Kenya:Party Leaders Say Uhuru, Raila 'Handshake' Has Calmed the Country
Jubilee and Orange Democratic Movement leaders have committed to work together to ensure the success of the Building Bridges Initiative initiated by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Raila Odinga. Homa...
View ArticleKenya:One Killed, 41 Injured After Climax Bus Rolls in Siaya
One person has died while 41 others have been injured after the bus they were travelling in rolled along the Kisumu-Siaya road. A team from the Siaya County government's Health department and Kenya Red...
View ArticleThe Adebayo Adedeji example by Reuben Abati
Professor Adebayo Adedeji, the towering intellectual, scholar, pan-Africanist, international civil servant and pioneer Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and...
View ArticleSmelly skins make for fishy fashion in Kenya
Women sharpen their knives before setting about stinking piles of fish skins, flesh and bones that cover the floor at an unusual artisanal tannery in western Kenya. Set up by a 39-year-old industrial...
View ArticleFeature: Obama's homecoming tour sparks excitement, expectations in Kenya
The idyllic Kogelo village in western Kenya where former U.S. President Barack Obama traces his ancestry is not your usual African rural hamlet thanks to the sprucing-up it has undergone in recent...
View ArticleKenya:Obama Visit Causes Rifts Among Local Leaders
Former US President Barack Obama's tour of his native village in Kogelo on Sunday evening brought division among leaders, some of whom claimed they were left out of his itinerary. Governors appeared...
View ArticleKenya:Disappointed Villagers Waited In Vain to See Obama
The former US President's visit to his father's birthplace ended in an anti-climax after he evaded the public. This was despite the joy and excitement that the villagers had expressed for the past two...
View ArticleKenya:Politicians Laud Kenyatta, Odinga Unity Efforts
Jubilee and ODM leaders yesterday united in their call to President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga not to be distracted by critics of the 'handshake' for the sake of achieving peace...
View ArticleI Got a Vision From God to Do Gospel Music
Janet Otieno, who is undoubtedly one of the top gospel music artists in the country, describes herself as a wife and a mother. She grew up in Kisumu County and has become a force to reckon with,...
View ArticlePowell doctor performs surgeries in his native Kenya as part of charity...
Dr. Victor Awuor, an OhioHealth neurosurgeon, traveled to a hospital in Kisumu, in western Kenya, to offer his services. The region is home to about 1 million people but no neurosurgeons.
View ArticleRead PrEP spreads across Africa - " slowly
This year, 2018, will be the year that a really significant number of people in Africa started HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis , the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam heard last week. PrEP...
View ArticleKenya:Danger As Kisumu Residents Scoop Fuel From Leaking Pipeline
The fuel has not yet been established if it is petrol or diesel. Petrol is highly flammable while diesel does not release a large amount of flammable vapour which could lead to an explosion.
View ArticleKenya:MPs Want 12th Parliament Dissolved Over Graft Claims
Two MPs from Western region have threatened to mobilise sugarcane farmers to petition the Supreme Court to approve the dissolution of the 12th Parliament over graft allegations. Lugari MP Ayub Savula...
View ArticleKenya:Kenya Pipeline Boss Now Links Kisumu Oil Theft to Engineers
Kenya Pipeline Company chief executive Joe Sang has linked the weekend oil leaks in Kisumu to theft by engineers with knowledge of petroleum piping. Mr Sang on Monday said only engineering experts have...
View ArticleKenya:Kisumu Airport Denies Runway Lights Power Hitch
Flight services at the Kisumu International Airport were on Saturday night allegedly disrupted by a power hitch that affected the runway lights. Despite the Nation confirming the disruption with...
View ArticleKenya:Leaders Differ On New Cane Zoning Guideline
The new rules on zoning of sugarcane growing are attracting both support and opposition from leaders with private millers being against the regulations. So far, former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale...
View ArticleKenya:Kenya to Sign $3.8b SGR Deal Next Month
Kenya is expected to sign a Ksh380 billion contract for the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway in September. Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia on Tuesday said the...
View ArticleKenya:Flooded Road Leaves Motorists Stranded
Transport was paralysed on the Eldoret-Kisumu road after a stream at Kapseret, near Eldoret International Airport, broke its banks following heavy rains. "I am on my way to the airport to fly to...
View ArticleKenya:Pilot Population Census Set to Cover 12 Counties
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has kick-started a pilot census data collection exercise ahead of next year's August Population and Housing Census. The pilot programme, which started on the...
View ArticleKenya:New Wave of Crime As Thieves Use Sedatives Before Break-Ins
The burglary, coupled with rising insecurity in the lake side city is worrying residents who have now petitioned the security authorities to step up hunt for the criminals. Through their umbrella body,...
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