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Author: InconnuPublished on: November 5, 2026Country: Kenya

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On November 5, 2026, Kenyans.co.ke’s news tracker reported several developments in Kenya. Police arrested five suspects over a Ksh742,000 online scam in which a woman was duped into buying 1,400 bags of cement from fraudsters posing as Bamburi Cement representatives. The Council of Governors called for the 2026 Tourism Regulations to be revoked, while the Interior Ministry said local chiefs would help trace people who had not collected 557,930 national identity cards. A tribunal also ordered EPRA to pay two gas companies Ksh73 million after their premises were shut following Nairobi’s deadly 2024 gas explosion.

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