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Former television host Regina Wambui Gitau, popularly known as Regina Re, is among four relatives granted 10 days in police custody as detectives investigate the murder of her 86-year-old mother, Dorita Lasinder Macharia, at her Loresho home in Nairobi. Police told the court that Macharia had disagreed with her granddaughter, Thandie Malaika Wanjiku Gitao, before she was found dead on the evening of October 30 with a deep cut wound on the left side of her neck. Regina Re, who became a familiar face on Kenyan television through the game show “Who’s Smarter Now?”, which she hosted between 1999 and 2006, appeared in court alongside her daughter and two other relatives on Monday, November 2. Detectives have been granted more time to analyze CCTV footage, conduct forensic examinations, obtain phone records and interview witnesses as investigations continue.
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja is betting on his new ‘Let’s Talk’ podcast to sell his record and win a second term in 2027, but Kenyans have criticized it as a desperate strategy that is unlikely to persuade voters who can already see the state of the city for themselves.
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A KTN exposé has uncovered how Kenyan voter registration equipment and materials, including national ID cards and voter cards, are being smuggled across the Suam border into Uganda and used to register foreign nationals, including members of the Saboti, Sabaot, Bukusu and Pokot communities.
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President William Ruto has stripped Deputy President Kithure Kindiki of his Intergovernmental Coordination docket and handed it to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi through a directive from the Head of Public Service, Felix Koskei, in a move that scales back Kindiki's administrative influence amid growing friction and restructuring ahead of the 2027 General Election.
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Mama Ida Odinga endorsed her son, Raila Odinga Junior, for the Kibra parliamentary seat during her 76th birthday celebrations, urging local leaders and residents in the constituency to mentor him and guide him towards clean politics ahead of the 2027 General Election.
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Former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi makes “Tutam” hand gestures in court after being convicted of defrauding businessmen Ashok Rupshi Shah and Hitenkumar Amritlal Raja of a 7.39-hectare parcel of land in Lower Kabete, Nairobi, valued at Ksh 1.35 billion. He was convicted on five counts, including conspiracy to defraud, forgery, and forcible detainer, after the court ruled that a 1995 allotment letter and key land titles were not authentic. Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego cancelled his bond and ordered him remanded pending sentencing on November 2, 2026.
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Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna jokes about his changed political fortunes, saying he can no longer freely visit Fred Obachi Machoka’s Isinya ranch for nyama choma, adding that he might not even afford a ticket to his show at the Ulinzi Sports Complex on Saturday because the government is after his sponsors.
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“Tupatie tu miezi kumi, we shall be in office,” Kabuchai MP Majimbo Kalasinga confronts DIGs Gilbert Masengeli and Eliud Lagat after Jack Wamboka and Edwin Sifuna were manhandled in their presence at the burial of the late Deputy AIG Lazarus Opicho in Wehoya Village, Trans Nzoia County.
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Murang’a Woman Rep Betty Maina takes a swipe at Lands CS Alice Wahome, questioning why she is seeking the county’s gubernatorial seat if she is confident of her performance in government and President William Ruto’s re-election in 2027, which would potentially secure her another Cabinet appointment.
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