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Donkeys Stolen, Skinned in Africa to Feed Chinese Demand

Donkeys Stolen, Skinned in Africa to Feed Chinese Demand

Dawn was just beginning to break when Joseph Kamonjo Kariuki woke to find his donkeys missing. The villager searched the bush frantically for the animals he depends on to deliver water for a living, but they were nowhere to be found. It was the village’s children who led Kariuki to the ghastly remains: three bloody, […]

What We Need to Learn for This Year’s Polls in Zimbabwe, Cameroon and DR Congo

What We Need to Learn for This Year’s Polls in Zimbabwe, Cameroon and DR Congo

As Zimbabwe, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prepare to hold historic polls in July, October and December respectively, concerns around violence, intimidation and credible electoral processes are rising. In Zimbabwe, incidents of intimidation and threats of violence have been reported ahead of the 30 July election, which will be a test for […]

Ugandan Socialite Anerlisa Muigai Speaks Out on Bisexual Rumours

Ugandan Socialite Anerlisa Muigai Speaks Out on Bisexual Rumours

Keroche Breweries heiress Anerlisa Muigai has spoken out on rumours that she is bisexual. In a long response on social media, Anerlisa neither confirmed or denied the claims. She however gave a tongue lashing to people who are always runing her name through the dirt. “I’ll address this issue because it has gotten to that […]

Carpenter Demands Almost U.S.$2 Million for Moi Presidential Chair

Carpenter Demands Almost U.S.$2 Million for Moi Presidential Chair

The government could pay millions of shillings in an out-of-court settlement for a presidential chair it returned to a designer it contracted after the chair was used by former president Daniel arap Moi for a year. Furncon Ltd, through its director, Mr Solomon Njoroge Kiore, sued the government through the Attorney-General 26 years ago for […]

Deputy President Ruto Throws Racist Slur At Chinese Contractor – Video

Deputy President Ruto Throws Racist Slur At Chinese Contractor – Video

Deputy President William Ruto used a racist slur to describe a Chinese contractor who is working on a road in Kwale county. Ruto described the Chinese contractor as “mtu wa macho madogo madogo”, an offensive reference to epicanthic folds (skin folds covering the corners of the eyes) of the mongoloid race. The DP was unveiling […]

Kenya Crash Pilot ‘Misled’ By JKIA Air Controllers, Say Colleagues

Kenya Crash Pilot ‘Misled’ By JKIA Air Controllers, Say Colleagues

Air traffic controllers at Wilson Airport believe the pilot of a plane that crashed in the Aberdare Ranges last week, killing all ten on board, was misled by flight controllers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.The mistake, known in aviation circles as Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT), happens when an airworthy aircraft, under pilot […]

Why Kenyans Wanted This Lady Appointed to Nacada

Why Kenyans Wanted This Lady Appointed to Nacada

A Kenyan on Twitter has questioned why Wanja Mwaura, who made headlines for helping a childhood friend get out of the streets and beat drug addiction, missed out on top state job. This after Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i on Thursday appointed popular comedian Chipukeezy – real name Vincent Mwasia – as a member […]

Flysax Crash – How Bodies Were Sneaked Out of Njabini to Nairobi

Flysax Crash – How Bodies Were Sneaked Out of Njabini to Nairobi

War songs, shitstorm and threats rocked the release of bodies of FlySax plane crash victims from Njabini in Nyandarua to Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi. From the forest, the plan was to take the remains of the eight passengers and two crew members to the command centre at Njabini Boys High School before ferrying them […]

Screams, Tears as Kenyan Families Hear ‘No Plane Crash Survivors’

Screams, Tears as Kenyan Families Hear ‘No Plane Crash Survivors’

The Bogol Ballroom at the Weston Hotel was silent for a moment, and then the voice of a woman. She prayed for resilience, strength and peace for the families of the victims of the ill-fated flight. When she said Amen, she led them in a chorus but their voices were haggard from the anxiety and […]

Ten people killed as domestic flight crashes in Kenya

Ten people killed as domestic flight crashes in Kenya

Eight passengers and two pilots were killed when a scheduled domestic flight to Kenya’s capital Nairobi crashed into a mountain late on Tuesday, a senior government official said on Thursday. The single turboprop Cessna Caravan plane, operated by local firm FlySax, lost contact with the control tower minutes before it was scheduled to land at […]

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