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• Chief inspector Clement Mwangi told the court the pocket radio obtained from Fredrick Leliman led investigators to the killing site. • Mwangi will be the last witness to take the stand before the prosecution closes the case.

Police informer Peter Ngugi alongside police officers from Leonard Mwangi, Sylvia Wanjiku, Stephen Chebulet and Fredrick Leliman at a Milimani court
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A senior police officer in the Willie Kimani murder trial Tuesday explained how a police pocket radio led to the arrest of key suspects. read more on the star.

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Natembeya on Encounter With Laikipia Gunmen: They’ve Better Weapons Than Police

 

Rift Valley Regional Commander George Natembeya has raised concerns regarding heavy machinery that Laikipia bandits use to carry out attacks.Speaking to the press on Tuesday, September 7, Natembeya admitted that the bandits own sophisticated weapons, which are often used by international armies in war.

The police boss explained that the weapons were way powerful and capable of deadly mass destruction, continue reading. 

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Are you above 50 years? Time to get vaccinated

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By Mactilda Mbenywe | September 8th 2021

People who are over 50 or those with underlying medical conditions should ensure they get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Man receives Covid-19 vaccination in of Nairobi, on 13, August, 2021
[Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

The government had previously targeted those above 58 but the elderly still form the bulk of mortality victims.Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has directed that “with the improved vaccine supply, this bracket be expanded to include all persons above 50.” Continue reading on the standard.

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No endorsements: Media houses should remain neutral in politics

By Vincent Maosa

 In a tweet on August 20, Nation Media Group Editorial Director Mutuma Mathiu posed: “@makaumutua Why do you think it is important for us to endorse presidential candidates? Isn’t it better to provide the info and leave the decision to the people?”

President Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in Washington on January 20, 2009. The Bible Obama uses is the same one that President Abraham Lincoln used at his Inauguration in 1861. On October 11, 1860, one of America’s most prestigious newspapers, The New York Times, threw its hat behind a “Mr Lincoln of Illinois, familiarly known as ‘Old Abe’, age 51, by profession a rail-splitter”.

A week later, Prof Makau Mutua, a distinguished man of letters who lectures at Buffalo Law School, US, argued in his Sunday Nation column that the Kenyan press should endorse candidates running for political office, including those gunning for the presidency. Continue raading on Nation africa.