Standard gauge railways: How theft of Kenya Railways prime land began, then fuelled by senior government officials

Standard gauge railways: How theft of Kenya Railways prime land began, then fuelled by senior government officials

An attempt by two influential cabinet ministers in former President Mwai Kibaki and their sisters to acquire and sell houses belonging to the Kenya Railways Corporation in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa upmarket neighbourhood highlights the manner in which the struggling state corporation was bled dry by ruthless government functionaries and the relatives....

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We’ve been away too long: World class ABBA pop music band reunites in London after 40-year ‘sabbatical’

We’ve been away too long: World class ABBA pop music band reunites in London after 40-year ‘sabbatical’

Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Ulvaeus sent music lovers into a frenzy as they reunited for the first time in the UK for 40 years. The foursome walked the red carpet at the world premiere of their new Voyage show, featuring the foursome as digitally created younger...

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Debt trap: How Kenya’s president slept on the job as China plotted to own SGR through deliberate flaw in contract

Debt trap: How Kenya’s president slept on the job as China plotted to own SGR through deliberate flaw in contract

Kenyan railway engineer Lawson Kamau Mbugguss has launched a stinging criticism of the Kenyan government for openly and negligently signing infrastructure development contracts without paying attention to the finer details with the potential to cost the country an arm and a leg. Dr Kamau Mbugguss’s exposé comes on the back...

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