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Safaricom’s first Kenyan CEO, Peter Ndegwa, reveals what’s next for giant telco

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Peter Ndegwa, was tapped to take the reins at Safaricom, ending months of head hunting that followed the death of Bob Collymore....

Joyce Laboso succumbed to ovarian cancer at the Nairobi Hospital on Monday, July 29, 2019. [PHOTO | FILE]
List of prominent personalities who died in 2019

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As 2019 draws to a close today, we reflect on some of the great personalities whose deaths griped the nation. From the gruesome murder of Dutch tycoon...

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula on Wednesday, July 30, asked medical practitioners in Kenya and researchers to investigate why cancer cases are exponentially increasing in the country. [PHOTO | COURTESY]
Wetangula: If one has cancer, must we put him or her on chemotherapy?

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Moses Wetangula has urged oncologists in Kenya to “resist the temptation” of quickly putting cancer patients on chemotherapy....

In the fight against cancer, we all have a role to play. PHOTO | FILE
MUINDI: That loose tooth, chronic heartburn, abdominal pain could be a sign of cancer

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This is a Black July — black in the sense that three giants have gone down because of this common denominator: cancer. Bob Collymore started, Ken Ok...

List of prominent Kenyans who battled cancer and lost

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Just days after Kibra MP Ken Okoth lost his battle with cancer, Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso has joined the list of prominent Kenyans who have succumbe...

The Late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore (L) and President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) [PHOTO | COURTESY]
My chapter is closed! How Collymore broke news about his impending death to Uhuru

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The Late Safaricom boss, Bob Collymore, in early June this year called President Uhuru Kenyatta to inform him of his impending death. The Head of Stat...

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore succumbed to Leukemia on July 1. [PHOTO | COURTESY]
Bob Collymore’s last plea to his best friends; ‘The Boys’

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The Late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore asked his best friends to ensure they look after his wife after he dies. Collymore’s close friend, Patrick Quar...

Safaricom shareholders have pocketed Sh301 billion since the firm went public in 2008. [PHOTO | FILE]
Why Safaricom will close all its shops for 4 hours tomorrow

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East Africa’s leading telecommunications company, Safaricom, will close all its shops in Kenya on Thursday, July 4 between 10:30am and 2:30pm in hon...

How media bid Bob farewell

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Lewis Njoka @Lewisnjoka The death of Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore received wide local and international media coverage, with many news...

K24 news anchor Eric Njoka doubles up as a mortician. [PHOTO | FILE]
Here is full info. on what cremation entails – K24 news anchor-cum-mortician Eric Njoka

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As more and more prominent Kenyans continue to opt out of the traditional burial ceremonies; and replacing the rites with cremation, there is a ground...

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