Kenya

A chance meeting between two childhood friends helped one begin a journey back from drug addiction after many years living on the street. It was early October and Wanja Mwaura, 32, was on her way to the market in Lower Kabaete, not far from Nairobi,...

By JOSEPH MURAYA, NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3- Deputy President William Ruto has cautioned Opposition leaders to stop hoodwinking their supporters of a possibility of forming government before 2022 election. Ruto’s message was directed at National Super Alliance leaders (NASA) leaders, led by Raila Odinga, who was took...

The United Nations has added its voice to international calls for the Kenyan government to respect the High Court's order that three banned television stations be allowed to resume transmissions. The UN human rights agency echoed statements on Thursday by the United States and European...

The US Department of State and the European Union have slammed Nasa leader Raila Odinga’s January 30 ‘swearing-in’ and the shutdown of television stations. In separate press statements posted on their websites on Thursday, they emphasised that all leaders and the government should obey the Kenyan Constitution...

Authorities Arbitrarily Shut Down TV, Radio Coverage (Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities stopped news outlets from covering a planned public event by a political opposition leader on January 30, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The Communications Authority of Kenya switched off three television stations and their affiliated radio...

NAIROBI —Thousands of members of Kenya’s opposition party gathered in downtown Nairobi on Tuesday to protest the results of last year’s election, launching what they called a parallel government. The event was purely ceremonial and does not bestow any formal authority on opposition leader Raila...

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is ‘not afraid of sanctions’ ahead of his ‘swearing in ceremony’ scheduled for Tuesday 30th January 2018. Odinga said he has received calls and threats from different ambassadors and ‘friends abroad’ asking him not to go ahead...

Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has disparaged Nasa leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka's planned swearing in. Raila's oath-taking is scheduled for Tuesday but Mutua termed it a recipe for chaos. He further described it as the planting of seeds of civil war "which will turn our nation...

By IBRAHIM ORUKO More by this Author Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to form a rival government when he is sworn in on January 30 even if it is based outside the country. He spoke as 13 opposition MPs said they will have all the National...

Kenyans are big buyers of second-hand clothes at bargain prices. Thousands of tonnes are imported every year. But some have had enough and want to see their own textile industries make it big instead. Al Jazeera's Fahmida Miller reports from Nairobi.