In 2019, Dennis Ngaruiya became the center of a national media storm when his family rejected a state-gifted house from President Uhuru Kenyatta. Five years prior, the talented schoolboy had wowed the President with a poem, earning a personal invitation to State House and a promise of a brand-new home.
However, Ngaruiya supported his mother's decision to refuse the Nakuru County house, sharing her fears that the completely unfenced property left them highly vulnerable to security threats.
The young poet later expressed heartbreak over the situation, revealing that neighbors began mocking him as a "reject" before local administrators ultimately reallocated the home to another family.
Kra officially don't care about your luggage they mark it XXX upon arrival. The moment you retrieve your bag their is KRA officer on your back trying to negotiate the amount you willing to part to avoid custom. The moment you decline they money(s) to part with
President William Ruto: To address concerns raised by returning travelers, including Kenyans who travel abroad and members of the diaspora, we have increased the duty-free allowance from Ksh 39,000 to Ksh 260,000 for gifts and personal effects that Kenyans can buy as they travel or as they come home from their jobs abroad
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In 1996, a King Penguin named Lala became a local celebrity in Shibushi, Japan. After being rescued from a fishing net by the Nishimoto family, he refused to return to the wild.
He lived in an air-conditioned room in their home and was famous for walking alone to the fish market wearing a tiny backpack.
The fishmonger would feed him a fresh fish and place another in his bag for the trip home.