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  New tit-for-tat tariffs from China, which target some US farm products, came into effect on Monday. Read More

  In the morning, the Pope received a visit from Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and the Substitute for the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra. Read More

  The gift to the Jesus Winner Ministry in the Roysambu suburb of Nairobi of 20m shillings ($155,000; £120,000) drew criticism from some young Kenyans struggling with the high cost of living. Read More

  The bounty is also on offer for M23 leaders Sultani Makenga and Bertrand Bisimwa. Read More

  The Pope called for a “miracle of tenderness” to accompany everyone facing adversity, so that they might perceive “a little light in the night of pain.” Read More

  Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka has dismissed claims that he organized the heckling of ODM leader…
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  According to the First Half County Governments Budget Implementation Review Report for the 2024/25 financial year, which covers the period from July to December 2024, Mandera achieved the highest absorption rate at 32%. Read More

  The Kenya Meteorological Department has issued a warning about heavy rains expected in several parts of the country, urging residents to stay vigilant as the risk of flash floods increases. According to the department, intense rainfall will hit Nairobi, Kiambu, Marsabit, Machakos, Turkana, and other regions, with the downpour intensifying on Sunday to over 30mm within 24 hours. By Monday, March 10, the rains will spread to northwestern Kenya before gradually reducing from March 11. Meteorologists have also forecast heavy rains exceeding 20mm in 24 hours for areas around Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley, and the Highlands both west
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  A court in Vietnam has sentenced a 37-year-old Kenyan woman to death after convicting her of smuggling more than two kilograms of cocaine through Ho Chi Minh City’s airport. The People’s Court delivered the verdict on Thursday, March 6, sentencing Macharia Margaret Nduta for drug trafficking. Authorities arrested Nduta in July 2023 while she was in transit to Laos. During investigations, she claimed that a Kenyan man, identified only as John, had hired her to deliver the suitcase she was carrying to another woman. As part of the arrangement, she was also expected to return with other goods. According to the indictment, John
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  Dela Ward MCA Yussuf Hussein Ahmed has safely reunited with his family, six months after he mysteriously disappeared. Ahmed was allegedly abducted on September 13, 2024, along Enterprise Road in Nairobi’s Industrial Area, sparking widespread concern. Many feared the worst when authorities recovered a body from Lake Yahud a month later. However, DNA tests later confirmed that the remains did not belong to him, keeping hope alive for his safe return. His family confirmed his homecoming on Saturday night but remained silent about his condition and the circumstances of his disappearance. A video captured emotional scenes as relatives and friends gathered to celebrate his return. Among
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