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EVELYNE MUSAMBI

EVELYNE MUSAMBI

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Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national strike after almost 2 months

Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months

Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national strike after almost 2 months
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South Sudan government and rebel groups sign 'commitment' for peace in ongoing peace talks in Kenya

The government of South Sudan and rebel opposition groups have signed a “commitment declaration” for peace during high-level mediation talks in Kenya, described as key step in efforts to end the conflict in South Sudan that has long crippled its economy

South Sudan government and rebel groups sign 'commitment' for peace in ongoing peace talks in Kenya
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More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in Kenyan capital Nairobi in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament

More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill
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Thousands in Kenya demonstrate against proposed new taxes

Thousands of mostly young people have demonstrated Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals in the government’s annual budget legislation

Thousands in Kenya demonstrate against proposed new taxes
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Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya's anti-government protests

Kenya's police watchdog says it has begun an investigation into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes

Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya's anti-government protests
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Kenyan police are leaving for a controversial deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs

Hundreds of Kenyan police officers are leaving for Haiti, where they will lead a multinational force against powerful gangs

Kenyan police are leaving for a controversial deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs
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Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya's parliament, drawing police fire as president vows to quash unrest

Thousands of protesters stormed Kenya’s parliament Tuesday to protest tax proposals, burning part of the building, sending lawmakers fleeing and drawing fire from police

Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya's parliament, drawing police fire as president vows to quash unrest
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Kenya's president says he won't sign the finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament

Kenya's president says he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament on Tuesday

Kenya's president says he won't sign the finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament
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Police clash with protesters in Kenya as the military patrols the streets

Police in Kenya’s capital have hurled tear gas to break up anti-tax protesters who have continued to gather despite President William Ruto’s repudiation of unpopular tax legislation that prompted deadly unrest earlier in the week

Police clash with protesters in Kenya as the military patrols the streets
Africa

A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried

Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she’s left with of her teenage son Ibrahim Kamau

A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried
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A Kenyan court says 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful

A Kenyan court has ruled that the 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful and unconstitutional

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Kenyan president dismisses all ministers after weeks of protests over taxation and poor governance

Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance

Kenyan president dismisses all ministers after weeks of protests over taxation and poor governance
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Kenya police boss resigns in latest fallout from deadly protests

Kenya’s police boss has resigned in the latest development resulting from deadly protests

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Police arrest a man in Kenya's capital after dismembered bodies of 9 women are found in quarry

Police in Kenya say they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi

Police arrest a man in Kenya's capital after dismembered bodies of 9 women are found in quarry
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Kenya police to detain for 30 days a man arrested after discovery of dismembered bodies of women

A court in Kenya has allowed police to detain for 30 days a man suspected of killing and dismembering women then dumping them in a flooded quarry, as investigations continue

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A Kenyan court suspends a police ban on protests in Nairobi

A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the capital

A Kenyan court suspends a police ban on protests in Nairobi
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Kenya president retains 6 former Cabinet ministers in first batch of appointments

Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet

Kenya president retains 6 former Cabinet ministers in first batch of appointments
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Kenya's turmoil widens as anti-government protesters clash with emerging pro-government group

Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital have clashed with an emerging pro-government group as weeks of turmoil continue

Kenya's turmoil widens as anti-government protesters clash with emerging pro-government group
Africa|Economy|Environment|Health

Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

Farmers in Africa are blaming chemical fertilizers for increasingly acidic soils that have led to production decline

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Kenya will reintroduce some tax proposals that sparked deadly protests

Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts

Kenya will reintroduce some tax proposals that sparked deadly protests
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Kenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes from police custody

Police officials in Kenya say a suspect who confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies has escaped from police custody

Kenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes from police custody
Africa|Crime|Health|Sports

A Ugandan Olympic athlete was set on fire by her boyfriend

A Ugandan athlete has been attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is being treated for burns on 75% of her body

A Ugandan Olympic athlete was set on fire by her boyfriend
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Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by her partner

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by her partner
Africa|Crime|Education|News

A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens are unaccounted for

Kenya's deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students and injured 27 others

A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens are unaccounted for
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21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire

Officials say the number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21

21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire

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