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In a city bustling with luxurious resorts, fine dining restaurants and designer boutiques, it is a popular misconception that a budget-conscious trip to Dubai may be out of reach. Fortunately, Dubai is also one of the best cities in the world to find competitive deals on hospitality, pampering, shopping...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has led the nation in mourning renowned Benga musician John Ng’ang’a aka John DeMathew who died in a tragic road accident on Sunday evening. The accident that ended DeMathew’s life happened along Thika Kenol Road. In his message, President Kenyatta condoled with the family of the deceased artiste,...

A man hacked his wife to death and then hanged himself at their home in Makunga village, Trans Nzoia County on Sunday morning. Mr Kennedy Barasa, a neighbour, said he heard screams from Stephen Kagumo and his wife Caren Chebet’s house around 3am, prompting him and others to rush to...

James Karanja was born Mary Waithera and faced stigma and humiliation which drove him to attempt suicide thrice. The 27-year-old talked to Daily Nation about the experiences he went through as an intersex and finding his identity after being raised as a girl. Being Christians, they then thought to see a...

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Cyprine Omollo spent time behind bars for a debt she failed to settle when she fell into a financial crisis about six years ago. Back home after serving time in jail, Ms Omollo is picking up her pieces and giving hope to many like her. She shared her story with Standard...

Caroline Nyawira is a 20-year-old student at KCA University whose health problems began with a simple cold in 2015. Nearly five years later and thanks to getting the correct diagnosis, she is finally putting her life back on track. She shared her story on Sunday Magazine. ************************* I was a happy-go lucky girl going about...

As a suspected case of a love triangle ended tragically after a woman in Kiambu county stabbed her 29-year-old boyfriend before fleeing with her other lover. The body of Joseph Mwangi was found with several stab wounds in Gikuni village, Kabete Constituency on Friday night. According to witnesses, Mwangi and the girlfriend...

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My four working hours went painfully slow. I was already in love with the woman I had become. Finding Dad Part 1: My story of pain, rejection, heartbreak and hope The intelligence departments of my body were busy calculating how to access the briefcase without anyone noticing. Later I...

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Ladies, there is a new fad in town — vaginal steaming. But watch out, for it can be harmful. It involves women sitting on a pot and exposing their genitalia to steamed concoctions. However, repeated exposure, experts warn, could lead to burns, irritation and, in some cases, urinary tract infections. DELICATE...

Two teenagers accused of engaging in sex on Wednesday narrowly escaped being lynched by an irate mob in Lalagin village in Litein town, Bureti sub-county after they were nabbed by villagers. According to an eye witness, the girl was seen entering a house occupied by a teenage boy at around...

Tension was high in Kitengela town, Kajiado County on Wednesday morning after a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death by two men. The victim, identified as Elijah Ongeri, who was running a movie and PlayStation business in Kitengela, was stabbed severally on the chest and neck by two of his...

Neno Evangelism preacher James Ng’ang’a has recounted how he was on demand before he finally settled on his ‘younger wife’ Mercy Murugi. In an interview with Radio Jambo’s Massawe Japanni, the controversial pastor said he made the ‘critical decision’ to marry Mercy after the death of his first wife. “When my first wife...

The Methodist Church of East Africa has raised an alarm over increasing number of domestic violence and murder cases, attributing them to the neglect of the boy child in the Kenyan society. According to the East Africa Methodist Church President, Bishop Joseph Nthombura, it is high time for relevant government...

Teenage contortionist Wendy Waeni’s former manager Joe Mwangi has publicly defended himself over exploitation allegations made against him. While speaking on the Chipukeezy show on Ebru TV on Monday night, Mr Mwangi further clarified that the only trip he accompanied Wendy for was to Rwanda following an invite from President...

I’m a millennial. I was born at a point of human history characterized by trail-blazing technological advancement leading to material abundance, at least as far as food, school and things are concerned. School for us was literally a Basic Human Right. So were vaccines and lots of other things that...

A middle aged woman and her accomplice were on Tuesday arraigned before a Nairobi court for allegedly trying to kill a man to get insurance compensation. Emma Wangari Wangui allegedly planned to murder her secret lover Evans Karanja Mwangi with the help of her accomplice Peter Mwaniki Wanjiku. The two wanted...

A family in Eburinde village, Butere sub-county in Kakamega was thrown in shock and grief after county officials forced the exhumation of the body of a deceased colleague who was buried with service uniform. Mr Martin Shikuku Alukoye, 31, who worked with the Kakamega County Youth Service, drowned in River...

A 17-year-old Mombasa student has received The Diana Award for going above and beyond his everyday life to create and sustain positive change. The youth, who was selected for the Princess Diana Award was on Monday feted during the international youth day. Ziyaan Virji, a student of Aga Khan Academy in...

A 34-year-old man is nursing injuries at the Narok County Referral Hospital after his wife bit off his lower lip in a family fight on Sunday night. Talking to the press from his hospital bed today, Benson Onsongo, a resident of Talek in Narok West and a father, recounted how...

The city of Dar-es-Salaam will soon publish names of all married men in the coastal town as a measure of protecting women from dishonest men. Regional commissioner Paul Makonda said the names will be published in a state-owned website  to stop ‘deceitful married men’ from preying on single women and...

A man on Monday morning woke up to the shock of his life when he stumbled on a small coffin on his doorstep. If the mere sight of the coffin was bizarre, the man made an even more shocking discovery upon opening the coffin, whose strange contents included a dead snake. Mr...

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Residents of a village in Uasin Gishu County woke up to a rude shock on Monday after a 35-year-old man died in mysterious circumstances while having sex with a 50-year-old widow. Julius Kiptoo is said to have been on a drinking spree until late night at a local bar on...

A city couple has managed to make their wedding day an occasion that guests will remember for a long time to come for its simplicity and uniqueness. Pictures shared by Human Rights activist Boniface Mwangi capture the groom, dressed in a white African suit pulling a mkokoteni (handcart) with his...

To what extent can a woman go to shed off memories of an abusive marriage? For close to 45 years, Agnes Wanza, 71, had lived with the weight of deep secrets that weighed her down, until she recently yielded to constant nagging by her children. When she escaped her violent matrimonial...

A man was on Monday lynched in Sango village, Bungoma County for allegedly stealing three chickens. The 32-year-old Martin Lubale is alleged to have gone to his neighbour’s house early Monday morning demanding to be paid a debt he was owed. It is alleged that Lubale was instead given three chickens...

Statistics show that almost every other Kenyan, especially Nairobi dwellers, have at one point fallen victim to a con game. If you haven’t been conned yet, just chill, your day is coming. Two people shared how con artists swindled them of their hard-earned cash in Nairobi. The poorer you are, the...