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Kenya Power Moves to Save Wildlife from Deadly Power Lines

A new effort to protect wildlife from deadly encounters with electricity infrastructure has been launched by Kenya Power and an American conservation...

4 months ago · By Joseph Kimeu

News

Russia Warns of New Kyiv Strikes as Fear Grips Capital

Russia has threatened a new wave of strikes on Kyiv, warning foreign nationals and diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital as tensions between Moscow...

5 months ago · By Antony Achayo

Africa

How Maduro was captured easily in Venezuela

WASHINGTON / CARACAS — The United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a clandestine overnight operation in Caracas, culminating...

10 months ago · By Switch TV Reporter

News

Kenya Power Rolls Out New Meter Reading Technology to Fix Long-Standing Billing Errors

KPLC begins nationwide use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to speed up readings, cut human error and improve customer trust. Kenya Power has la...

11 months ago · By Jared Emillio

Africa

Madagascar’s President Flees Abroad Amid Gen Z-Led Protests and Military Defections

Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, has fled the country after weeks of protests led largely by young people demanding his resignation, oppositio...

1 year ago · By Antony Achayo

Climate

Bali’s Deadliest Floods in a Decade Kill 14

Bali is reeling from its deadliest floods in a decade after torrential rains swept across the island, killing at least 14 people and leaving two still...

1 year ago · By Antony Achayo

Climate

Tsunami waves hit Hawaii as 8.8 magnitude earthquake trigger evacuations

Tsunami waves struck Hawaii and Japan on Tuesday morning following a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. Warni...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Inferno at new Iraqi mall leaves 60 dead dozens injured

KUT — A fire ripped through a newly opened shopping center in the Iraqi city of Kut on Wednesday night, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Cuban minister resigns after saying country has no beggars

HAVANA — Cuba’s Minister of Labor Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera has resigned following intense backlash over remarks denying the existence of beggars on t...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Gov’t to incur Sh4.3B to replace 20,000 faulty transformers

MATHIRA — The government will spend Sh4.3 billion this financial year to replace over 20,000 faulty transformers nationwide in an urgent bid to reduce...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Police Officer Among Three Held for Power Cable Theft in Nairobi

NAIROBI — In a daring nighttime operation near Nyayo Stadium, three men including a police officer were arrested while allegedly vandalising high-volt...

1 year ago · By Frank Kiforo

Business

Kenya to import 200MW of power from Ethiopia

NAIROBI —Kenya is set to import 200 megawatts of electricity from neighbouring Ethiopia in a bid to ease mounting pressure on its overstretched power...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari