Barclays confirms it will be selling its stake in Barclays Africa

Barclays Plc new chief executive officer Jes Staley speaks at a past event. PHOTO|FILE 

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Barclays will be selling its stake in Barclays Africa

By BRIAN NGUGI
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British Bank, Barclays has confirmed it will be selling its stake in Barclays Africa.

Huawei, Halotel make contributions for Ruangwa District

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PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa.

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Sunday received 55,000 USD (119.35m/-) being support from Huawei Technologies for the construction of a dispensary and medical officer’s house in Nandagala village, Ruangwa District in Lindi region.

Four AP officers arrested with illegal ivory

KWS rangers guard intercepted ivory at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the past. Four Administration Police (AP) officers were on Monday afternoon arrested with a five- kilogramme elephant tusk in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP  NATION

By ANGIRA ZADOCK
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Four Administration Police (AP) officers were on Monday afternoon arrested with a five- kilogramme elephant tusk in Nairobi.

ZEC says it is ready for March 20 poll re-run

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ZEC Chairman Jecha Salim Jecha.

THE Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said that it is ready for the general election re-run on March 20 in the Isles -- to take place at about 1,580 polling stations.

Customs officers seize bhang concealed in parcel at JKIA

Rolls of bhang allegedly found on a suspect during a crackdown in Eldoret town on November 6, 2015. Bhang concealed in a parcel was seized at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on March 1, 2016. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA || NATION MEDIA GROUP 

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• Mr Musyoki said investigations have been launched by the Anti-Narcotics Unit.
• Preliminary tests have indicated that the narcotic substance is bhang.

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Customs officers on Monday seized six kilograms of bhang concealed in a courier parcel at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

Police put Nairobi, Mombasa airports on high security alert

Terminal 1A at the JKIA in Nairobi. Al-Shabaab are reportedly planning to carry out suicide terrorist attacks on Kenyan airports in Nairobi and Mombasa. PHOTO | FILE 

By ALLAN ODHIAMBO, aodhiambo@ke.nationmedia.com

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• The security alert was first made public through a leaked internal memo to airport managers by the KAA head of security, Eric Kiraithe.
• Mr Kiraithe said the Islamist group Al-Shabaab planned to carry out suicide terrorist attacks on Kenyan airports in Nairobi and Mombasa and called for vigilance.
• KAA acting managing director Yatich Kangugo termed the action “precautionary”, adding that the country’s airports and airstrips were not under imminent threat.

Medic fired over 100,000/- bribe

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PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa.

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa.

THE Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, has ordered the suspension of a surgeon at Ligula Regional Referral Hospital in Mtwara Municipality, Dr Fortunatus Namahala, who refused to conduct surgery on a patient unless he was given 100,000/- bribe.