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Kenyan star athlete banned for five years for doping
Reuters
Kenya's Betty Wilson Lempus has been handed a five-year ban for using the prohibited substance triamcinolone acetonide and tampering with doping control, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday.Lempus tested positive following h
"A fallen hero": MKU Board Chairman Prof. Simon Gicharu eulogises Prof. George Magoha
Alex Waithaka
Mount Kenya University Board Chairman Prof. Simon Gicharu has released a statement on the untimely passing of former
"Prof. Magoha collapsed at home" - Nairobi Hospital on the academician's untimely passing
Alex Waithaka
The Nairobi Hospital has released a statement on Prof. George Magoha's passing. Chief Executive Offic
Former Education CS Prof. George Magoha dies at 71
Alex Waithaka
Immediate former Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha is dead. Magoha, 71, died at the Nairobi Hospital this evening after a cardiac arrest. He collapsed at his home whereupon his wife Dr. Barbara Odudu Essien summoned a close
Uasin-Gishu: Man on the run after allegedly killing week-old stepson
TV47
Detectives based at Turbo in Uasin-Gishu County have launched a manhunt for
Man who allegedly defrauded Mombasa-based Sacco KSh900,000 arrested in Kisii
Roving Correspondent
Detectives have arrested a man who allegedly defrauded a Mombasa-based Sacco KSh900,000.Francis Mairura, 22, orchestrated an online scam that saw the Sacco lose the cash. KSh600,000 was recovered from him upon his arrest in Nyamondo village
One dead, multiple injured as 14-seater matatu collides with truck
Joe Gathuya
One person died on Friday evening after a Nairobi-bound 14-seater matatu collided with a truck at Kenol Town in Murang'a County. Fourteen other people were injured in the freak accident. Eye witnesses at the scene told T
Man United can cope without Casemiro at Arsenal, says Ten Hag
Reuters
Manchester United will be able to cope without influential midfielder Casemiro at leaders Arsenal in Sunday's Premier League game, manager Erik ten Hag said on Friday.The Brazil international will miss the clash at the Emirates after pickin
Murder-suicide theory in X-Trail drowning incident
Alex Waithaka
Inside the black Nissan X-Trail that was fished from the Titanic Dam in Kimbo area, Kiambu County, there are two ite
Identity of X-Trail driver in Juja drowning incident revealed
Alex Waithaka
The identity of the driver of the Nissan X-Trail which plunged into a dam in Kimbo area of Kiambu County on Tuesday night has been revealed. Confidential police sources intimated to TV47 Digital that the driver was Tirus Maina Giko
DP Gachagua meets Meru MCAs in bid to broker truce with Gov. Kawira
Alex Waithaka
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday evening met with Members of the Meru County Assembly at his home in Hiriga, Mathira, Nyeri County. The purpose of the meeting, which was also attended by 12 MPs and the County Senator and Kathuri
Duo on boda boda crushed to death by sugarcane truck along Kisumu-Kakamega Road
Violet Auma
Two people died on Sunday evening after a boda boda they were riding on was involved in an accident with a sugarcane truck at Ilesi along the Kakamega-Kisumu Road. A third passenger was seriously injured. According to eye witnesses
Four seriously injured after matatu rams into pick-up truck
Roving Correspondent
Four people have been seriously injured in a road accident involving a matatu and a pick-up at Kimbimbi area along the Mwea-Embu Road in Kirinyaga County.The
Chege Njuguna is MP-elect for Kandara constituency
Joe Gathuya
Chege Njuguna of United Democratic Alliance is the Member of Parliament-elect for Kandara constituency. Nju
UDA's William Kisang takes lead in Elgeyo Marakwet senatorial race
Roving Correspondent
United Democratic Alliance candidate in the Elgeyo Marakwet County senatorial by-election William
Mexico captures son of jailed drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman, sparking wave of violence
Reuters
Mexican security forces captured on Thursday drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin "El C
"We threw ourselves to the floor": Mexican passenger plane caught in cartel crossfire
Reuters
Passengers travelling through a Mexican airport escaped death narrowly after they were caught up in a crossfire between the country's military and drug cartels. The Thursday incident at the Culiacan airport in the northern part of the
Sonko pledges KSh600,000 reward as detectives intensify manhunt for villains who gouged out innocent boy’s eyes
Roving Correspondent
Ex-Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has pledged a cash reward to police officers who’ll eliminate a criminal gang said to have gouged out the eyes of a three-year-old boy in Ikuruma village, Marani, Kisii County. Baby Sagini was attacked on
A second chance: How Messi's Argentina reached the World Cup final again
Reuters
Pre-tournament favourites Argentina stumbled at the first World Cup hurdle before getting their act together to storm into another final, led by their inspirational skipper Lionel Messi who has moved to the top of the tournament's scoring charts.
Visa Inc. to partner with the 'Hustler Fund'
Alex Waithaka
American multinational financial services corporation Visa Inc. will partner with Kenya's Hustlet Fund to facilitate faster access. President William Ruto announced this after meeting the company's Chief Executive Officer Alfred F. Kelly J