Kenya

  A US Congress investigative committee has demanded it be provided with key documents related to the proposed Sh43 billion sale to Kenya of armed border-patrol aircraft intended for use against Al-Shabaab in Somalia. The US Air Force, which arranged the deal, was ordered by the...

By Magdalene Mukami and Andrew Wasike NAIROBI, Kenya Yesterday's marks the beginning of people of Kenya taking their destiny into their own hands, opposition leader says The Kenyan opposition has announced a new alliance aimed at defeating President Uhuru Kenyatta. Thousands of Kenyans from different political parties met in...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta in last month’s repeat presidential vote, paving the way for him to be sworn in next week. Chief Justice David Maraga said all six judges dismissed the two legal challenges...

President Uhuru Kenyatta says the Jubilee Coalition is ready to campaign again ahead of the presidential election re-run even though he does not agree with the Supreme Court ruling nullifying his election. In an address from State House, President Kenyatta however stated that he will...

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...

Kenyans started casting their votes Tuesday in an exercise characterized by long queues. Voting started at 6am in most polling stations where voters started trooping in as early as 3am. Kirinyaga gubernatorial candidate Martha Karua was among the first people to cast their vote at Mugumo...

President Uhuru Kenyatta and United Nations boss Antonio Guterres have appealed for support to stabilize Somalia and neutralise Al Shabaab's threat in the horn of Africa. The leaders urged the international community to seize the environment created by the new administration to restore peace in...

Kenyans are fleeing the Ethiopian border for fear of a clash between the Dassanach community of Ethiopia and the Turkana following the killing of an elder last month. Ethiopian elder Lobakate Lobolemai was shot dead on July 31 by a Turkana gunman during a church...

Police have detained a Mombasa-bound ship that sailed from the Somalia port from Kismayu. They also detained Kenyan and Tanzanian crew of the Kenyan-registered vessel that had sailed into Kilifi's port. Police say the Tanzanians are deemed to have entered Kenya illegally aboard the...

By : THE STANDARD The Kenyan passport is the seventh most powerful in Africa with its citizens able to visit 72 out of 104 countries without a visa. Kenya, which ties with Swaziland in...