Oil extended losses Wednesday after Donald Trump said Venezuela would turn over millions of barrels to the United States, while equities were mixed after a record-breaking start to the year.Crude has seen wild swingssince the US president ordered the toppling Saturday of Nicolas Maduro, his counterp
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Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has dismissed reports circulating on social media suggesting that he has shelved his gubernatorial ambitions in Nairobi County.
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Jan 07, 2026
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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has announced the deployment of a section of its troops to a United Nations-led peacekeeping mission following the completion of the final combat readiness.
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President William Ruto’s allies in Kisii and Nyamira counties are under pressure afterthe region missed out on major development projects rolled out by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA).In the current financial year, Nyamira County, for example, did not receive any allocation for road projects
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Reared in the Cuban exile community of Miami, Marco Rubio grew up dreaming of the downfall of Havana's communists and, since entering politics, dedicated himself to battling Latin America's leftists.With the US military's overthrow andsnatching of Venezuela's firebrandpresident Nicolas Maduro, Rubio
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Four activists led by Nakuru-based surgeon Magare Gikenyi have filed a court case challenging how the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) pursues tax defaulters.In what they describe as a strategy built on falsehoods, Dr Magare, Philemon Abuga, Dishon Keroti, and Stanley Mageto argued in their High Court
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President William Ruto’s allies in Kisii and Nyamira counties are under pressure after the region missed out on major development projects rolled out by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA).In the current financial year, Nyamira County, for example, did not receive any allocation for road project
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One person was killed and three were injured during a protest in Jerusalem on Tuesday against a law to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli armed forces, emergency crews said.A bus ran over andinjured three pedestriansthen drove on and struck an 18-year old who got trapped under the vehicl
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Oil extended losses Wednesday after Donald Trump said Venezuela would turn over millions of barrels to the United States, while equities wobbled after a record-breaking start to the year.Crude has seen wild swings since the US president ordered the toppling Saturday of Nicolas Maduro, his counterpar
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Today, we mark a birthday not with celebration, but with contemplation; not with applause, but with silence heavy with meaning.We have no doubt lost; Raila Amollo Odinga was Kenya’s political colossus, Africa’s democratic conscience, and one of the most consequential architects of multiparty democra
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