Lupita Nyong'o becomes a new fixation in Hollywood
Lupita Nyong'o is preparing herself for normalcy. After the frenzy that's followed her gripping performance in '12 Years a Slave,' she's ready for life back home in New York.
View ArticleFundraising to help youngsters in Kenya
Intrepid members of 1st Ackworth Boys' Brigade are trying to raise 15,000 to help children living in poverty in Kenya.
View ArticleURA seizes 46 tonnes of smuggled rice
Uganda Revenue Authority enforcement team intercept a truck offloading bags of rice concealed under packs of salt in Mukono Town.
View ArticleKisumu, Kakamega and Eldoret Sides Fused in Lower Division League
CLUBS from Kisumu, Kakamega and Eldoret will join the expanded Kenya Basketball Federation lower division league, it has been decided.
View ArticleDrought-hit East African farmers turn to growing twine
KISUMU, Kenya An entrepreneurial Kenyan engineer has produced a machine that enables farmers to defy changing weather conditions and earn good profits by switching from traditional food crops to sisal,...
View ArticleKenya: Kericho Says No to Cane Shift
Farmers delivering canes to Soin Sugar Factory in Kericho county and Muhoroni Sugar Factory in Kisumu county said plans to do away with cane farming in Western region will impoverish farmers.
View ArticleLetter from Africa: Our dreams are valid
In our series of letters from African journalists, broadcaster and media trainer Joseph Warungu reflects on the aftermath of Lupita Nyong'o's historic success at the Oscars.
View Article'Mandela's Moment' is theme of African dinner March 30
Gettysburg >> "Mandela's Moment" is theme of the 8th annual African Dinner, to be held 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at Trinity United Church of Christ, 60 E. High St. Special guests will be...
View ArticleKenya: More Pain for Motorists As Petrol Price Increases
THE price of super petrol has risen for the third month in a row to sell at Sh2.06 more per litre this month, latest price review shows.
View ArticleSupermarket steps out for cheque presentation
12/03/14. Tesco 600 cheque presentation to Footsteps. Left to right - community champion at the St Peter's Tesco store Joanne Jenkins, Sue Smith from Footsteps and acting store manager Stuart Gillett...
View Articlea Generous donation saw a supermarket put its best foot forward to support a...
Joanne Jenkins, community champion at Tesco St Peter's, and acting store manager Stuart Gillett came forward to present the Footsteps charity with a bumper cheque for A 600.
View ArticleKenya: Sugarcane Farmers Up in Arms Over Importation
Kenya Sugarcane Farmers Association has threatened to halt sugar cane processing in all factories in sugar growing regions, if the government does not deal with illegal importation of sugar.
View ArticleKenya: Raila's Sh1 Billion Kisumu Home
Construction of the the palatial, almost stately 74 roomed residence begun four years ago and could be completed before the end of the year or sometimes next year.
View ArticleKenya: Kisumu Gets Sh17 Million for E-Readers Project
An NGO will donate Sh17.5 million to Kisumu county for an e-readers project for one year.
View ArticleKenya: ODM MPs Slam Ababu's Poll Demand
ODM acting leader Anyang Nyong'o has welcomed calls by the Ababu Namwamba-led faction that the party holds elections in the next 45 days.
View ArticleSpecial movie screening at the Clova to help orphans
A non-profit society that supports an orphanage in Kenya is looking forward to its first - and likely its last - fundraiser at the Clova Cinema .
View ArticleMcHendry: Velasquez, Gonzales headlining fundraiser for Nehemiah's Restoration
For Nehemiah's Restoration, the big day is not far off. That day is April 11, and I have to share my excitement about the fundraiser and the organization it will help support - Nehemiah's Restoration.
View ArticleCloverdale Calendar: Steam into the Surrey Museum, support ALS patients and more
Steam into the Surrey Museum Station for train-themed family fun. Discover props and handle artifacts, play with train toys, toot our train whistle and create railway crafts.
View ArticlePneumonia vaccine shows promise in Kenya
KISUMU, 28 March 2014 - Better uptake of the new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children under five alongside more robust health monitoring systems at community level could help stem pneumonia...
View ArticleKenya: World Bank Approves Sh17b for Key Kenyan Roads
Transport and Infrastructure Principal Secretary John Mosonik says that the funds will go towards upgrading of northern and western road corridors.
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