Latest Kenya News
RSS-
Kenyan shilling steady boost seen from overseas investments
Kenyan shilling was steady on Monday and traders said they expected it to gain ground early in the week, lifted by offshore investor flows into stocks ...
-
New Lands Act Set for August - Says Swazuri
KENYANS will have to wait up to August before their land problems will begin to be effectively tackled, the National Land Commission chairman has said. Mohamed Swazuri yesterday said the Lands Act will be fully functional only after it is passed by the national assembly. Swazuri said they are still collecting views from the public that will be used in forming a credible Lands Act. Speaking to ...
-
Sex-Offence Swede May Lose Bond
THE office of the Director of Public Prosecution yesterday called for the cancellation of a Sh1 million bond for a Swedish facing charges of benefitting from prostitution. Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Alloy Kemo said Christopher Reider was a prohibited immigrant and a flight risk. Kemo was responding to Clement's application for a bond reduction through his lawyer Lumatete ...
More Kenya News
RSS-
Kenya Police Kill Two Terror Suspects
Nairobi - Two terror suspects were on Sunday morning shot and killed in Nairobi's Githurai Kimbo estate. The man and his wife were killed in a police raid that saw six police officers also injured during the operation when the suspects hurled four grenades at the police officers. According Kasarani OCPD Augustine Nthumbi the suspects were planning to launch attacks in Nairobi. The police ...
-
Its Time to Crack Down On Criminal Groups
Bungoma and Busia counties are some of the most cosmopolitan in this country. However, the past weeks have seen these regions make news headlines for the wrong reasons. In the recent past, this country has witnessed a sporadic proliferation of organised criminal grouping that have gained traction within a relatively short time. This is despite the fact that this country has an Act of Parliament ...
-
Herders Find Bomb At Park
Herders stumbled on a colonial bomb at the Hellsgate National park in Naivasha. Peter ole Sinkai said they found a metallic object while grazing their animals and they informed KWS officers who were patrolling the area. Naivasha deputy police boss said military personnel at the nearby Gilgil barracks detonated the bomb. "This is a colonial bomb and we suspect it was dropped during the ...
-
A Tribute to My Primary School Near Kitale
Recently, Standard Columnist Peter Kimani paid tribute to the 'Otonglo' boy- David Owira, the now adopted son of President Uhuru Kenyatta. However, in his closing statements, he wondered which primary school had nurtured the remarkable talent of Daniel Owira. While many of us pay glowing tributes to our high schools, it is rare that we acknowledge the impact that our primary schools ...
-
Kenya Centum Set for High-End Development
Investment firm Centum is set to kick off the development of the high-end 100 acre project in Gigiri near the United Nations complex. The company is now seeking contractors for the Two Rivers urban development project. The wholly owned subsidiary of Centum, Two Rivers Development, will manage the 8.3m square-feet mixed use commercial development centrally and provide infrastructure. The ...
-
Kenya Disabled People Disown Nominee
A special needs lobby group in Busia has demanded the nullification of their ODM nominee.The people with disability network chairman Dickson Pekol said Monica Mung'ala who was nominated to represent PWDs is an able person. "We are appealing to IEBC not to gazette Mung'ala's name. We also urgeODM party leader Raila Odinga and disabled patron Amos Wako to intervene," ...
-
Kenyatta secures tight victory in Kenya
The official election results in Kenya have finally been announced, and Uhuru Kenyatta managed to win the first poll round outright with a narrow 50.7 percent. But the main opponent, PM Raila Odinga, is filing a vote rigging complaint to the ...
-
Now the election excitement starts in Kenya
The elections in Kenya so far have been carried out in an almost perfect way. They turned out to be well planned, well organised, and - contrary to what international media reports would indicate - Kenyans have not had any desire to let the polls develop into violent riots. On the contrary, the desire for democratic progress and increased welfare is dominant in the country. Reports from all ...
-
Observers hail election preparations in Kenya
International election observers have hailed the preparations for next month's elections in Kenya. The electoral commission seems well in charge and no unrest has been registered. A repetition of the last, traumatic polls seems ...
-
Kenya Niger Mali troops support Ghaddafi
The National Libyan Council, the interim government in "liberated Libya", is claiming that Kenya, Niger, Mali have sent regular troops to assist the Ghaddafi ...
-
Business Epson targets Kenyan Market with new printers
The new printers, which will be retailing at Shs14000, are targeted at customers who are keen on reliable products that offer maximum productivity but at a lower cost. The LX-350 printers are ideal for commercial, industrial and logistic applications. According ...
-
Kenya School dormitory razed down by fire
Learning at Phoenix Lakeview School was disrupted in the early Monday morning incident. Parents arrived at the institution to establish the fate of the children. Fire-fighters ...
-
Kenya Airtel to pay former worker millions
Industrial Court Judge Monica Mbaru directed the mobile phone service provider to compensate 63 former customer service executives. The compensation includes six months salary for wrongful dismissal, two months salary for each year served and one month salary for being moved to another company. ...
-
Everything you need to know about 88mph Nairobi from Nikolai Barnwell
Seed accelerator 88mph's Nairobi director Nikolai Barnwell spoke to Ventureburn about its upcoming three-month acceleration programme in the Kenyan capital: what they look for in a startup, mentors and the African investment space. Whether you're an entrepreneur considering entering the programme, or just interested in tech in Kenya and Africa, you won't want to miss this ...
-
Kenya Kenyan Ruling Party to Run Key Parliamentary Committees
Kenya's ruling Jubilee coalition took control of two key parliamentary committees Friday (May 17th), with Majority Coalition Leader Aden Duale saying they expect to assume control of other committees when the remaining 22 committee chairs are elected next week, Kenya's Capital FM reported. Moses Lessonet of the United Republican Party (URP) was elected chair of the Constituencies ...
-
Paramilitary Officer Killed in North-Eastern Kenya
Unknown gunmen shot dead an officer with a paramilitary security unit in north-eastern Kenya Saturday evening (May 18th), police said. The officer, Mohamed Mohamud, was ambushed in the town of Wajir as he was returning home after watching the evening news in a nearby restaurant, local police chief James Mutungi told AFP. He said the assailants' motive was not clear. "These are ...
-
East Africa a new population heavyweight
The East African region is slowly developing into one of the world's new population blocks, with the region surpassing all of North America in few years and all of Europe by the 2040s. A new, major power may be building ...
-
Kenya drought could create 5 million needy
Already, 1.6 million Kenyans are receiving food aid to compensate for drought and poor harvests. Government however warns the number could skyrocket to 5 million within a few months, as rains have kept ...
-
Kenyan women milk fortunes from camel
Safia Kulow, in the arid centre of Kenya, is in firm control of her economy after she and other traditional Anolei women made big business of camel milk. Now they consider which investments to make to increase revenues from their ...
-
Kenya assists Ethiopia fight Oromia rebels
The Ethiopian government is hailing Kenya for its registration of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) as "an organised criminal body." Several OLF rebels have already been killed and arrested in ...
-
E-payment for a cup of water in Kenya
In a rural district grossly neglected by Kenyan authorities, private actors have introduced groundbreaking technology to provide basic services. E-payment, microfinance and solar energy secure safe water for ...
-
Kenyans in U.S. Stripped of Overseas Vote
On the heels of Pres. Barack Obama’s struggle to defend the voting rights of U.S. citizens, Kenyan officials announced this week that the hundreds of thousands of Kenyans in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere outside the country would not be allowed to vote.National elections are scheduled to take place in March 2013 for President, Senators, County Governors, Members of Parliament, among ...
Kenya Leader
-
Kenya leading the world on credit access
Kenya has been hailed by the World Bank as a world leader in financial innovation, revamping its financial services sector in such a way that access for the poor to micro-loans is made easier, providing the means to independence and future prosperity.
Proponents of micro-loans argue that they are a significant means of lifting the poor out of poverty and providing them with the means by which to develop financial independence. When one considers that Kenya has a population in which around 56% of people live below the poverty line, the government’s efforts to increase access to credit and financial services for the poor becomes poignant. Read more
News from around our Network
