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The Communications Authority (CA) of Kenya has warned that mobile phone subscribers who fail to register their details with their respective telecommunication service providers by April 15 will face disconnection. CA Director General (DG) Ezra Chiloba says the move is to enforce the SIM card registration regulations of 2015 and…

Kenya’s police have been accused by Amnesty International of unlawfully killing 167 people last year, including some of those arrested for violating Covid-19 restrictions. The rights group alleged the force was also responsible for the forcible disappearance of 33 people in 2021. In its report looking at events in 2021,…

The governments of Kenya and Jersey have signed a landmark deal which will see millions of dollars of public funds allegedly stolen by two of Kenya’s richest men returned to the country to buy life-saving coronavirus equipment. The deal with Jersey, a self-governing island in the English Channel, has been…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday evening unveiled the 27 million dollars Microsoft Africa Development Centre, expressing optimism that the facility will bolster the Government’s quest to secure high-tech jobs in the digital space for the youth. Speaking during the launch in Nairobi, President Kenyatta termed the Microsoft facility a “seminal…

Close to 840,000 coronavirus vaccines have expired in Kenya before they could be administered, the country’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said. The AstraZeneca jabs were part of 2.2 million doses donated to the country through the global Covax scheme in January – with an expiry date of 28 February.…

A section of Mau Mau fighters from the Central region move to court seeking the removal of DP William Ruto from office over what they term as failure to perform his duties as the DP, illegally using public funds and resources for campaigns, and gross misconduct for attacking a Govt…

A Nyeri Court has issued an arrest warrant against Embu governor Martin Wambora, 3 others for failing to appear before the court for sentencing after being found in contempt of court for failing to remit the Kenya County Government Workers’ Union statutory fees despite a court order issued on December…

Partners from the U.S. military and 20 African nations have assembled in Kenya and Rwanda in support of the annual exercise Justified Accord 22, Feb. 28 – Mar. 19. Justified Accord is an annual, multinational, multi-domain military exercise focusing on African partner capability and interoperability in support of United Nations…

The United Nations Postal Administration released its 2022 stamp program in its bulletin for collectors, Fascination (issue No. 136) in Dec 2021. The subjects include endangered species, the planet Mars, and World Bicycle Day. The program began Jan. 14 2022 with the Sport for Peace issue in honor of the…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a countrywide security crackdown aimed at weeding out rogue boda boda operators from the sector following the recent assault of a female motorist along Wangari Maathai Road in Nairobi County. Describing the incident as disheartening, the President said that he had on Monday evening instructed…