Meet the Hip Hop Artists Bringing Music Classes to Kids in Kenya's Slums
There's a whole host of organizations that provide food, clothing, and medicine to poverty-stricken areas of Africa, but the nonprofit group One Vibe Africa is focused on another kind of aid Okelo, who...
View ArticleKenya: MCAs On Sh30 Million 'Unnewsworthy' Trips Abroad
ABOUT 16 Kisumu MCAs left the country for Israel yesterday amid public uproar on foreign trips.
View ArticleKenya: Debts and Dead Stock Weigh in On Muhoroni
Muhoroni Sugar Company is reeling in a sugar glut that has made it unable to meet its obligations to cane out-growers and its suppliers.
View ArticleKenyan govt fast-tracking special economic zones
The Government of Kenya is fast-tracking setting up of three special economic zones , which would also house apparel factories, Standard Digital reported.
View ArticleEDUCATION: Berklee College of Music Group Travels to Kenya for Cultural Exchange
A group of Berklee College of Music students, faculty and staff will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya from June 18 to July 7, where they will teach and perform Western music; and...
View ArticleHolliston Musician Heading to Kenya
A group of Berklee College of Music students, faculty and staff will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya from June 18 to July 7, where they will teach and perform Western music; and...
View ArticleKenya town reports drop in crime due to World Cup
NAIROBI: A town in western Kenya has reported a sharp drop in serious crime, with police concluding that criminals were too busy watching the World Cup to go out and steal.
View ArticleKids take the reins of international project
Sixth-graders at Willett Elementary School in February 2013 line up to support a community service project in partnership with the Sunset Rotary Club of Davis - Chapters Change Children.
View ArticleKenya: MCAs' Trips Aim to 'Finish County Funds'
They said the trips are unnecessary and a waste of public funds which should be channeled to other development activities.
View ArticleKenya: Police Launch Investigations Into Hate Messages On Social Media
POLICE have launched investigations on suspects said to be spreading hate messages through social media and SMS.
View ArticleCoral reef restoration can save lives, livelihoods
KISUMU, 24 June 2014 - A new report suggests that preserving and restoring coral reefs may be one of the cheapest and most effective ways to mitigate coastal erosion and flooding.
View ArticleKenya: Communications Authority of Kenya Succeeds CCK
CA Director General Francis Wangusi says the rebranding comes with an added mandate in regulating electronic transactions that includes administering broadcast content, developing media standards and...
View ArticleKenya: Tullow to Compensate 6,000 Kisumu Locals
About 6,000 families affected by an oil survey in Kisumu county will be compensated, Tullow Oil Company has said.
View ArticleKenya: Kisumu May Return Funds to Treasury
MORE than Sh200 million may be returned to the Treasury after Kisumu county agricultural offices failed to spend the funds in the 2013- 14 financial year.
View ArticleTelecoms watchdog to have presence in five counties [Business Daily (Kenya)]
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The telecommunication industry regulator is set to establish its first two offices outside Nairobi in Mombasa and Eldoret in August.
View ArticleKenya: Kisumu Assembly Passes Sh11 Billion Budget
THE Kisumu county assembly has approved a Sh11.3 billion budget for the 2014-15 financial year.
View ArticlePolice in west Kenya city disperse protest with tear gas - witness
Police shot volleys of tear gas at hundreds of protesting youths chanting slogans against President Uhuru Kenyatta in Kenya's western city of Kisumu on Monday, a Reuters witness said.
View ArticleSabasaba Rally
Some of the pictures this morning in Kisumu - Kenya Kibuye market and Kondele area respectively, ahead of the "Sabasaba" Rally by the opposition leaders, expected in Nairobi's Uhuru Park today.
View ArticleBehind deadly force in Kenya, there's often a police badge
Riot policemen patrol past people demonstrating in solidarity of Kenya's opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy , rally to demand dialogue with the government in the western city of Kisumu July...
View ArticleKenya: Business, Transport Resume in Kisumu
BUSINESS and transport operations in Kisumu normalised yesterday after the Saba Saba rally held on Monday.
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