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Swearing-in looms for by-election winners as IEBC gazettes names

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), on Monday, gazetted the names of 22 winners of the November 27 by-elections paving the way for their swearing in and assumption of office.In the gazette notice dated December 1, 2025, IEBC stated that it was satisfied with the election of B

By The Standard Dec 01, 2025

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Residents say 40 killed in alleged army strike in southern Sudan

At least 40 people were killed in southern Sudan, two people who took part in the burials said Monday, in a strike that paramilitaries and a human rights group blamed on the army.The Rapid Support Forces and their ally in the southern Kordofan region, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, le

By The Standard Dec 01, 2025

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Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane dies in detention

Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane died in detention in Yaounde on Monday morning, the vice president of his party told AFP.The left-wing nationalist politician was arrested in Douala on October 24, on the eve of the publication of presidential election results that returned 92-year-old Paul

By The Standard Dec 01, 2025

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China's investment cap leaves State grappling with two toll tariffs

The splitting of the contract to expand the Rironi–Mau Summit Road has caused complications for the roads agency, as it emerges that the two consortia had proposed different toll rates and annual price escalation rates.The Kenya National Highways Authority (KenNHA) last week announced that the expan

By The Standard Dec 01, 2025

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Centum half-year profit jumps to Sh472m amid debt reprieve

Investment firm Centum has posted a 6.1 per cent rise in half-year after-tax profit, on the back of improved performance in its trading and real estate units and a significant reduction in finance costs.The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed companysaid its profit for the six months ended September

By The Standard Dec 01, 2025

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Most Kenyans extremely poor as 125 individuals richer than entire population

Kenya’s tax regime has been criticised in a recent report as regressive, as it disproportionately targets poor individuals, contributing to higher levels of inequality in the country.The report, which reveals that the richest 125 individuals in the country hold more wealth than 43 million people, al

By The Standard Dec 01, 2025

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