20100917
africanews

Kenyan government has stepped in an attempt to prevent a strike due to start on Monday that could damage East Africa's biggest economy with blackouts, sole power supplier said.

The police in Uganda have arrested two Kenyans - a lawyer and a human rights activist - as they arrived in Uganda to attend a hearing for suspects in July's Kampala bombing. Mureitha Mbugua and Al-Amin Kimathi had been due at a hearing for dozens of people charged with the attack which killed 76 people.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The international community is neglecting the security threat from Somalia, Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said on Friday, suggesting that the United States wanted to avoid a repeat of a failed 1992 military intervention.

20100917
africa news

Kenyan government has stepped in an attempt to prevent a strike due to start on Monday that could damage East Africa's biggest economy with blackouts, sole power supplier said.

20100914
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's consumer confidence ticked up in the third quarter with consumers upbeat about the country's prospects following the enactment of a new constitution, a survey showed on Tuesday.

20100914
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Workers at Kenya's sole power distributor will go on an indefinite strike from next Monday to press for better terms, their union said on Tuesday, a move that could damage East Africa's biggest economy with blackouts.

20100913
africanews

Extreme poverty and frequent natural disasters are a constant feature of life in northern Kenya and across the Horn of Africa. But continuous poor development and local conflict are worsening the already grim situation.

20100907
africanews

Seven Somali pirates have been sentenced five years in jail in the east Africa nation of Kenya. Mombasa court jailed the pirates on charges for attempting to hijack a a German ship march in this year. The men were trying to seize a German Ship, MV Spessart upon the high seas and further causing fear among the crew of the ship.

20100906
reuters

Nairobi — New evidence on how Kenya's post-election violence was planned, funded and executed has been revealed.

20100903
IPS

Nairobi — When 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide.

20100903
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) signed an agreement with Kenya on Friday to set up an office in the country to pursue the masterminds of Kenya's post-election violence, officials said.

20100903
africanews

The death toll from cholera outbreak in Migori and Kuria West district about five hundred kilometers west of Nairobi has now hit eight after three more people succumbed to the disease.

20100829
Nation

Nairobi — The Kenyan government was in a disarray on Sunday over the visit by Sudan President Omar al-Bashir who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes.

20100829
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya on Sunday defended its decision not to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges by the International Criminal Court, when he visited the country this week.

20100828
reuters

Nairobi — President Barack Obama has combined criticism with congratulations in his response to Friday's ceremony marking the adoption of the new Constitution.

20100827
africanews

Teachers in Kenya can now acquire laptops complete with broadband internet connection and other software from Safaricom at affordable rates. This follows the signing of a partnership between Kenya's leading telecoms firm, Safaricom, Equity Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Kenya Institute of Education and teachers' main employer body, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

20100827
africanews

Thousands of ecstatic Kenyans waving national flags welcomed a new constitution for the East African country as President Mwai Kibaki signed it on Friday that curbs his sweeping powers and strengthens civic rights. The Nairobi Uhuru Park - Freedom Park - witnessed a ceremony full of military pomp and traditional dance.

20100823
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities have intercepted more than 2 tonnes of elephant tusks and rhino horns disguised as fruit destined for export to Malaysia.

20100820
Nation

Nairobi — A case was on Friday filed at Kenya's referendum court seeking the nullification of the August 4 poll results, the total recount of votes and an audit of the electronic tallying software.

20100820
africanews

Human rights activists accused Kenya of secretly extraditing four terrorism suspects to Uganda for the July 11 twin bomb attacks on Kampala.