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The Judge ordered that the case be mentioned on May 24, for further direction. According to court documents, the class eight pupil alleged that a witchdoctor requested him to hand over his cousin Brawden Mutwiri to him. Mutwiri was four years old by then. He further alleged that he watched as the witchdoctor killed Mutwiri and threw him into a river. Subscribe to Our Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers! Gichugu Muchangi the advocate for the accused in his submission for bail term application observed that his client had been on...

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THE STANDARD EDUCATION Diana Bosibori, a Form Four candidate at Enkinda Secondary School in Nyamira County, reads a geography textbook as she prepares lunch at their Nyaramba home on May 18, last year. [File, Standard] It is one year since President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the closure of learning institutions to curb the spread of Covid-19. On March 15, last year, while issuing the directive on closure of schools, the president announced that two more persons had tested positive for coronavirus. The country confirmed the first coronavirus case on March 6, last year. “We have suspended learn...

Heroin [Photo: Shutterstock] Drug addiction is slavery. It is only the addicted individual who can get himself or herself out of it. Drug and alcohol addiction reduced Margaret Wanjiru to a petty thief and dragged her into sex work. As she journeys through recovery, she recounts how her children suffered because of her actions. She tells her story… I am a mother of three; I have lived in sex-work and have been actively using drugs since I was a young girl. My children knew their mother was addicted to drugs; they understood well when I was craving for a puff and would whisper to each other...

THE STANDARD ODM leader Raila Odinga receives a branded T-shirt from Aaron Munene at Ufungamano Social Hall in Nairobi yesterday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday gave the strongest hint yet that he will be on the ballot in the 2022 General Election by promising to increase funding to the counties if voters pick him as Head of State. Speaking at Ufungamano Hall in Nairobi where he met youth from Meru, Embu and Tharaka Nithi counties, he said devolution was one of the biggest gains in the 2010 Constitution and the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) was only seeking ...