: Caught in the crossfire is CS Susan Nakhumincha.
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Why George Natembeya’s Tawe movement is giving Wetang’ula sleepless nights
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Woman in viral video on equator phenomenon speaks: Ann's expertise was captured in a viral video while explaining the natural phenomenon along the Equator ...
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Woman in viral video on equator phenomenon speaks
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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge eyes Olympic gold medal hat-trick: Olympic marathon champion says he has no plans of retiring any time soon.
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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge eyes Olympic gold medal hat-trick
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I don't want Sakaja's job, says Sifuna: Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna says he has no ambitions of becoming the city’s governor in 2027.
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I don't want Sakaja's job, says Sifuna
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Moderna pauses Kenya plant plans as COVID vaccine demand wanes: Moderna said on Thursday it had paused its plans to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in ...
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Moderna pauses Kenya plant plans as COVID vaccine demand wanes
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Sisal firm declines to extend deadline to sale 3,000 acres: Teita Sisal Estate Managing Director Phillip Kyriaz said the sale of the plots will proceed as ...
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Sisal firm declines to extend deadline to sale 3,000 acres
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Floods displace over 1900 families in Homa Bay, Kisumu: In Homa Bay, at least 1,731 households have sought shelter at public schools after their homes were ...
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Floods displace over 1900 families in Homa Bay, Kisumu
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MP to stop scholarships for pregnant girls, students who go for disco matanga : “For me, once you become a teen mother forget about the scholarship ...
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MP to stop scholarships for pregnant girls, students who go for disco ...
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Govt closes school with two pupils, learners relocate to Kenya: Several parents in Alupe village in Busia municipality and its neighborhood have enrolled their ...
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Govt closes school with two pupils, learners relocate to Kenya
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Farmers reap big as macadamia prices rise: Currently, a kilogram of macadamia is retailing at between Sh90 and Sh105, up from Sh20 per kg registered last year.
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Farmers reap big as macadamia prices rise
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Resume duty or face the sack, Barasa tells striking doctors: Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has ordered striking doctors in the county to report to work on ...
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Resume duty or face the sack, Barasa tells striking doctors
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What is sugar and what would happen if I stopped eating it?: Sugar is a class of naturally occurring sweet-tasting molecules found in fruits, vegetables ...
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What is sugar and what would happen if I stopped eating it?
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Diesel, kerosene prices drop by biggest margin in latest review: The cost of diesel reduced by a big margin of Sh10, and will for the next one month retail at ...
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Diesel, kerosene prices drop by biggest margin in latest review
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Change of tune? IG Japhet Koome says doctors are free to hold protests: Doctors are free to hold protests, Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome says ...
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Change of tune? IG Japhet Koome says doctors are free to hold protests
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Five feared dead in Kenya Defence Force helicopter crash: Reports from Nairobi indicate that five occupants are dead while three survived.
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Five feared dead in Kenya Defence Force helicopter crash
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Govt closes school with two pupils, learners relocate to Kenya: Several parents in Alupe village in Busia municipality and its neighborhood have enrolled their ...
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Govt closes school with two pupils, learners relocate to Kenya
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Wetangula and Natembeya fight for supremacy in western region: President Ruto wants Kenya Kwanza affiliate parties to dissolve and join UDA ...
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Wetangula and Natembeya fight for supremacy in western region
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Coral reefs: Warming ocean waters fuel fourth global bleaching event | Africanews
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Coral reefs: Warming ocean waters fuel fourth global bleaching event | ...
Quick Glance: Global Coral Bleaching Event After Extreme Heat
  • US climate agency NOAA declares a concerning global coral bleaching event for the fourth time in history after a year of extreme ocean heat.

  • Impacts of coral bleaching span oceans worldwide, with sea surface temperatures at record levels.

  • Corals under extreme heat stress can recover, but otherwise, the reef requires several years to regenerate.

  • Despite losses, some reefs show signs of color, offering hope for potential recovery, while scientists caution about the escalating impacts.
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22 senators lead fresh onslaught on Ruto's housing levy: The total number of cases challenging Ruto's pet project is now seven.
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22 senators lead fresh onslaught on Ruto's housing levy
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UDA targets 540,000 officials in grassroots elections: Cleophas Malala said UDA plans to ensure successful elections with the highest number of officials elected ...
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UDA targets 540,000 officials in grassroots elections
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Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says: Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world's colorful coral reefs have ...
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Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says
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Accreditation system necessary to enhance quality of education: Kenya is transforming its education sector to enhance access, equity, relevance ...
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Accreditation system necessary to enhance quality of education
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Suzie Wokabi: The making of a beauty empire: Many dream of leaving a mark in life and their environment, but few do. Suzie Wokabi is one of the few
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Suzie Wokabi: The making of a beauty empire
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Teachers' enjoying better heath care, but more needs to be done: Today teachers and their families have a medical cover even though challenges persist in ...
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Teachers' enjoying better heath care, but more needs to be done
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A look at Nike's Team Kenya kits for the Paris 2024 Olympics: Nike unveiled Olympic kits for the teams it sponsors alongside athletes including Eliud ...
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A look at Nike's Team Kenya kits for the Paris 2024 Olympics
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DRC Consul-General nominee, Charles Githinji, equates GDP to population: His response deemed surprising for a Consul-General nominee, underscores the expectation ...
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DRC Consul-General nominee, Charles Githinji, equates GDP to population
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Machogu: State to build 15,000 classes for Grade 9: According to CS Machogu, the ministry is making necessary preparations in readiness for Grade Nine ...
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Machogu: State to build 15,000 classes for Grade 9
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Major Rains Lead to Death and Displacement Across the Gulf, in Kenya: Record rainfall soaked large parts of Oman and the United Arab Emirates this week ...
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Major Rains Lead to Death and Displacement Across the Gulf, in Kenya
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Innovator makes clean cooking stove that uses recycled engine oil: These cooking appliances not only consume large amounts of fuel but also emit copious amounts ...
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Innovator makes clean cooking stove that uses recycled engine oil
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Kenya: Doctors begin fifth week of strike | Africanews: The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government, saying it had failed to implement ...
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Kenya: Doctors begin fifth week of strike | Africanews
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The slow, painful death of Kenyan man as striking doctors watched: All Maxwell Maronda, 24, wanted was a doctor to see what was wrong with his blood.
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The slow, painful death of Kenyan man as striking doctors watched
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Too young to retire: Politics of term limits keeps friends, foes on edge : The current Constitution does not allow a President to serve for more than 10 years
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Too young to retire: Politics of term limits keeps friends, foes on edge
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State in a spot over appeal on housing levy: Court of Appeal faults government for making new law before case was concluded.
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State in a spot over appeal on housing levy
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Governor Rotich appoints Kibaki's aide to economic team: Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Wisley Rotich has appointed former President Mwai Kibaki’s aide Nick ...
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Governor Rotich appoints Kibaki's aide to economic team
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Kuppet defends TSC over plight of teachers in hostile regions: While vowing to protect the teachers, Kuppet Secretary General Akelo Misori termed the escalating ...
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Kuppet defends TSC over plight of teachers in hostile regions
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Judge orders government to begin negotiations with doctors: Doctors are demanding Sh1.1 billion in basic salary arrears owed by counties and the employment of ...
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Judge orders government to begin negotiations with doctors
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2027 elections: The tall mountain Kalonzo Musyoka has to climb : Kalonzo has formed a think-tank on how to win over vote-rich region.
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2027 elections: The tall mountain Kalonzo Musyoka has to climb
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State officials give governors sleepless nights: Cabinet Secretaries and heads of parastatals with political ambitions have been using every opportunity to hit ...
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State officials give governors sleepless nights
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Benefits of taking mabuyu: Baobab fruit locally known as mabuyu is prized for its many nutritional benefits, including high levels of vitamin C ...
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Benefits of taking mabuyu
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Secondary schools to be re-categorised into three: The groups will be for sciences, humanities and sports but one can offer a combination ...
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Secondary schools to be re-categorised into three
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Natembeya represents new type of firebrand ready to rally the Luhya: Natembeya is cutting himself a niche as the new type of political firebrand ...
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Natembeya represents new type of firebrand ready to rally the Luhya
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Exposed drains, manholes that swallowed policeman: Constable David Chesire unknowingly slipped into an uncovered manhole and is said to have been swept away by ...
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Exposed drains, manholes that swallowed policeman
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Omanyala eager to witness his progress as he prepares for Kip Keino Classic: African champion faces still competition from USA's Bednarek.
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Omanyala eager to witness his progress as he prepares for Kip Keino ...
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Uhuru, his 'traitors' and shaky peace bid: Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has teeming oratory skills. His words often come with heavy meanings ...
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Uhuru, his 'traitors' and shaky peace bid
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Controversy over newly created Usigu sub-county: Usigu has been serving as the divisional headquarters for more than five decades.
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Controversy over newly created Usigu sub-county
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Ex- Muranga Governor wa Iria secures court order to bar arrest: Ex-Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria secures an interim conservatory court order barring the DPP ...
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Ex- Muranga Governor wa Iria secures court order to bar arrest
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Easy recipe: Flavourful chicken mishikaki: Whether enjoyed as a snack or a main dish, chicken mishikaki offers a perfect blend of spices, aromatics ...
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Easy recipe: Flavourful chicken mishikaki
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Jitters in UDA as Gachagua camp feels threatened by three deputies: There is a provision for three deputy party leaders, hence the apprehension among DP’s allies ...
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Jitters in UDA as Gachagua camp feels threatened by three deputies