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  2. 2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood - Wikipedia

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    2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood. On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [1] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [2] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.

  3. Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region

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    Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region. At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s ...

  4. Capital punishment in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment in Kenya. Capital punishment has been a legal penalty in Kenya since before its independence, and continues to be so under Kenyan law. No executions have been carried out in Kenya since 1987, [1] when Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu, leaders of the 1982 coup d'état attempt, were hanged for treason.

  5. Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 228

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    May 5, 2024 at 3:13 AM. NAIROBI (Reuters) - The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The ...

  6. Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

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    NAIROBI (Reuters) -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as ...

  7. Killing of Julie Ward - Wikipedia

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    Killing of Julie Ward. Julie Ward was a British woman who was killed whilst on safari in the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya in September 1988. The subsequent investigation into her death was notable for the campaign by her father, John Ward — firstly to persuade the Kenyan authorities to recognise that his daughter was murdered, and ...

  8. Murder of Sheila Lumumba - Wikipedia

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    On 15 April, Lumumba did not show up to work. Their co-workers attempted to call their phone, but did not receive a response. [2] Their body was found two days later in their home. A post-mortem report was performed at Karatina Sub-County Hospital and found that they had been sexually assaulted and stabbed multiple times. [3]

  9. Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with ...

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    Kenya’s meteorological department has warned that the heavy rains will continue into the new year. In Somalia, the death toll from the deluge stood at 96 on Monday. In Ethiopia, 44 people had ...