Kenya: 9 Dead in Narok Flash Floods, Rescue Effort Continues
"It's difficult to say what the true extent of the damage is given there is a lot of debris to sort through," Michael Aiyabei, who was part of the team sent from Nairobi, told Capital FM News. The...
View ArticleKenyan governors build confidence to secure tipoffs on Islamists
Governors of Kenyan regions near the border with Somalia say they are encouraging new ways for residents who do not trust the police to report local Islamist cells and sympathizers, shifting strategy...
View ArticleFeature: Chinese working mothers in Kenya retain family bond despite hectic...
Guo Bingying strikes an urbane and sophisticated pose. Yet the 26-year-old administrative officer at China Wuyi Co., a leading Chinese constructor, has a friendly and humble demeanor that impresses...
View ArticleSix graduates receive UC's Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence.
Winners of the Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence will be honored at the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies. It is the first time in the history of the award that there are six honorees.
View ArticleOne Vibe Africa and EMP Museum present the 2nd Annual Madaraka Festival
One Vibe Africa and EMP Museum present the 2nd Annual Madaraka Festival, a night of music and purpose, May 31, 2015 at the EMP. Madaraka Festival is a creative collaboration among Seattle artists in...
View ArticleCaptain Mukula quits politics
Soroti. Soroti Municipality MP Mike Mukula's announcement that he has quit politics has been greeted with surprise in Teso sub-region.
View ArticleKenyan pilgrims arrive in Namugongo after 30 days
By Tony Achidria and Damalie Nabbosa The Pilgrims from Kenya who have been walking for over a month have finally arrived at Namugongo. With clothes drenched in sweat, blisters on their feet, swollen...
View ArticleKenya: Five Injured As Building Under Construction Collapses in Kisumu
They were taken to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital following the 4.40pm incident, the Kenya Red Cross Society said via Twitter. Several incidents of building collapses have been reported in the recent...
View ArticleRotaract clubs receive awards for their innovative initiatives
A woman measures out ingredients to make detergent as part of Project Azmat, which is freeing women from having to hand-clean dry toilets for a living by teaching them other marketable skills. A...
View ArticleThey Say "Peace" But Really, It's War
They say "may peace prevail on earth", but every night, there are fires burning in the terrible slums of Nairobi, Jakarta, Guatemala City and Mumbai. The World Education Forum is now taking place in...
View ArticleEMP Museum Gets Ready for One Vibe Africa's 2nd Annual Madaraka Festival
One Vibe Africa and EMP Museum present the 2nd Annual Madaraka Festival, a night of music and purpose, May 31, 2015 at the EMP. Madaraka Festival is a creative collaboration among Seattle artists in...
View ArticleLAMP Diagnostics-the key to malaria elimination?
A medical researcher with the U.S. Army tests a patient for malaria in Kisumu, Kenya. Credit: U.S. Army Africa Malaria elimination is possible within a generation.
View ArticleA Tale of Two Stel(l)as
Kenyan Burn Survivor, Stela Akoth, Receives Help from Children's Burn Foundation and FRX Polymers Inc., Manufacturers of NofiaA Flame Retardant )--Eight years ago FRX Polymers was a fledgling start up...
View ArticleKenyan Blogger Defamation Case Highlights the Need for Education
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View ArticleKenya: Lupita Weeps Over Insecurity in Kenya
Oscar Award winner Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was on Wednesday moved to tears by a poem on insecurity in Kenya. The choral verse in Dholuo by pupils from Mariwa Primary School highlighted the high number of...
View ArticleKenya: New Mall Set to Change How Kisumu Shops
A Sh2.5billion shopping mall whose construction is near completion, will soon be part and parcel of the middle class lifestyle in Riat Hills, Kisumu. Located conveniently at Mamboleo junction on the...
View ArticleKenya: 6,000 Litres of Brew Seized in Kisumu Raid
Police in Kisumu yesterday raided a liquor den adjacent to Kisumu State House and nabbed 6,000 litres and more than 2,000 cartons of the illicit brew. They also confiscated fake Kenya Bureau of...
View ArticleStudent-collaborator rights, Kisumu app, and new Zotero release
In June this year, a few open source projects expanded and several useful resources were published, along with many other developments in the digital humanities. I have highlighted the most interesting...
View ArticleVuclip and Sakata Media Partner to Bring Premium Content to Mobile...
Vuclip , the leading premium mobile video on demand service for emerging markets, has announced a strategic partnership with Sakata Media to provide consumers in Kenya with high quality regional and...
View ArticleObama's Half-Brother Misses Home-Brew Days Ahead of Kenya Visit
Two decades before Barack Obama became U.S. president, Malik fulfilled a pledge to their father to bring his sibling home to their village in western Kenya. Barack visited the house of Barrack Hussein...
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