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Couples planning to get married in Kenya could soon be paying more for the marriage certificate following an increase in the cost of marriage certificates. According to the clergy, who have protested the price hike, the cost of the marriage certificate book has risen by 150 per cent. Previously the  book with 100 leaflets cost […]

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30 year-old Kenyan Dennis Kimetto set the pace throughout Sunday’s Berlin Marathon and not only went on to win the race but also smashed through the previous record set in the same event last year by fellow Kenyan Wilson Kipsang, beating it by 26 seconds to set a world record time of 2 hours and […]

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The freedom of the press in Kenya is declining according to the 2014 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders. Kenya has dropped 19 places from last year to position 90 out of 180 countries this year, which is one of the most significant fall in Africa alongside Mali, the Central African Republic […]

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Kenyans are distressed by the high cost of living (inflation) more than anything else according to a new report. IPSOS Kenya survey, Third Quarter SPEC (Social, Political, Economic and Cultural) Survey, found that, Kenyans identify the high cost of living and unemployment as the two most serious problems facing the country currently (33% and 15% […]

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Equity Bank has won the battle with giant mobile network operator Safaricom over its planned entry into mobile money transfer services by introducing the use of thin SIM card technology after The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) dismissed Safaricom’s objections to the technology. The giant telephony company had written […]

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