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JOSEPH KANYI | NATION Maendeleo ya Wanaume chairman Nderitu Njoka examines Kevin Muriuki, 22, at Nyeri Provincial General Hospital on February 8 2012. Kevin, a father of three, says he was beaten up by a group of people after a conflict with his wife.

Central Kenya ‘top husband-beaters’

A lobby that fights for the rights of male victims of domestic violence says its officials will camp in central Kenya for three months to help deal with piling cases of domestic abuse.

Policemen charged with hijacking truck

Four police officers were among 10 people charged on Thursday with stealing goods in transit.

TSC rolls out hiring of 368 high school teachers

More than 300 secondary school teachers will be employed this month.

Nurses threaten fresh strike over allowances

Nurses and clinical officers have issued a new strike notice over an allowances dispute.

PAUL WAWERU | NATION From left: APs Michael Lewa, Ahmed Abdalla and Ahmed Omar in court on February 9 2012. They are charged with killing seven taxi drivers in Kawangware, Nairobi, in March 2010.

Cyclist recalls deadly night attack

A boda boda rider was attacked by taxi drivers while taking tea during a fracas that preceded the killing of seven people in Kawangware, Nairobi, two years ago, a judge was told on Thursday.

Vet all officers, says candidate

Senior police officers who refuse to be vetted must be forced to leave the force, a panel interviewing candidates for police commission jobs was told.

Lobby backs changes in education system

The proposed education system has won the support of a lobby group, which says it will help candidates select careers.

PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU | NATION Former Nairobi City Council legal director Mary Ng’ethe in a Nairobi court on February 9 2012 before a ruling on whether she will testify against former mayor Geoffrey Majiwa in the cemetery land case was made.

Ex-City Hall lawyer ordered to testify

A former senior City Council employee who had refused to testify in the Sh283 million cemetery land scandal has been ordered to take the stand by a Nairobi court.

Rapper 50 Cent from the U.S. reacts during a media briefing at Lanseria airport outside Johannesburg. PHOTO / FILE

Rap star 50 Cent visits Kibera slum

US rap star 50 Cent visited orphaned schoolchildren in Kenya's biggest slum Thursday, a day after touring camps in impoverished and war-torn Somalia.

Smoke rises from Maiduguri prison after it was set on fire by members of a local Islamic group in Yobe state July 27, 2009.

Nigerians flee to Cameroon to escape Islamist violence

Nigerians have fled in droves to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram group and revenge attacks by Christians.