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Australian mining firm, Base Titanium has moved to clarify that they have undertaken an extensive community engagement programme that involved working closely with Kwale County leadership and administration officials prior to being granted with a mineral prospecting licence in December last year. It is undertaking exploration programme as it seeks
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The chief executive of Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Bob Collymore said on Thursday he will stay on for an extra year in his role after the firm’s board extended his contract by 12 months. “I’m here until the year 2020," the Safaricom boss told reporters on
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* Reuters 23rd May 2019 13:06:47 GMT +0300 The chief executive of Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Bob Collymore said on Thursday that he will stay on for an extra year in his role. “I’m here until the year 2020”, Collymore told reporters on the sidelines of a
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Migori businessman Paul Kojo could as well be described as a super dad after he took time off his busy schedule and travel to Nairobi to babysit his one-month-old infant as his wife sat for her exams. Kojo's wife Sarah Kikocha, a trained nurse and midwife from Kisare
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The 2019 Kenya Premier League champions Gor Mahia will take to the podium in Machakos County on Saturday, May 25th to lift the trophy for the 18th time. The three-time consecutive league champions sealed their 18th domestic title on Wednesday at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos after drawing 1-1 with
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Chinese nationals in Kenya will not be spared if they fail to respect the laws of the country. Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Wu Peng said China was concerned by cases of their citizens’ failure to regulate their behaviour. He said those found flouting the laws of the land would not
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Agricultural Finance Corporation says the agency will not waive loans advanced to farmers and warned defaulters to brace themselves for stiffer penalties. Speaking during farmers training workshop at the Agricultural Training Center in Kitui Town, AFC board chairman Franklin Bett said farmers owing loans will have to service them as
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* Reuters 23rd May 2019 11:45:23 GMT +0300 The Kenyan shilling was under pressure on Thursday due to merchandise and oil importers buying dollars to meet their end-month obligations, traders said. At 0747 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 101.20/40 per dollar, compared with 101.15/
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A public gathering to discuss Siaya County budget estimates 2019/2020 turned chaotic after irate residents disrupted the meeting held by the Budget committee in West Asembo ward, Rarieda sub-county. County Assembly Budget committee members had a difficult time controlling the angry citizens who had attended the forum at Mahaya
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* Mirror 23rd May 2019 11:32:55 GMT +0300 In news that is bound to have readers scratching their faces, scientists have revealed that there are tiny mites live in the pores of your face right now. Yes, you. The eight-legged mites are called Demodex and are too small to
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The late veteran Kenyan author and firebrand gay rights activist Binyavanga Wainana left a cryptic yet deep message more than a year before his untimely demise. Binyavanga, a writer who was the 2002 Caine Prize winner, had issued the message back at the start of 2018 in what is now
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Gor Mahia coach Hassan Oktay has been named April’s Coach of the Month after guiding Kogalo to five wins and two draws in the month. It is his second monthly gong in three months having been feted back in February. Gor Mahia started the month of April with a