By Mkarimu Media Safaricom has announced a free YouTube bundle and SMSs for Eliud Kipchoge’s INEOS challenge on Saturday. Subscribers will be able to stream the Vienna race live on their phones at no cost and send congratulatory messages to the world greatest marathoner. CEO Michael Joseph also revealed that customers will be able to […]
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World marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge began his first day in Vienna by running on the challenge course with several of his pacemakers. Kipchoge who arrived in Vienna Tuesday is poised to complete a marathon in less than two hours this weekend when the INEOS 1;59 will be held in Austria. Kipchoge seeks to shatter his […]
Read MoreTob Cohen and his wife Sarah Wairimu Ms Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, the wife of 71-year old Dutch millionaire Tob Cohen, has been taken in for questioning by the detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Police sources say that Ms Kamotho was picked up at her Kitisuru home Wednesday evening and detained at Muthaiga […]
Read MoreFile image of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu. PHOTO| COURTESY Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu now says he will continue executing his mandate as governor despite the court order barring him from office. The Kiambu Governor, his wife and eight others were on Monday charged with corruption related charges over a Ksh.588 million irregular tender. Waititu was […]
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Patrick Day (right) fought Charles Conwell in a super-welterweight match in Chicago Boxer Patrick Day has died four days after being knocked out in his fight against Charles Conwell. The 27-year-old American was left in a critical condition after suffering a traumatic brain injury during his super-welterweight bout on Saturday. The match in front of […]
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File image of President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi. PHOTO| PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent home all of the Kenya Ferry Services board members following the ferry incident that led to the deaths of Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year old daughter Amanda Mutheu. In a special gazette notice dated October 16, President Kenyatta […]
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By Mkarimu Media Former United States President Barack Obama on Sunday 13 October congratulated Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge after he became the first man to run a marathon under two hours. In his tweet, Barack described Eliud as a ‘remarkable example of humanity’s ability to endure’ after the historic run. Through his twitter account, the former […]
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Texas, Atatiana Jefferson was brutally murdered at her mother’s house as she played video games with her nephew. Jefferson’s mother was in hospital at the time of her murder, the little boy told Jefferson’s sister. The man behind the murder was identified as a police officer: Aaron Dean from Fort Worth. According to the Guardian, […]
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Search and rescue crews sort through the debris of a destroyed building [Carl Court/Getty Images] The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan in decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing. Thousands of homes remained without power or water. […]
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Energetic: Nulu Ssemakula (left) has more than 100 children and is still counting. It is often said that art imitates life and in Ntungamo District in Uganda a famous play by Wole Soyinka The Lion and the Jewel script comes alive in the form of Nulu Ssemakula. The 94-year-old Ssemakula recently expanded his already bloated […]
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By AGENCIES World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Timothy Cheruiyot are among 11 nominees shortlisted for IAAF Male World Athlete of the Year. IAAF on Monday confirmed a list of 11 nominees who were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF. This week […]
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Severe drought is again ravaging parts of Kenya and other countries in the Horn of Africa, where 12 million people now require immediate humanitarian assistance. According to Kenya National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), in Kenya, an estimated 2.6 million people face acute food insecurity. This number is likely to increase to an estimated 3.1 million […]
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A man digging a grave in northern India found a newborn girl buried alive, police said Monday, in the latest case to shine a spotlight on female infanticide in the country. A man digging a grave in northern India found a newborn girl buried alive, police said Monday, in the latest case to shine a […]
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Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record holder, celebrates after a successful attempt to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna, Austria, October 12, 2019. REUTERS Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier for the marathon in Vienna, breaking the coveted barrier with a staggering 1:59:40 run at the Austrian capital. Following previous victories […]
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