Kenya: Safaricom Now Evolves M-Pesa to the Next Level
Safaricom #ticker:SCOM has launched its M-Pesa 1Tap payment card, wristband and stickers in five more towns, stepping up competition with banks for plastic card users. The launch in Nairobi, Mombasa,...
View ArticleEast Africa: Safaricom Extends M-Pesa 1tap to Five Counties
PESA 1 Tap, a service created to reduce the tedious number of steps per transaction from eight to one on LIPA NA M-PESA will now be available in in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nyeri. "As a...
View ArticleCOMESA-backed Kenyan textile centre aims $100,000 income
The Kisumu Garment and Textile Incubator project, launched in 2015 at the Kisumu Polytechnic in the western Kenya's Kisumu town, has now achieved 'unprecedented growth' with incomes projected to reach...
View ArticleKenyan Opposition Begins Protests Over Electoral Body Impasse
Kenyan opposition supporters began protests in the western city of Kisumu to press their demands for an overhaul of the electoral authority before a rerun of an annulled presidential election. Police...
View ArticleKenya's opposition supporters protest against poll body ahead of repeat poll
Supporters of Kenya's main opposition party, National Super Alliance on Friday engaged in street protests to force changes at Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ahead of repeat...
View ArticleKenya: Looting Anti-Polls Body Demos Turn Ugly in Nyanza
Nasa protesters on Friday left a trail of destruction in Kisumu after taking to the streets to push for reforms at the electoral commission. The demonstrators broke into and looted Tumaini Supermarket...
View ArticleKenyan police fire tear gas to disperse protesters
Kenyan police lobbed tear gas and fired shots in the air Monday to disperse protesters who are demanding a change of leadership at the country's election commission. The protests took place in the...
View ArticlePolice teargas Kenyan vote protesters, crowds gather in cities
Police fired teargas at opposition activists in Kenya's capital as protests mounted in cities on Friday calling for the sacking of election board officials involved in August's canceled presidential...
View ArticlePolice Teargas Kenyan Vote Protesters, Crowds Gather in Cities
Police fired teargas at opposition activists in Kenya's capital as protests mounted in cities on Friday calling for the sacking of election board officials involved in August's canceled presidential...
View ArticleKenya: County to Hire Nurses as Strike Takes Toll
The Kisumu County Government is set to hire 210 nurses on a three-month contract in the next six days. Deputy Governor Mathew Owili said the new staff will be stationed at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga...
View ArticleKenya Police Use Teargas, Shoot in Air During Opposition March
Kenyan police fired teargas and shots in the air on Monday as hundreds of demonstrators marched through the capital Nairobi to protest against proposed legal changes that would make it harder for the...
View ArticleMapping hepatitis in Kenya shows where action is needed
A study of the different kinds of hepatitis in Kenya showed areas where the government can focus its efforts to prevent infections. One of the findings was a surprise - giving adults the Hepatitis...
View ArticleKenya police killed 35 in August poll violence: rights group
Thirty-seven people were killed after Kenya's August elections, and all but two of the cases were caused by "excessive" force by police, a human rights watchdog said today. Previous tolls from the...
View ArticleAt least 37 people were killed in election violence
Police using live bullets killed some people, said the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights [File: Hamza Mohamed/Al Jazeera] At least 37 people, including three children, were killed in the...
View ArticleKenya: '37 Have Died in Post-Poll Chaos'
The post-election deaths, according to the commission, occured in Kawangware, Mathare, Kibra, Lucky Summer, Baba Dogo and Huruma-allin Nairobi County. Other people died in Kondele, Manyatta,...
View ArticleKenya opposition protests as poll body mulls next step
Supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga took to the streets Wednesday as poll officials mull their next move after his withdrawal from a presidential election plunged the country into...
View ArticleKenya opposition protests as poll body mulls next step
Supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga took to the streets Wednesday as poll officials mull their next move after his withdrawal from a presidential election plunged the country into...
View ArticleKenya opposition protests as poll body mulls next step
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga , the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance coalition speaks during a news conference. REUTERS/Baz Ratner Nairobi: Supporters of Kenya's opposition...
View ArticleKenya ruling brings new uncertainty to fresh election
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View ArticleKenyan Police Fire Teargas at Opposition Protesters Demanding Election Reforms
Kenyan police fired teargas at more than 1,000 opposition supporters marching through the capital Nairobi on Wednesday to demand election reforms, a Reuters witness said. Police also used teargas to...
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