More than 280 students get scholarship
More than 280 students who excelled in last year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education but hail from poor families have benefited from Shs.100million bursary fund disbursed by Kisumu County...
View ArticleAs striking Kenyan doctors dig in, patients are forgotten and a baby dies
A lone patient in a hospital without doctors in Kisumu County Hospital, Kenya, shortly after the strike began in December. A lone patient in a hospital without doctors in Kisumu County Hospital, Kenya,...
View ArticleNo voter ID, no sex, Kenyan MP tells women
A Kenyan opposition MP has urged fellow women to impose a sex boycott until their men register to vote in August's general election. Mishi Mboko, who is married, said women should withhold sex until...
View ArticleKenya: State launches H5N1 bird flu surveillance at Uganda border
Via mediamax, a report from People Daily : State launches bird flu surveillance at Uganda border . Note that it describes H5N1 as "airborne," which it is not.
View ArticleEast Africa: Kenya Bans Ugandan Poultry Products Over Bird Flu
Kenyan authorities Wednesday announced a ban on the importation of poultry and poultry products from Uganda, where an outbreak of avian flu was reported Sunday. The Agriculture ministry in Nairobi also...
View ArticleKenya: Governors Clash With Treasury on Sh33 Billion Idle Cash
Governors have reacted with outrage to claims by the National Treasury that the devolved units are unable to spend Sh33 billion, which is lying idle in their accounts even as wananchi are ravaged by...
View ArticleKisumu to host Lake Basin Expo and Investment Summit
Kisumu is set to host the Lake Basin Expo and Investment Summit expected to boost both intra trade among the 12 counties in the region as well as trade with other regions. The Kenya National Chamber of...
View ArticleKenya: Couple Asks for President's Help to Get ID Card
Mary Jessica Atieno, 27, applied for the document in Murang'a County, where she is married, but was instructed to make the application in her birth district in Kisumu County. Her husband, Peter Mburu,...
View ArticleNo voter ID, no sex, Kenyan MP tells women
A Kenyan opposition MP has urged fellow women to impose a sex boycott until their men register to vote in August's general election. Mishi Mboko, who is married, said women should withhold sex until...
View ArticleKenya: 2.7 Million Face Starvation
The number of Kenyans in need of relief food has risen to 2.7 million from 1.3 million last year, a government agency has said. The National Drought Management Authority said most of those affected by...
View ArticleKenya: Clinical Officers to Go on Strike Friday
"We are the major stakeholders in the health system. We are custodians of primary healthcare in this country.
View ArticleKisumu Governor Answers Back Political Critics
Ranguma said these obsession with rumour mongering was creating unnecessary diversion from the on-going national voter registration drive in the area . Ranguma said sensitizing people to register as...
View ArticleKenya: Ten Thousand Teachers Lined Up for Promotion
Interviews for new 10,000 principals, headmasters and deputies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions will start on February 20. The Teachers Service Commission said the interviews will be...
View ArticleKenya: Teachers Told to Ignore Order to Work on Weekends
Kenya National Union of Teachers secretary-general Wilson Sossion has told teachers to defy an order by their employer to report to work on weekends. In a circular dated February 2, Nancy Macharia, the...
View ArticleAirtel set to launch LTE trial in Nairobi
The trial will initially comprise 40 base stations in the city, but will be expanded to 45 other sites in major towns, including Mombasa and Kisumu, by the end of March. TeleGeography's GlobalComms...
View ArticleKenya eyes great growth in film industry
Kenya's film industry generated 72 million U.S. dollars in 2016, creating direct and indirect employment to more than 100,000 people. Kenya Film Classification Board CEO Dr Ezekiel Mutua told a media...
View ArticleAdjudicators trained ahead of Kenya Music Festivals
The Ministry of Education is set conduct a workshop for some 400, adjudicators and trainers for the 91st edition of the Kenya Music Festival, 2017 at Tom Mboya Labor College in Kisumu. The Executive...
View ArticleKenya: Why Ghosts of Post-Election Violence Could Return to Haunt Kenya
The ghosts of the 2007-2008 post-election violence could return to haunt Kenya following a plan to air a documentary featuring testimonies of the victims. As the country prepares for the August 8...
View ArticleKenya: Kenyans Don't Mind Being Bribed for Votes - Poll
A majority of Kenyans would not mind voting for political aspirants who splash money and promise them rewards during election campaigns. Findings of a survey on voter bribery tendencies in the country...
View ArticleAirtel to launch 4G Network in tough Kenyan market
The company recorded an impressive 2.5 per cent increase in its mobile data/ internet subscriptions to 21.2 per cent, up from 18.7 per cent in the previous quarter as stated in the first quarter sector...
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