900 youths from Garissa county will be recruited to clean the town
More than 900 youths from Garissa county will be recruited to clean the town and in the NYS youth empowerment programme.
Deputy President William Ruto launched the project at Garissa Primary School yesterday.
He said Sh30 million has been set aside for programmes in Garissa county...
Kenya and Ethiopia Cross-Border Initiative: A Move Towards Sustainable Peace
REPORT from Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 29 2019 (IPS) - Many years of internecine conflict is being replaced by a new narrative of peace along the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Communities that once fought each other are now dreaming of a joint journey towards a better future.
Diverse...
Kenya’s Ruto: I fired police unit boss over killings
By: BBC WORLD
Kenyan President William Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.President Ruto had previously said the former director of criminal investigations George Kinoti had...
Why Kenyans Are Nervous About Presidential Vote
Kenyans vote Tuesday in a close presidential election between President Uhuru Kenyatta, who seeks a second term, and Raila Odinga, who lost the last two contests.
The East African high-tech and commercial hub of 44 million people is often described as one of the continent's...
Kenya Bridge Collapses Days After President’s Inspection
By Gaitano Pessa
Kisumu — A bridge in Kenya's Budalang'i Constituency near the border with Uganda has collapsed a fortnight after President Uhuru Kenyatta inspected it.
The $12 million (Sh1.2 billion) Sigiri Bridge, in Budalang'i Constituency, Busia County, was being constructed by the Chinese Overseas Construction...
THE GUNS OF OCTOBER: How The Invasion Of Somalia Changed Kenya
by Patrick Gathara
When Kenyan troops crossed the proverbial Rubicon and entered Somalia nearly six years ago, it caught almost everyone by surprise. It was Kenya’s first sustained and significant foray into its troubled neighbors territory and ran counter to the country’s historic pacifism -at...
Kenya’s Odinga: No election rerun without ‘guarantees’
The electoral commission set a date for October 17 but Raila Odinga wants his legal and constitutional conditions met.
Raila Odinga, Kenya's opposition leader, has set conditions for taking part in a presidential vote rerun in October after the Supreme Court annulled last month's poll won...
Uhuru assists KCB to get entry to Somali
President Uhuru Kenyatta visit to Somalia on Monday September 12,2016 has seen Kenya Commercial Bank get approval to open a subsidiary in the neighbouring country.
According to a statement from the State House, President Kenyatta won the concession from Somalia’s leadership for KCB to open...
Kenya Posta Signs MoU With Somaliland Postal Services
By:Capitalfm
The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Somaliland Postal Services to explore cooperation in the areas of mutual interest in international mail processing and delivery, knowledge exchange and innovative solutions in Kenya, Somaliland and other African...
Kenya:Nasa leaders ‘forced to concede defeat’, Mudavadi Says
Nasa has claimed that the Jubilee Party is forcing its candidates who lost in the elections to concede defeat.
The opposition coalition’s campaign chairman, Mr Musalia Mudavadi, said the most affected candidates were the governors who were defending their seats, who he claimed had been...