Nairobi

Kenyan detectives have arrested a man in connection with a gold scam that saw a tycoon based in Mumbai, India, lose close to $2 million. Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said that Cavalho Lopes, a Guinean, obtained $1780000…
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Catholic bishops have volunteered to unite President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to save the country from political tension ahead of next year’s general elections. The 23 bishops spoke in Nairobi on Wednesday morning…
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The alarm comes barely two weeks after a five-storey building collapsed in Kinoo estate, one of Nairobi’s neighbourhoods. No casualty was reported. The Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK) has raised concern over the…
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A 17-year-old boy was on Thursday night killed by a stray bullet in the Kiamaiko estate in Nairobi following a melee that ensued between police officers and public members. The police report stated that the officers who were on patrol…
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Kenyan lecturers have called off the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday, August 30, over unpaid salary enhancement arrears. The Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) Secretary-General Constantine Wasongo said they…
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On Thursday afternoon, at least eight people died after a crane crumbled at a construction site in Hurlingham, Nairobi. The construction project was being undertaken by a Chinese contractor being opposite the Department of Defence…
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The Kenya women’s national 15s rugby side, Kenya Lionesses, hopes of qualifying for the 2022 Rugby World Cup qualifiers ended on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, after falling 16-15 to Colombia repechage qualifier. The match was played at…
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Two people have been shot dead in Nairobi’s Kahawa West estate after chaos erupted between the locals and police. Kahawa West residents took to the streets to protest the demolition of their stalls by the Nairobi Metropolitan Service…
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On the better part of Thursday, chaos rocked Nairobi's Kayole estate after police allegedly killed a man for violating the 10 pm-4 am curfew. John Kiiru, 38, was said to have been clobbered to death by patrolling police officers on…
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Traders are counting heavy losses after a fire destroyed goods of unknown value in the Gikomba market, Nairobi. The inferno gutted a section of second-hand clothes locally known as mitumba. Reports seen by the Standard Gazette say…
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