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The man at the centre of the latest news connected to the family of Bishop Gilbert Deya, the preacher made infamous by the miracle babies' saga, is an adopted son.
UK police on Tuesday arrested a son of embattled London-based Kenyan preacher Gilbert Deya on suspicion of murder. Paul Deya, 31, was arrested after his three-year-old son, Wilson, was found stabbed to death on Monday.
An officer was shot dead by armed carjackers at a police roadblock in Ngong area in the outskirts of Nairobi. Another policeman and two civilians were also injured during the Monday night incident near the Maasai Girls School.
Members of Parliament will lose the power to raise their salaries and allowances should the draft constitution become law. The draft states that whenever MPs pass a law increasing their pay, such a law will be put on hold until elections are held and a new Parliament is in place.
Patients detained at Kenyatta National Hospital for inability to pay their bills should be released on Thursday, a Cabinet minister has instructed.
Somalia's Foreign Affairs minister Ali Ahmed Jama on Wednesday accused Kenya of failing to safeguard Somali property on its soil.
Provisional results for the 2009 population census will be released on December 31.
ODM leaders meet on Thursday for talks expected to bring together the feuding camps in the party. The party's National Executive Council is expected to discuss the party's position on the proposed constitution. But the differences between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Agriculture minister William Ruto could cast a dark shadow on the talks.
Oil marketers are raising alarm over increased threats to vessels delivering crude oil to the Kenyan coast, due to piracy.
The future of two World Bank-funded projects hangs in the balance, as their survival hinges on the outcome of an investigation being carried out by Treasury, a senior World Bank official has said.
The ongoing constitutional reform process could make or break the country's economic prospects, analysts have warned.
Which is this creature called rising cost of living that only seems to target Cabinet ministers and other top officials, leaving other Kenyans untouched? asks Joe M. Mbuthia. The latest talk about increased allowances for the bigwigs amounts to giving with one hand and taking with the other, as far as cost-cutting in government is concerned. "What was the point of having the VW Passats if the same ...
The need to integrate persons with disability into the larger fabric of society has never been greater. Such integration is not only a human rights issue, it is also a socio-economic necessity since these people can be as productive as anyone else, given the opportunity.
Mind games between two former Safari Rally winners are on as Ian Duncan and Bjorn Waldegaard strategise for the 2009 Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally, which is on its fifth day.
A 15-year-old Kenyan international swimmer has won a swimming and education scholarship at a prestigious UK university.
Paul Bitok, Kenya's national women's volleyball team head coach, has stepped down. Bitok will not guide the country to the World Championship in Japan next year as he has signed a two-year-deal with the Rwandan national team.
Rwanda's Silverbacks have been drawn with Impala RFC at this weekend's Prinsloo Sevens, the third leg of the Western Union National Sevens Circuit in Nakuru.
Harambee Stars warmed up for the forthcoming Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge with a 4-1 thumping of Kenyan Premier League-bound Posta Rangers in a practice match at Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday.
Kenya has been urged to show more commitment in preserving the Lamu World Heritage Site.
The government is recruiting unqualified people to work as school inspectors, a teachers' union has claimed.
AFTER a lot of public pressure, the national soccer team Taifa Stars coach, has finally dropped the off-form goalkeepers Shabaan Dihile and Ali Mustafa for the Senior Challenge Cup which kicks off in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi and Mumias town this weekend.
THE Bank of China has started negotiations with the Tanzania Investment Bank to help it develop credit line for farmers.
THE Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) polls have once again been pushed back to December 19 for lack of funds.
AT least 1,000 children living in difficult conditions in Arusha will have a day to celebrate, when Vodacom Foundation, in collaboration with two not-for-profit organisations stage games for them on Saturday, at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium.
TANZANIA ladies lost to Uganda by 29 runs in a thrilling match of the Africa under 19 Women Cricket tournament, at the Annadil Burhani ground in Dar es Salaam today.
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