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How men with female surnames are standing up to ridicule in Kenya

13+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1183+ words) Simon Macharia Wangũi says he is proud to have chosen his mother's name as his surname Many children in Kenya traditionally inherit their father's first name as their surname, but there are an increasing number of people who are…...

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Week after disappearance, missing fisherman's body recovered in Tana River

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (478+ words) Police said Katana was among four fishermen reported missing on June 21, 2026. The body of a fisherman who went missing during a fishing expedition a week ago was recovered along the Indian Ocean shoreline in Tana River County. Police said the…...

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State seeks help to find 2 missing Komarock children

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (407+ words) The government has appealed to members of the public to help trace two minors who went missing from the Komarock in Nairobi on May 13. In a statement on Wednesday, the State Department for Children Services said coordinated search efforts were…...

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Agony as Kirinyaga girl, 6, disappears after leaving school

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (645+ words) Cynthia Wambui, the mother to six-year-old Shantelle Nekesa who went missing last Thursday in Kirinyaga county/ ALICE WAITHERA A family in Kirinyaga county is living in agony after their six-year-old daughter disappeared hours after leaving school in Kamuthanga village, Sagana,…...

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Missing woman, 48, found buried in shallow grave in Kisii

8+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (389+ words) Police in Kisii have arrested a man after the body of a woman who had been reported missing was discovered buried in a shallow grave in the Nyaura area. The grim find has shocked residents as investigations into the killing…...

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