News Summary of February 23, 2017

Deputy President William Ruto is on Friday expected to hold a high-profile meeting in Elgeyo Marakwet county as he seeks to restore peaceful co-existence between the warring communities.

The negotiating teams in the ongoing doctors'strike on Thursday morning presented their progress report to the Court of Appeal where they were given seven more days to continue with the talks.

Police have launched investigations after four bodies were discovered dumped in a Saloon car at Gitaru area on Nairobi-Naivasha Highway.

The 12-member team that crafted the coalition agreement for the National Super Alliance (NASA) will retreat for three days to discuss rules on how to come up with the Alliance's presidential candidate.

More details continue to emerge regarding the NASA deal that was signed on Wednesday, particularly on the changes the Alliance seeks to make if elected into power.

Elsewhere, three people including a security guard and two waiters were reportedly stabbed to death in the wee hours of Thursday morning in Garissa town.

Postmortem results of National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi's bodyguard who was killed two weeks ago were released on Wednesday.

Popular NTV show Auntie Boss has received nine nominations for the prestigious Riverwood Academy Awards slated for March 11.

A case where Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi is accused of presenting forged academic documents to IEBC continued on Wednesday with a key witness taking to the stand.

In South Africa, the High Court quashed an earlier decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In the United States (US), President Donald Trump's administration overturned guidelines which allowed transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms of the gender they identify with. These regulations had been signed by his predecessor, Barack Obama.

A section of US lawmakers has now claimed that an arm's deal signed between Kenya and former President Obama's administration was overpriced by Sh20 Billion.

Researchers have reportedly discovered another solar system comprising of seven Earth-sized planets where life is possible.

In Thailand, a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist is facing possible five-year jail term after being accused of criminal defamation over an investigative reports he did.

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