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Editor's night abduction linked to DCI's special operations unit

For Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich and his driver, Geoffrey Kamau, Tuesday evening was simply a journey home.

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Two tribes account for a third of workforce in 51 state agencies

The Senate has established that atleast 1404 out of the 1924 employees at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions(ODPP) come from only six ethnic communities

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Boost as 55 vessels expected to call Mombasa and Lamu ports

For the coastal and inland water counties, the decentralisation of ferries and harbours, as outlined in the Fourth Schedule of the 2010 Constitution, remains an unfulfilled aspiration

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Why customers are taking their money where they feel valued

Poor customer service, declining quality, ignored complaints, privacy concerns and high prices are pushing Kenyan consumers towards businesses where they feel valued and get better value for money.

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PHOTOS: Here are the faces behind Standard Group Editor abduction

PHOTOS: Here are the faces behind the Standard Group Editor abduction

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Political leaders demand answers as Alex Kiprotich's abduction sparks outrage

Safina Party Leader Jimi Wanjigi, Babu Owino, Saboti MP Caleb Amisi, other leaders condemn abduction of Standard Editor Alex Kiprotich, term it an attack on press freedom, demand accountability.

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New strategy to monetise African demographic explosion

Nairobi-based Woodside Africa Group has launched a 15-year strategy to integrate one million young Africans into high-growth sectors.

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Meru journalists protest assault on Standard Group Editor and Meru journalist

Meru journalists have staged protests over the alleged abduction of Standard Group editor Alex Kiprotich and assault of K24 reporter Nelson Mutwiri.

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Embrace Saccos movements, Oparanya tells Kenyans

Cooperatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya has urged Kenyans to embrace savings and credit cooperative societies as a reliable way to build savings, access affordable loans and improve livelihoods.

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Half-baked police: Instructors ill-prepared for role of training police recruits

Police recruits are not adequately trained to equip them with relevant skills needed for managing crime as well as maintaining law and order.

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Why Kenyans must look beyond outrage on KRA customs policy

Kenyans should assess KRA's revised customs benchmark on consolidated cargo through the lens of tax obligations, trade facilitation and long-term formalisation rather than political outrage.

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Booming business in Lamu as annual Maulid festival attracts 20,000 pilgrims

Lamu's 136th annual Maulid festival is set to draw 20,000 pilgrims, giving the island's tourism, hospitality, transport, fishing and cultural businesses a major economic boost.

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Kenya Airways acting CEO quits

Kenya Airways acting CEO George Kamal has resigned for personal reasons, with Habil Waswani appointed in an acting capacity as the airline searches for a substantive CEO amid widening losses.

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Wamuchomba gives Ruto 3 days to act or lose support over allies' hate speech remarks

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has asked President William Ruto to take action against his allies, making inflammatory remarks

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Investment fund crosses Sh20b mark after 77pc growth

Madison Investment Managers' unit trust funds grew 77 per cent to Sh20.55 billion, while profitability rose 48 per cent as the firm expands its digital and investment capabilities.

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Families seek answers over missing kin

According to the families, their relatives were initially arrested by police on allegations of being members of criminal gangs and taken to court but were acquitted for lack of evidence.

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Locked in

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Operators body calls Nicco Movers suspension unjust

Operators criticise suspension of Nicco Movers' operations, calling the move unjust and unlawful after a passenger fell from a moving bus.

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Red Cross warns 46 counties face flood risk as El Nino rains loom

46 counties are at risk of receiving above-average rainfall; Kenya Red Cross warns flooding could occur if adequate measures are not put in place.

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PS Mang'eni, Ababu political rift deepens as youth disrupt UDA drive in Budalangi

Cooperatives PS Susan Mang'eni's efforts to strengthen UDA grassroots structures in Budalangi, Busia County, suffered a setback after rowdy youth disrupted the opening of a party office.

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El Nino rains: Seven things government is doing to protect you from floods

The government announces measures to prepare for above-normal rains expected during the October to December (OND) season, with early onset forecast in Western, Nyanza, North Eastern regions.

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'Okoa Mille': The Sh1.1 billion spiritual campaign tearing apart PCEA

The PCEA leadership is split over the campaign to raise funds to save the multi-million-shilling tourist hotel in Mombasa whose cost of construction is under scrutiny from church members.

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Inside KQ' bid to stop a decade-long financial haemorrhage

Kenya Airways is eyeing a turnaround through a mix of strategies that diversify its revenue streams, with cargo seen as among the lucrative but untapped growth areas.

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Why mining Kenya's minerals is proving harder than finding them

Kenya sits on mineral wealth, yet investors and communities say the country continues to struggle to convert that geological potential into meaningful economic value.

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Another emergency fuel cargo imported as airlines brace for higher fuel costs

Kenya has imported another emergency fuel cargo to avert a possible jet fuel shortage during the final week of August, according to documents from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

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Mbadi tells Senate Counties owe Pension Schemes Sh 115.7 billion

CS John Mbadi has said that County Governments owe pension schemes a total of Sh115.7 Billion comprising principal interest, penalties and the actuarial deficit of this amount.

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CS Ruku: I will split Mt Kenya to secure development

I will divide the mountain because I want to get my people's development. I will leave the West, which has already been developed, to go to the opposition.

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Ichung'wa urges Mt Kenya to rally behind Ruto-Kindiki ticket for 2027

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wa has endorsed Deputy President Kithure Kindiki as President William Ruto's running mate in the 2027 General Election.

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Farmer's mutilated body found at home as wife, watchman arrested

Police in Trans-Nzoia County are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a prominent farmer at his home on Sunday morning.

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Sonko urges youth to elect visionary leaders

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has urged the young people across the country to vote wisely in the forthcoming 2027 General Election.

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Teen pregnancies threaten Africa's gains in saving mothers lives

Doctors and policymakers warn that reducing maternal mortality will be impossible unless governments tackle teenage pregnancies alongside strengthening emergency obstetric care.

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Pain, hope for children living with cerebral palsy in Buuri

At the Deputy County Commissioner's compound at Kiirua in Buuri, Meru, tears flowed freely as the abandonment and neglect of children suffering from cerebral palsy was exposed.

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Linda Mwananchi wave sweeps through Meru

Leaders allied to Linda Mwananchi brigade led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna yesterday made more startling claims about a government scheme to rig the August 10 General elections.

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Ongaki hits rare double to win at Nyali Club

Divinah Ongaki clinched the title with 43 Stableford points and capped it with a hole-in-one on the 18th at Nyali Golf & Country Club.

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Pointing fingers at Gachagua will hurt the Opposition

Opposition's biggest challenge is not Gachagua himself, but whether competing leaders can manage their ambitions, build credible grassroots structures and maintain unity.

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Trump, Netanyahu and Putin and their fast declining empires

Empires may remain powerful in decline, but when smaller powers resist overwhelming force, the psychological foundations of imperial dominance begin to weaken.

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Olara's UN quest caught between big-power politics and gender push

Macky Sall of Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, and Olara Otunnu of Uganda, a former British colony in East Africa, are among the seven people who want to succeed Antonio Guterres.

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Kenya must turn renewable energy advantage into industrial power

More than 90 per cent of Kenya's electricity has been generated from renewable sources, with geothermal, hydro, wind and solar forming the backbone of the national power system.

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Africa's pharma future starts with regulation

Africa cannot build a sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing industry while retaining permanently fragmented pathways to its markets.

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The State loses its moral compass when public jobs become rewards

If teacher appointments are allocated through politicians rather than transparent TSC procedures, the matter suggests possible political capture of a constitutional commission.

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