The Indian migrants who built Kenya's 'lunatic line'
At the Old Port in Mombasa, southern Kenya, tranquil waters lap gently against the shore beneath the ghostly Fort Jesus garrison. It was at this spot just over a century ago that the ancestors of...
View ArticleKenya: Nurses Threaten Strike Over Allowances Slash
Speaking to the press in Kisumu town on Saturday, the Kenya National Union of Nurses officials said the SRC has no legal mandate to set public servants' salaries. "KNUN will not allow SRC or the...
View ArticleKenya: Remembering Mama Asenath Bole Odaga
"The critic should be put under sharp scrutiny because it is his or her duty to draw the public's attention to a writer who might have been left to burn in obscurity due to forces beyond his or her...
View ArticleKenya: Kisumu Administrators Working Under Trees
"The administrators are unable to give proper services. We do not know why the government has not provided working spaces for them," Okoth said.
View ArticleKenya: Building Roads Well Worth Sh124 Billion
Infrastructure development is identified by Kenya's key national economic blueprints as an enabler in the quest for takeoff and greater competitiveness among nations. It takes pride of place not just...
View ArticleKenya: Fidel Did Not Die a Natural Death, to Send Team to Germany for Probe -...
Speaking during Fidel's requiem mass at the Jomo Kenyatta sports ground in Kisumu on Friday, Raila said his son did not show any signs of ailments prior to his death. "Fidel did not die a natural death.
View ArticleKenya: Kisumu to Harmonise Workers' Salaries
He said the salaries for the workers from the county councils, now-defunct municipal councils and those devolved from the national government must be harmonised.
View ArticleKenya: Hundreds Throng Raila's Bondo Home to Mourn Son Fidel
Hundreds of mourners on Friday afternoon thronged the home of Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo to receive the body of Fidel Odinga moments after it arrived from Kisumu. Busia Governor...
View ArticleKenya: where people are paid to blow whistles at funerals
ASHLEY HALL: Now to Western Kenya where tradition dictates a funeral is a rather noisy affair. The Luo people who live on the banks of Lake Victoria like to give dead relatives a worthy send-off and...
View ArticleNile states urged to protect water resources
STATES which share the source of the Nile, Lake Victoria and Kyoga have been asked to protect the water bodies for environmental preservation. The call was made by Emmanuel Kasimbazi the chairman of...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya Celebrates Major Reduction in Road Fatalities
In a celebration that included lighting of candles to commemorate the 2,907 lives lost in 2014, Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau said the reduction was due to what he described as...
View ArticleFor Youth, By Youth: Creating Jobs, Sustainability And A Future Vision For Kenya
We build networks of pattern-changing social innovators and select high-impact entrepreneurs, who creatively solve some of the worlds biggest social challenges, to become Ashoka Fellows. Ashoka...
View ArticleDavid Walliams in Kenya for Comic Relief: Philip had no future but your...
The comedian first met the orphaned boy when he was 12 and sleeping rough on the streets - now he is a success story I first met Philip in 2011. He was 12 and slept under a plastic sheet in the...
View ArticleKenya: Second Phase of Digital Switch Kicks Off On Monday
RADIO Africa Group's Bamba TV network is expanding into more towns including Mombasa as the second phase of digital migration kicks off on Monday covering 14 more regions. Bamba TV which requires...
View ArticleKenya: Kisumu Nurses Oppose Use of Cheque System
On January 27, the human resource officer Beatrice Omolo wrote to the nurses, saying the county plans to start paying theirsalaries by cheques. Speaking at Jaramogi Oginga Referral and Teaching...
View ArticleFor Youth, By Youth: Creating Jobs, Sustainability And A Future Vision For Kenya
We build networks of pattern-changing social innovators and select high-impact entrepreneurs, who creatively solve some of the worlds biggest social challenges, to become Ashoka Fellows. Ashoka...
View ArticleKenya: Blow to Kenya's Digital Migration As KBC, K24 Revert to Analogue...
Barely two months after the start of Kenya's move to digital broadcasting, two free to air stations have switched back on their analogue signals. It is alleged that the two broadcasters - K24 and...
View ArticleKenya: World Bank Report Is Inaccurate-Ranguma
KISUMU Governor Jack Ranguma has faulted a report released by World Bank that showed the county spent one per cent of its fund on development. He said the report is not up to date, adding the county...
View ArticleFIFA president to visit Kenya in March
FIFA president Sepp Blatter will visit Kenya in March to open a stadium that was refurbished by world football's governing body. Football Kenya Federation Sam Nyamweya told journalists here Wednesday...
View ArticleKenya: Another Loss for ADN As Supreme Court Okays Analogue Switchoff
The African Digital Network has suffered yet another loss today in its attempt to delay the country's digital migration exercise. This follows the Supreme Court's ruling delivered today which states...
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