Kenya: IG Boinnet Warns of Plot to Revive Criminal Gangs Ahead of 2017 Polls
Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has warned of a plot by some individuals to revive criminal gangs ahead of the 2017 general elections. Mr Boinnet said the National Police Service is aware of...
View ArticleKenya: Scientists Propose Eating of Insects to Curb Food Insecurity
Some edible species of crickets, grasshoppers, caterpillars and termites are highly nutritious, according to scientists from the Lake Victoria region. Dr Sunday Ekesi, a principal scientist at the...
View ArticleIncreasing Women's Financial Freedom Spurs Economic Empowerment Community-Wide
Beyond ensuring their decent health, safe shelter and education, women's economic empowerment is the proven key to victory over extreme urban poverty. With financial independence and mobility, mothers...
View ArticleKenya: Car Hits, Kills Five Nursery School Pupils
Five pupils died on Tuesday when they were hit by a speeding car as they crossed the road at Awasi junction on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway. Ms Valerie Ogweno, a Kenya Red Cross paramedic, said one of...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya, Chinese Firm Sign Pact for Naivasha-Malaba SGR Project
Kenya and the China Communications Construction Company have signed an agreement for the construction of the Naivasha-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway line under the Kenya SGR Developments Project valued...
View ArticleAfDB approves US $228-million loan to rehabilitate strategic road linking...
ABIDJAN, CA te d'Ivoire - PRN Africa - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, March 30, a US $228-million loan to the Government of Kenya to rehabilitate...
View ArticleICC dismisses case against Kenya's deputy president
In this Tuesday, April 9, 2013 file photo, Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto swears the oath of office at the inauguration of himself and President Uhuru Kenyatta at Kasarani, near Nairobi in...
View ArticleKenya set Hollywood action movie premieres
Local multimedia and film firm, Planet Media Cinemas, has announced plans to screen a recently released Hollywood movie set in Kenya and featuring the terrorism challenges in the East and Horn of...
View ArticleSurging heroin use threatens Kenya's HIV/AIDS gains
Rashid Hassan Mohammed began using drugs when he was 15, after fleeing an abusive home in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and joining a street gang that robbed and stole to buy heroin. He was...
View ArticleEquity Bank launches campus prepaid card at Maseno University
Equity Bank has launched a MasterCard branded prepaid card for use by Maseno University students as it deepens its foray in cashlite agenda through University's e-payment systems. The campus prepaid...
View ArticleTwo suspects arraigned in Kisumu court for electricity theft
Two conmen responsible for massive construction of illegal electricity lines within Kisumu and its environs have been arrested, boosting Kenya Power's efforts to clamp down on illegal connections. They...
View ArticleEast Africa: Could Oil Jetty Revolutionise Petroleum Flow
Kenya Pipeline Company has completed the construction of a parallel pipeline from Sinendet to Kisumu expected to enhance petroleum product availability in the Western region. Addressing the press,...
View ArticleEast Africa: "Tour d'EAC Kicks Off Today From Kampala With a Team of Fifteen
The East African Legislative Assembly Speaker, Daniel F. Kidega is urging EAC youth to apprise themselves of the integration story. According to Bobi Odiko, the senior Public relations officer of EALA,...
View ArticleKenya's traditional midwives in frontline of drive to cut maternal deaths
By the time she was three months pregnant, 24-year-old Cynthia Salome had already decided that she wanted her husband's grandmother to be her midwife when it was time to give birth. She felt more...
View ArticleKonza City buildings to meet global benchmarks
The Konza Technopolis Development Authority has entered into an agreement with the United Nations Human Settlement Programme to standardize the development of the Konza Techno City. The agreement was...
View ArticleJambojet, Kenya Airways sign codeshare agreement
Under the agreement, which takes effect 1 August, Kenya Airways will put the 'KQ' designator code on the Jambojet flights to the the four destinations; allowing Kenya Airways to sell the Jambojet...
View ArticleDeacons (East Africa) PLC lists on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Deacons PLC has listed 123,558,228 shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange at an offer price of Ksh 15.00. Deacons is now the first fashion retailer to list on the NSE and plans to continue actively...
View ArticleKenya's traditional midwives in frontline of drive to cut maternal deaths
KISUMU, Kenya: By the time she was three months pregnant, 24-year-old Cynthia Salome had already decided that she wanted her husband's grandmother to be her midwife when it was time to give birth. She...
View ArticleMore Kenyans accessing information through solar powered TV
Addressing journalists in Kisumu today, M-Kopa Solar Chief Commercial Officer, Yesse Oenga said since February this year, M-Kopa has sold over 10,000 solar Television systems and is projecting to sell...
View ArticleUganda, Kenya agree on Migingo Island
Kenya Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinnet shakes hands with his Ugandan counterpart Gen. Kale Kayihura after signing the agreement.
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