US-based Ikolomani ‘brains anvil’ and founder of Beverly School of Kenya eyes Ikolomani parliamentary seat

US-based Ikolomani ‘brains anvil’ and founder of Beverly School of Kenya eyes Ikolomani parliamentary seat

Abdi Lidonde, founder and director of Naivasha-based Beverly School of Kenya, a premier institution international curriculum and specialises in the development of gifted children, says in his manifesto that he wants to leverage his international network to facilitate active participation of Kenyans in diaspora in local economy and skills upgrade in all spheres of national life.

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Somali national intelligence kills 22 al-Shabaab terrorists in central region as they planned attacks

Somali national intelligence kills 22 al-Shabaab terrorists in central region as they planned attacks

Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) backed by international partners killed 22 al-Shabaab terrorists during two separate operations carried out in Hiran and Mudug regions. The NISA said the joint operation that was carried out on Friday evening targeted militants’ leaders who were planning to carry out terrorist attacks...

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Locomotives assembly: Tanzania finds way round delays in supplies caused by Russia-Ukraine war

Locomotives assembly: Tanzania finds way round delays in supplies caused by Russia-Ukraine war

Committee Chair Selemani Kakoso urged the TRC to continue building the capacity of Tanzanian youth involved in assembling and maintaining the locomotives by providing advanced training both domestically and abroad.

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Why frustrated Kenyan public sometimes sees legal profession as a constituency of brats, thieves

Why frustrated Kenyan public sometimes sees legal profession as a constituency of brats, thieves

Why don’t lawyers want to work for the government and then supplement their income from a private practice like any other career people? Architects do that; nurses do that. Even doctors and teachers. Why do they feel they should be given preferential treatment?

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Fears over safety and whereabouts of Narok community land activist rise three weeks after altercation at funeral gathering

Fears over safety and whereabouts of Narok community land activist rise three weeks after altercation at funeral gathering

Tensions reportedly heightened when former Elkerin Member of County Assembly Daniel Langat addressed the gathering and in his speech regarding individuals who had opposed the MP while he was alive.

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Strength of  a father: My wife walked out and left me to raise our blind twin babies alone; 18 years later the twins dumped her

Strength of  a father: My wife walked out and left me to raise our blind twin babies alone; 18 years later the twins dumped her

As the years passed, Emma and Clara grew into confident young women who moved through the world with surprising independence. They navigated school with white canes and quiet determination, made friends who respected them, and spent countless hours refining their sewing skills. Sometimes they asked me simple questions while working.

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Analysts say it is unlikely US and Israel will accede to Iran’s preconditions for ending war

Analysts say it is unlikely US and Israel will accede to Iran’s preconditions for ending war

The demand for reparations is highly unrealistic, as it would require the United States and Israel to admit war guilt, said political analyst from Gaza Mustafa Ibrahim. Ibrahim believes asking for reparations appears more like “a political bargaining position” to strengthen Iran’s negotiating leverage, rather than a condition that could “realistically be implemented in the near term.”

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Embattled South Sudan President Kiir says he’s committed to holding elections in December

Embattled South Sudan President Kiir says he’s committed to holding elections in December

South Sudan plans to hold its first general elections in December 2026 as part of the implementation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan.

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IMF and World Bank are back and are scurrilous: Ex-minister Raphael Tuju and Kwale Dam are their first casualties via Conflict of Interest Act

IMF and World Bank are back and are scurrilous: Ex-minister Raphael Tuju and Kwale Dam are their first casualties via Conflict of Interest Act

For us, what’s attractive is the cabinet secretary? Is he not tall, black and handsome? He knows his thing. He is Eng Eric Muriithi Mugaa, the youngest cabinet secretary, freshly minted – and nominated! So, is the guy at the dam project updating us and going for parliamentary meetings?

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Moral of beautiful slave girl story: While slavery poisoned relationships, it also contained potions that were exploited to resist victimisation

Moral of beautiful slave girl story: While slavery poisoned relationships, it also contained potions that were exploited to resist victimisation

Over the following months, James and Margaret grieved separately and together. Their marriage continued, now bound more by shared loss than by the previous strange happiness.
They never spoke openly of what they had shared with Isabelle, but the ghost of those years haunted Belmont Plantation.

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