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Lower inflation ups consumer spending in first quarter of 2025

Higher spending among consumers has been sustained across the first quarter of the year, with the latest ILAM Consumer Spending Index showing increased volumes

1 month ago
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Expose unmasks trigger-happy officers in Gen Z anti-tax demos

A new BBC Africa Eye investigation, Blood Parliament, has identified the Kenyan security officers responsible for the fatal shooting of anti-tax protesters outs

1 month ago
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How Kenya blocked viewing of BBC's film of police shooting protesters

Kenya's clampdown last year on youth-led protests against tax increases left more than 60 people dead, according to rights groups, while dozens were abducted.

1 month ago
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Mai Mahiu flood victims wait for Ruto's promise, 12 months later

For tens of families, the flash floods marked the darkest night of their lives, and one year on, not a single government promise has been fulfilled as they try

1 month ago
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Mass livestock vaccination stalls over funding crisis

The national mass livestock vaccination campaign aimed at combating diseases and securing export markets, has stalled due to a lack of funding.

1 month ago
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Five killed, scores injured as police, land protestors clash in Trans Mara

Five people were killed and several others injured on Monday during violent clashes between residents and police at Angata Barrikoi/Moyoi in Trans Mara, Narok C

1 month ago
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Mutua's overseas jobs: Senators told how applicants lost millions

More than 300 Kenyans paid millions of shillings for jobs in the Middle East through a recruitment exercise commissioned by the Ministry of Labour last year, bu

1 month ago
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Kaluma blasts BBC for exposing police who shot Gen Z protesters

Homabay Town MP Peter Kaluma has urged the government to withdraw the operating license for the BBC following the release of its 'Blood Parliament' documentary

1 month ago
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CS Murkomen vows to pursue perpetrators of Narok land dispute

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has pledged to hold accountable those responsible for the violence that erupted in Narok County. 

1 month ago
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President Ruto pardons 57 convicts

President Ruto grants clemency to 56 Kenyans and a foreign national serving long sentences; extends general amnesty to petty offenders jailed for six months or

1 month ago
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