Search
Kenyan News
An ode to grandparents...
Grandparents are very special people. They are the best example of unconditional love we have this side of heaven
Categories: Kenyan News
Sh3bn to kick-off Kenya referendum
The Interim Independent Electoral Commission will get a Sh3 billion boost in this year’s Supplementary Budget to be tabled in the House later this month.
Categories: Kenyan News
Fish deaths worry MPs
Kenyan legislators on Wednesday contested the government’s position on the widespread death of fish in Lake Naivasha saying only a full probe by one of the departmental committees will unearth the truth behind the catastrophe.
Categories: Kenyan News
PTA Bank gets Sh3.8bn funding
PTA Bank has received a loan facility of $50 million (Sh3.8 billion) from a consortium of international financiers for on-lending to small and medium sized corporate clients.
Categories: Kenyan News
Nigerians march to demand ailing leader's appearance
Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi hospital.
Categories: Kenyan News
Israeli minister apologises to Biden over homes plan
An Israeli cabinet minister apologised on Wednesday after Israel embarrassed visiting Vice President Joe Biden by announcing plans to build 1,600 more homes for Jewish settlers.
Categories: Kenyan News
Kenyan tea prices slide as higher output seen
The average price of Kenya's Broken Pekoe Ones fell to $3.75 per kg this week from $3.94 at the previous auction, brokers said on Wednesday.
Categories: Kenyan News
United Nations seeks $59m for refugees in Congo
The United Nations is asking rich nations to help raise $59 million to support refugees who have fled clashes in the cobalt-rich Democratic Republic of Congo.
Categories: Kenyan News
UN agency punished Somalia whistleblower
The United Nations Ethics Committee has upheld complaints by a former employee of the U.N. Development Programme who said he suffered retaliation from the UNDP for alleging that its Somalia programme was corrupt.
Categories: Kenyan News
US apologises to Libya for dismissive comments
The U.S. State Department apologised on Tuesday for dismissive comments its spokesman made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for "jihad," often translated as "armed struggle," against Switzerland.
Categories: Kenyan News
Arsenal crush Porto thanks to Bendtner hat-trick
A hat-trick from Nicklas Bendtner helped Arsenal to a 5-0 thumping of Porto on Tuesday as they overturned a first-leg deficit with nonchalant ease to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Categories: Kenyan News
Maternal deaths on the rise despite technology
At least 21 women die daily from childbirth-related complications adding up to about 7,700 families losing their mother, in the process of delivering a sibling or her first child.
Categories: Kenyan News
Furious nature unleashes floods and landslides
Once again, Kenyas response to disasters and its preparedness has come into sharp focus, revealing the countrys inadequacies that cost its peoples lives and property.
Categories: Kenyan News
Somali pirates seize ship, hold 10 Kenyans
Somali pirates have taken hostage 10 Kenyan sailors aboard a Spanish owned fishing vessel in the latest series of pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean.
Categories: Kenyan News
Leaders unite on Sudan peace process
African leaders have concurred that a General Election and referendum in Sudan posed a serious challenge to the countrys fragile peace.
Categories: Kenyan News
Leaders unite on Sudan peace process
African leaders have concurred that a General Election and referendum in Sudan posed a serious challenge to the countrys fragile peace.
Categories: Kenyan News
MPs retreat that could herald dream for new law
It is so near, yet so far. That is how Kenya is so close to the dream for a new constitution, but still so far from it given the row between coalition partners over contentious clauses.
Categories: Kenyan News
MPs retreat that could herald dream for new law
It is so near, yet so far. That is how Kenya is so close to the dream for a new constitution, but still so far from it given the row between coalition partners over contentious clauses.
Categories: Kenyan News
Mudavadi probed over cemetery saga
The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is fighting perception it has been chasing small fish, but it now has Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi on its to-probe-list.
Categories: Kenyan News
Maulid brings Lamu to life
The Maulid festival has officially started, with about 50,000 visitors expected to attend the event on Lamu Island.
Categories: Kenyan News