Francis Ontomwa
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This is Winfrey Wairimu, 16. While her peers are in school, she's at KNH, shot on her belly in Githurai anti tax skirmishes, at her mother's food kiosk. Student at Mathaithi Sec Nyeri. I'm sharing her story of resilience with her mother's permission,
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
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"Excellent news: Joseph 'Mwas' Mwangi has been found alive! After nearly a month, locked up at various stations. He left Muthaiga Police Station on Tuesday. He's weak but recovering at home.
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Journalist killed at parliament, identity unknown! Still lying here
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Joseph 'Mwas' Mwangi, 28, has been missing since the start of the anti-tax protets. I met his mother at
@DCI_Kenya
headquarters. Disturbingly, officers are demanding money before they can assist her. Never seen a mother in so much pain
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
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This is Earnest Kanyi, 20, killed in the anti-tax demos . He'll be buried this Wednesday in Murang'a. The Dandora family has been forced to open WhatsApp groups to raise funds for his burial. His mother tells me that not a single state official has been in touch.
#OccupyMOH
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Macharia is said to have driven to Karen Police Station after noticing a Subaru tailing him. His son, who was in the car, recorded the incident. When shall this end?
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It's really traumatizing to live in this country. Journalist Macharia Gaitho is among Kenya's most respected scribes, and his journalistic ethics have never been in doubt. Something must be very wrong with and in our country
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Devastation at Kware dumpsite. These residents have sighted more body bags. A handful of police officers are on sight. 8 dismembered bodies so far retrieved all female
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Recuperating and getting stronger! But the wound has affected one of her legs she can't move. She's in high spirits, though! Wish her full recovery. She didn't need to be shot!
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Media houses, please do an urgent headcount. Police don't want to disclose the identity of the pressman. He's still lying down as they fight the fire that had consumed a section of parliament! His equipment was immediately confiscated
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"In the last 2-3 weeks, what I have witnessed as a human rights activist can't even be described. I've seen numerous deaths occurring in most gruesome manners. Sometimes, I don't get to sleep." Hussein Khalid. Tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 PM
#MorgueTrauma
#JinamiziLaWafu
#occupyJKIA
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@GKopiyo
@alfredarapketer
@husskhalid
@C_NyaKundiH
@KTNNewsKE
@OgolaFogola
@FaithOdhiambo8
@AmnestyKenya
@Ali_Manzu
@hani
She did! She's such a fighter, but the wound is really painful
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" Please hear the cry of mother's release our sons." Mama Mwas Mother. Please let's find him.
#angukanao
#AngukaNayo
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Veteran Nation editor Macharia Gaitho abducted in Karen by shadowy men and atken to unknown destinations. Gaitho is known for his cutting-edge columns that have on occasions criticised the government.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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#RailaSpeaks
@Warungu
just taught us how to do an interview! Who said it has to be fisticuffs, confrontational to look great! Hard questions asked tactically! Warungu becomes the first journalist ever to get Raila declare his worth!
@ntvkenya
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"I was kidnapped on my way from work. Blindfolded and taken to an unknown location, I feared it was the end. However, I managed to escape from Muthaiga police station. Catch Mwangi's story tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm
#MorgueTrauma
#JinamiziLaWafu
#OccupyJKIA
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JUDGEMENT OUT! Court awards Ksh 1.3 Billion in compensation to families of Owino Uhuru, Mombasa victims of lead poisoning. Remember
@KTNNewsKE
2015 expose!
@johnallannamu
@MohaJichoPevu
@citizentvkenya
@ntvkenya
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Dont miss!! This Sunday on
@KTNNewsKE
. A special report on the Gen Z uprising, abductions, parliament break,justice and more.
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
#AngukaNayo
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"I arrived at City Mortuary and asked to be shown bodies from the protests. I viewed a couple of bodies until they showed me my Ibrah" Edith wanjiku, mama Ibrah Tonight
@KTNNewsKE
#Youthquake
#
#MakaliyaGenz
Kware Githurai
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Solid journalism there by
@DennisOkari
may the second part of thr program lay it bare, NAME THEM!!!
#Covid19Millionaires
@ntvkenya
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"We reported to all police stations in Nairobi, but our search ended here at City Mortuary. We had to view mutilated bodies and all manner of graphic images before we could find her" Justus Moseti's story tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm
#MorgueTrauma
#JinamiziLaWafu
#OccupyJKIA
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"Ironical. You cannot say you're ready to dialogue with the youth, yet you're the same group again abducting them. " Hussein Khalid
@husskhalid
catch this
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
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" There are people in this government who have blood on their hands who sanctioned the shoot to kill order." Provost Evans Omollo, All Saints Cathedral. Tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
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The search is on for more bodies, there more bags inside believed to be carrying bodies. Here, with distraught residents of Mukuru kwa Njenga
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Journalist killed at parliament his equipment confiscated. Man still down
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Kasmuel: "What weak men are these that we are giving guns and shooting a child on the leg, I keep walking hiding in my own country, what weak men are these"
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Unresolved historical injustices will eat us up one day! Deep seated resentment in the political detainees
@kwamwere
and Njeru Kathangu shows how superficial wounds from the past have been treated in Kenya
@LinusKaikai
@citizentvkenya
#koigi
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What happened to "We shall take care of all medical expenses of victims of anti-tax protests"? Mama Wairimu, who sells tea and mandazi for a living, paid her bill today at KNH from her own pocket despite identifying herself. Wairimu was among those shot in Githurai.
#Youthquake
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IG Japhet Koome resigns as scores of bodies are recovered at Kware dumpsite at Mukuru kwa Njenga. What a horror! Bodies dismembered and no locals say they've not witnessed this before!
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Prof Jay sings his way to clinch Mikumi constituency parliamentary seat
@KTNKenya
@YvonneOkwara
@johnallannamu
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I think the president is out of touch with the reality of the majority of people because you don't call millions of people who are coming out to express their views, criminals" Wanjira Wanjiru
@wanjirunjira
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
Kware Githurai Tonight 7&9 pm
@KTNNewsKE
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#CancerCountry
Thank you
@citizentvkenya
for telling a common man's story. We saturate it only when it's a big man dying! Any more signal to see that this is a crisis?
@KoinangeJeff
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We uncover the horrors faced by our youngest commuters. This Sunday and Monday 7 &9 pm on
@KTNNewsKE
#busesofperil
#mabasiyamauti
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"It's one thing to pick up a loved one's body from the morgue; it's another to search for your missing loved one there. Looking for my son Mwangi was the worst experience ever." Tonight
@KTNNewsKE
catch Mama Mwangi's happy story
#MorgueTrauma
#JinamiziLaWafu
#OccupyJKIA
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K24 and Kameme TV Reporter Catherine Wanjeri shot along Kenyatta Avenue, Nakuru during the protests
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The slain pressman is lying in a pool of blood. I've been speaking to officers stationed at parliament, and no one is saying anything.
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NRM self proclaimed General
@MigunaMiguna
several hours later refuses to give his visa- still held at immigration area
@KTNNews
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Remember, mother, who threatened to join the protests since she could not trace his son?? It ended on a painful note. Earnest Kanyi's lifeless body found at KNH on Friday. Poor mother has had to pay for the morgue fees herself, Gov't lied they'd assist
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
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Secrets emerging 8 bodies recovered wrapped in bags at Kware dumpsite near Imara Daima Mukuru Kwa Njenga. More bodies believed to be still inside. The bodies all female have been taken to city mortury some in pieces
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Viewer disclaimer: Horrific Sights at Kware dumpsite at Mukuru Kwa Njenga. Bodies after bodies , chants of
#RutoMustago
renting the air
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#Girl
power-Yourhful Bonnah Kalua clinches Segerea MP seat
#TransitionInTanzania
@KTNNews
@KTNKenya
@YvonneOkwara
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#Girlpower
-Halima Mdee, Lowassa lieutenant wins Kawe MP win
@KTNNews
@KTNKenya
#TransitionInTanzania
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Angry Kibwezi protestors dump two bodies of those killed in the demos outside Kibwezi Police Station. Video: Stephen Nzioka
#maandamanotuesdays
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Kasmuel: " We demand those in custody to be released unconditionally. We demand accountability. We demand that you respect our lives, stop killing us. We demand that you follow this constitution. While you can kill the revolutiners, you can not kill the revolutionary"
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How did the parliament break-in happen? We'll show you how protesters were sprayed with live bullets at the precincts of parliament."
Tonight @ 7&9 pm on
@KTNNewsKE
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
#AngukaNayo
Kware Githurai
@StandardKenya
@SpiceFMKE
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Kware area turns chaotic as angry residents bay for the blood of the police. More body bags remain in the dumpsite. Head of homicide Martin Nyuguto arrived at scene
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Lowassa's CHADEMA party chair Freeman Mbowe wins Hai MP
#TransitionInTanzania
@KTNKenya
@YvonneOkwara
@KTNNews
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19 year old Ibrahim Kamau was among scores gunned down at the precincts of parliament. Brutally shot in the neck. Catch his story tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
#AngukaNayo
kware Kahawa Barracks
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Bold Turkana Gen Z faces Turkana Central Police Commander, reminding him that he failed to rescue her friend maimed by anti Gen Z protesters in Lodwar. Video Mike Ekutan.
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Another Shakahola loading? Members of the public engage in risky job of retrieving bodies from the dumpsite. So far, at least 10 dismembered bodies retrieved. Bodies in green sacks cut to fit into sacks, all female. Martin Nyuguto at the scene with detectives.
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@SlyMboya
@MboyaApollo
Apologies to our viewers yet again!!
#Insidesource
and
#hadubini
on
@KenyaPower
and electricity billing airs tomorrow Monday 7pm& 9pm. Stay tuned!
@KTNNews
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"It's appalling that our government hasn't set up counseling centers for families during this tough season" Salma Hemed, Activist. Tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm
#MorgueTrauma
#JinamiziLaWafu
#OccupyJKIA
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After he was found. I asked Mwas' mother if she intended to press charges for holding her son incommunicado. She replied, "No, my heart is now at peace. It's all I wanted."
#OccupyUhuruPark
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Watch: CCTV captures man shot on Moi Avenue at noon during the Tuesday protests: Courtesy
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Senator
@HassanOmarH
hosts visiting Islamic scholars from Pakistan for dinner at Fort Jesus
@KTNKenya
@KTNNews
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" An otherwise legitimate expression of the fundamental rights and fredoms of assembly was infiltered and hijacked by a group of organised criminals." Pres.
@WilliamsRuto
Catch this
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm #
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
Githurai Kware Oguda
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Dr. Miguna Miguna is missing. The toilet Door at the JKIA Terminal 2 was broken and we have no idea where he is...says his lawyer
@KTNNews
@MboyaApollo
@MigunaMiguna
@NelsonHavi
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Msa Senator
@HassanOmarH
discusses state of education in Mombasa, happening at Fort Jesus
@KTNNews
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Remember this? " Kuna watu wanatembea mikono nyuma hivi wanasema hii ni zone ya CDF...aaah...siyo zone ya CDF...oooh sorry ODM" Masoud Mwahima memorable quote. Fierce Uhuru defender at Coast! Humble servant! May he RIP
@Ali_Manzu
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Earnest Kanyi's burial confirmed next week Wednesday in Murang'a
Remember, mother, who threatened to join the protests since she could not trace his son?? It ended on a painful note. Earnest Kanyi's lifeless body found at KNH on Friday. Poor mother has had to pay for the morgue fees herself, Gov't lied they'd assist
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
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"I warned you against going to the protests. If you're alive and can hear me, please come back home, my only son." - Mwas' mother passionate plea-Tabitha Wanjiru. He's been missing since anti-taxprotests.
#SabaSaba
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
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Some good news! Winfrey Wairimu, 16, has been discharged from KNH. Nimo is the little girl who was shot in Githurai during the anti-tax protests. She can now eat solid food and can walk short distances. Let's keep praying for Nimo's full recovery
#AngukaNayo
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They are detaining me incommunicado in a little hole in terminal 2 domestic on the other side of the airport. I have not eaten in 24 hours!
@MigunaMiguna
#MigunaReturns
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One more body retrieved from the Kware dumpsite bringing the count to 9
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Mama Mwas: "We've done all we could, including reporting to police stations and even morgues. I've been standing on the streets and looking every face if I can spot my Mwas but in vain. " Tonight
@KTNNewsKE
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
Kware Oguda Githurai
#AngukaNayo
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Strong winds and recent rains attributed to building collapse mombasa
@StandardKenya
@KTNNews
@BettyMKyallo
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Oh so, is this the reason why medics are nowadays wearing a surgical mask on top of the KN95? To prolong the life of the KN95 because Kemsa has gobbled the billions?
#Covid19Millionaires
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#returntompeketoni
Picking up the pieces,how mothers, widows are soldiering onafter the horror
@KTNKenya
@YvonneOkwara
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@johnallannamu
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"Excellent news: Joseph 'Mwas' Mwangi has been found alive! After nearly a month, locked up at various stations. He left Muthaiga Police Station on Tuesday. He's weak but recovering at home.
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Excellent news
@phyllis_omido
congratulations cc
@johnallannamu
Proud to be included in the 2021
#TIME100
list. See the full list here:
I made the 2021
#TIME100
list:
@TIME
@ErinBrockovich
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Did Speaker Moses Wetangula let down the country in its hour of need? Could he have alleviated the senseless killing of over 40 young Kenyans? What happened to the proverbial Solomonic wisdom associated with the Speaker's chambers?
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Congratulations to the Kenyan youth, Igembe South constituency bestows trust on a 23 year old!
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And what better way to kickstart 2022. I've had a whale of time
@Author_Dave
Thank you for this gem! Highly recommended
@SylviaChebet1
@SalahIqra
@Presshubafrica
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" Social media has been instrumental in rallying our voices, highlighting the injustices and pushing for accountability," Wanjira Wanjiru, Youth Activist. Catch her tonight
@KTNNewsKE
7&9 pm on
#Youthquake
#MakaliyaGenz
Kware Githurai
@wanjirunjira
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" Every time I watch other mothers search for children ending up at the morgue, it kills my spirits," Mwas mother.
The family has visited every police station, every morgue in search of him. A day without seeing their son increases their fear.
#SabaSaba
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
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Eye opening cyber security sessions happening now
@ExperienceUSIU
with
#africahackon
increased threats calls for great awareness
@BrightGameli
#CyberSecurity
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#RunningEmpty
On air right now
@huseinmoha
shows you how the merciless water cartels are draining you dry
@KTNNewsKE
@KTNKenya
Shocking!
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Shocking! More bodies believed to be inside the Kware dumpsite in Mukuru Kwa Njenga coming at at a time when several people have been reported missing in the anti tax protests
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Congratulations bro!
I have taken oath of office as Principal Secretary for State Deparment of Transport.
Thank you H.E. President
@WilliamsRuto
for vesting public trust in me. I will serve Kenyans with diligence.
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Rabai MP William Kamoti . Am shaking right now! How about the family he went back to after the DG meeting !
#CurfewinKenya
#COVID19KE
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Good people, Please don't miss this eye-opening documentary
#TheWebGatekeepers
, airing this Sunday, at 9 PM on KTN News.
@KTNNewsKE
@StandardKenya
@Ali_Manzu
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No autopsy report for Kenyan Haiti mission cop who died mysteriously!
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