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Kenya’s longest serving top military chief general; Jackson Kimeu Mulinge has passed on at 90 years. Mulinge is popularly known for his diligence, loyalty and bravery after he thwarted two attempted coups during his tenure as a top military officer. In 1972, while Gen Mulinge was serving as the deputy of armed forces under the […]

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K24’s The Bench host Jeff Koinange’s recently published book, ‘Through My African Eyes’, is causing a bit of a stir not least because it has revived discussion about the woman, one Marianne Briner-Mattern, who made the allegation of professional fraud and assault against Koinange that got him fired from CNN. BRINER-MATTERN ‘ASSAULT’ ALLEGATIONS Marianne Briner-Mattern, […]

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This is by way of a follow-up to a posting published on the Kenya Forum on 18 February entitled‘The Standard on Sunday: Questions and answers over Ouko murder’ which in turn referred to an article published in that newspaper under the headline ‘Why these questions must be answered in solving mystery of Ouko murder’ (February […]

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  The Star reported at the weekend that Uganda planned to introduce a new Sh80,000 per year tax on each boat used by Kenyan fisherman operating off Migingo Island, a tiny speck of land in Lake Victoria that Uganda claims as their territory. Currently Kenyan fisherman pay Sh4,000 per month, per boat, for ‘protection’ to […]

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Mr William Ruto is the Deputy President of Kenya. Mr Macharia Gaitho is the chairman of the Editors Guild. Both men attended the 6th Annual Africa Media Leaders Conference on ‘Press freedom and Freedom of Expression’ held last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr Ruto was in attendance to address the conference, Mr Gaitho to […]

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