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Faith Kipyegon Secures Historic Fourth World 1500m Crown

September 16, 2025 4:36 pm

Faith Kipyegon once again proved her status as one of athletics’ greatest champions by storming to her fourth world title in the 1500m, extending her remarkable streak of dominance in middle-distance running. The 31-year-old Kenyan now stands alongside Moroccan legend Hicham El Guerrouj as the only athletes in history to capture four 1500m crowns at the World Championships, cementing her legacy as the undisputed queen of the event.

Having already claimed a third consecutive Olympic gold last year, Kipyegon arrived as the overwhelming favourite and lived up to the billing. She controlled the final from the very start, dictating the …

Kenyan lawmaker beats up female colleague

June 13, 2019 9:38 am

A member of the Kenyan Parliament representing Wajir East, Rashid Kassim has been arrested hours after allegedly assaulting Wajir County Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi.

Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi was allegedly beaten up on Thursday morning by Wajir East MP Rashid Amin in the parliament building.

It is alleged that Gedi engaged him in a heated discussion before she was assaulted by the MP.

The MP demanded to know why Gedi, who is a member of the budget committee, did not allocate any money to his Wajir East constituency.

Gedi narrated …

‘Fake Kenyan president’ nabbed

February 26, 2019 6:17 am

Police in Kenya say they have a busted a seven-man syndicate which allegedly impersonated President Uhuru Kenyatta and other government officials to defraud local business tycoon Naushad Merali of a huge sum of money.