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  The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has declined a proposal to promote about 20,000 primary school head teachers who have been waiting to be promoted to Junior Secondary School (JSS) principals.  Speaking during this year’s Kenya Primary School Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) conference in Mombasa on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said that the
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  Defeated Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has urged her supporters to accept Donald Trump’s White House victory, while telling them to “never give up” fighting for their ideals. At a concession speech in Washington DC, the US vice-president acknowledged “the outcome of this election is not what we wanted”, but insisted there must be a peaceful […]
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  The National Youth Service (NYS) has announced 100 job openings for recent graduates to work as welders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). These positions, facilitated through NYS’s outsourcing partner in Kenya, offer promising opportunities for fabricators. The welders will be employed under a two-year renewable contract, earning a basic salary of Kes.50,930 and a food allowance of Kes.12,293. Applicants must be qualified welders or professional metal fabricators, with those lacking formal qualifications required to submit a recent, detailed work history as a fabricator or welder. To apply, candidates should submit an updated CV, along with a Diploma or trade
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  Senior police officers may soon be held accountable for the actions of their junior officers if Parliament approves proposed amendments to the National Police Service (NPS) Act. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has called for these changes in response to rising complaints about police misconduct. These include the use of unmarked vehicles, altered number plates, and tactics that hide officers’ identities during operations. IPOA officials argue that this growing trend of anonymity, especially during protests, undermines their ability to hold the police accountable. The policing Auhtority raised these concerns during a hearing before the National Assembly’s Administration and Internal
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  Cholo Abdi Abdullah, a 34-year-old Kenyan, has been convicted of multiple terrorism-related charges after conspiring with Al-Shabaab to carry out a 9/11-style attack on a skyscraper in the United States. The charges against Abdullah include conspiring to provide and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, as well as conspiring to murder US nationals. Additional charges include conspiring to commit aircraft piracy, destroy aircraft, and carry out transnational acts of terrorism. Abdullah’s arrest came after a coordinated effort by investigators from agencies across three continents. Authorities in the US, Philippines, and Kenya collaborated to track his movements and exchange
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  On Tuesday, November 5, police conducted an intelligence-led operation against two al-Shabaab camps in Garissa, recovering a range of bomb-making materials. The Special Operations Group (SOG), Kenya’s elite Counter-Terrorism unit, confirmed that the makeshift camps along the Kenya-Somalia border were used as Improvised Explosive Device (IED) assembly sites. The IEDs were intended to disrupt civil transport and commercial activities on key roads linking Garissa and Lamu counties. The gang abandoned the camps, leaving behind IED-making materials such as detonators, switches, IED cylinders, sodium nitrates, bullets, communication devices, and ammunition for hand-held rocket launchers. Security agencies thanked local communities for their
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  Samuel Wachenje and Hendrick Nyongesa Pilisi, former employees of the National Youth Service (NYS), have been convicted of fraud and conspiracy for their involvement in a scheme that led to the loss of KES 791 million allocated for a road construction project at an NYS facility in Kibera in 2015. Hendrick Nyongesa, who served as the head of procurement at NYS, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of falsifying documents in violation of Section 347(a) as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code. In addition, Nyongesa has received a five-year sentence for breach
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