Kenya: Jobseekers 'Forced' to Take HIV Tests
A tribunal has raised the alarm over what it says are increasing cases of employers forcing job seekers to take an HIV tests. "Cases of employers who force prospective employees to take HIV tests form...
View ArticleKenya: 2,700 Families Displaced By El Nino Floods in Kisumu
More than 2,700 families and at least 1,300 individuals have been displaced by El Nino floods in Kisumu county. Speaking in Nyakach on Thursday, Ogra Foundation director Hezron McObewa said floods are...
View ArticleKenya: Family Appeals for Return of Kidnapped University Student
Mercy Awuor Gache, a student at the University of Nairobi, Kisumu campus, is said to have been waylaid while heading to the bus station after her evening classes. Her father, Mr George Gache, said his...
View ArticleKenya: My 2,000 Chickens Are My 'Side Hustle'
Dressed in a white overcoat, a black trouser and gumboots, Nicholas Omondi digs his hand in a sack of poultry feeds and offers his birds at his farm in Dunga, Kisumu. But these are just to beautify his...
View ArticleTribal tensions resurface again in Kenya, worrying many
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View ArticlePittsburgh club aids Kenyan mothers-to-be who lack supplies
Women who give birth in U.S. hospitals often pack a bag filled with items to ease the pains of delivery - soothing music, a memory book, a pair of comfy slippers. In rural Kenya, women in labor may be...
View ArticleNew report shows Kenyan sex workers living with HIV face persistent human...
Today on World AIDS Day 2015 the report of the research "Speaking Out: Personal testimonies of rights violations experienced by sex workers in Kenya" is released at the International Conference on AIDS...
View ArticleKenya: Deputy President Ruto Accuse Opposition of Economic Sabotage
Acrimony over the Eurobond proceeds escalated on Sunday, with Deputy President William Ruto and National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale accusing the Opposition of plotting to sabotage the economy...
View ArticleKenya: Cord Leaders Dared Government to Arrest oDINGA Over Eurobond Dossier
Homa Bay women Representative Gladys Wanga, Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma, Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabir and Kondele MCA Gabriel Ochieng told EACC to drop the threat. Wanga said Raila should be...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya Power Gets Sh6 Billion Expansion Loan
Kenya Power and Lighting Company has secured Sh6 billion loan to fund the company's ongoing network expansion and upgrade project. The French Development Agency has agreed to fund the project at its...
View ArticleKenya: Developing Countries Can Reduce Poverty Among Citizens With Good Trade...
Kenya is currently hosting the World Trade Organisation's 10th Ministerial Conference, bringing to fruition a 20-year campaign by sub-Saharan Africa to host a sitting of the highest decision-making...
View ArticleKenya: France Gives Kenya Sh4.4 Billion Grant for Water, Slums Upgrade Projects
France has given Kenya a 40 million Euros grant that will cover 27.5 per cent of a Lake Victoria water and sanitation, and slums upgrade project. In the deal signed on Friday, the Lake Victoria Water...
View ArticleEnactus Spotlight: JuaMaji
Enactus is a student led global social enterprise society. All of its student members volunteer huge amounts of their time to create, develop and take action on practical entrepreneurial projects.
View ArticleKenya: Teachers Collect Signatures to Send TSC Home Over Row
The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers said the Lydia Nzomo-led commission had also refused to deduct their union dues, as has been the norm, with an aim of paralyzing their union. Mr...
View ArticleUganda: Back On Track, Railways Signal Better Days Ahead
Denis, a 38-year-old Ugandan bank worker, usually takes a packed minibus known as a matatu to and from his day job through the capital Kampala's notorious potholed and gridlocked roads. But two weeks...
View ArticleKenya: Boundary Row Blamed for Deadly Kisumu Clashes
As uneasy calm returned to the Nandi-Kisumu border on Sunday even as some residents claimed there was more to the violence than just cattle rustling. Those who spoke to the Nation on Sunday at the...
View ArticleNigeria: America's Electricity Gift
Now that the Electrify Africa Act has been signed into law by the United States Government, the big question on the lips of many Africans and Americans is what happens next? Adeola Akinremi in...
View ArticleAfrican countries clamp down on churches tied to a miracle curesa
Senior leaders of evangelical churches in Kenya pray at a meeting called to protest laws regulating the country's churches in January 2016. Relibion News Service photo by Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya...
View ArticleKenya: Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women Speak Out
Laughter, solidarity, and conviviality were in the air at a quietly remarkable event in a Nairobi hotel on February 12. Yet the subject matter discussed at the event was anything but light: depression...
View ArticleCrowdfunding' project aims to provide books for kids in Kenya
Young men read during Bible study at the Othoro ELCK Project 24 boarding facility on Oct. 18, 2015, in Kisumu, Kenya. With just two weeks left to raise the remaining $1,023, the " Christ's Care for...
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