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Primary school teachers will oversee invigilation of the 2025 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. For the first time the teachers will exclusively invigilate the KCSE exams after the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) issued new rules to guide this years…
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The 2025 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) will not have security personnel’s involved during administration. This was revealed by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) CEO, David Njengere, who says the officers will be engaged only where it is absolutely necessary, in order to ensure that these…
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The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested five suspects linked to healthcare fraud. The five suspects are currently in custody pending arraignment on Monday. The arrests coming after DCI received 1,188 files on 1st of September, from the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC). The files implicate…
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Col(rtd) Imano K. Guleid Kenya faces multifaceted security challenges across various regions, stemming from cross-border threats, terrorism, and internal instabilities. In all areas of unrest and insecurity where our security actors are deployed, their effectiveness, safety, and ethical conduct are paramount. Our national security response involves a range of crucial actors: the Kenya Police Service…
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Persons living with HIV/AIDS have called on the Ministry of Health to include HIV services in the Social Health Authority (SHA) package, noting that these services are deteriorating after donor funding was cut. They expressed fear that PLHIV are at risk and are affected with HIV related co-infections, including Tuberculosis and related comorbidities yet these…
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Public Service, Human Capital Development, and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has called on the Kamba community, led by former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, to fully embrace President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza administration, emphasizing that the government is inclusive and committed to the well-being of all Kenyans. Speaking in Kathonzweni, Makueni County, CS Ruku…
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Former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i received at SDA Church Lavington SDA by Senior Pastor Samuel Kairiba as other church members look on./HANDOUT Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has recalled how meeting Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema shaped his ideology and inspired his desire to run for President. Matiang’i says he had been designated to represent Kenya…
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Missile/FILE Kenya’s national news has been abuzz with reports of unsuspecting citizens being duped into seeking better jobs abroad, only to end up in military camps in Russia, fighting against Ukraine. While such accounts initially surfaced as unverified reports, the matter gained national attention following the capture of Evans Kibet, a Kenyan athlete who travelled…
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Nyeri bishop Anthony Muheria with an autistic child at the St. Thorlak Tumaini autism centre in Nanyuki town. The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of referring to someone who is “neurodivergent”. The term was coined in the 1980s by psychiatrist…
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The driving instructor captured on video shouting at learners has now apologised following the viral video. In a series of videos seen by The Star, the driver, who has since been suspended by the driving school, apologised for his actions. Swaleh attributed the attitude to stress as a result of having as many as seven…