Kenya

By PSCU More by this Author President Uhuru Kenyatta this morning travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 28th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly. The plane carrying the President and his entourage departed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly before 10:00 am on Saturday. Interior Cabinet Secretary...

By STELLA CHERONO More by this Author Kenyan troops in Somalia were Friday engaged in a massive counter offensive against Al-Shabaab – on land and air – just hours after a deadly attack on their base by the Somalia-based terrorists. The attack, in which BBC says 50...

KDF has denied claims that scores died after al Shabaab militants attacked its base in Kulbiyow, Somalia, on Friday morning. Al Shabaab said its fighters killed at least 66 people, adding they overran the camp near the Kenyan border. The militant group also said it lost...

As we glide through the final lap of the African Union Commission Chairmanship race, it is fitting to remind ourselves, as a country, why we support our candidate, CS Dr. Amina Mohamed. The original election, scheduled for July 2016 in Rwanda was aborted, with AU...

By AGGREY MUTAMBOS Kenya has reached out to Djibouti for a compromise that would see the Horn of Africa Country support Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed for the post of African Union Commission chairperson. Ahead of the elections on January 30, Djibouti voiced public support for...

The US on Friday warned its citizens within Kenya to avoid traveling to the Somalia border following claims of threats by terrorist group al-Shabaab. In an advisory signed on January 13, 2017, the department warned its citizens to be on hight alert over potential attacks...

By NJERI KIMANI Kenya’s latest solution to its security problems is an ancient one: a wall. Construction has begun on a new barrier separating northern Kenya from Somalia, but not everyone is convinced that it is the right approach. After a year’s delay, construction finally began...

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...

By DAVID MUCHUI Farmers and traders are calling for the release of a report by the miraa task force after its term expired in December last year. The team, appointed on June 17 last year by President Uhuru Kenyatta, was expected to issue a report by...

National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale yesterday said he is not afraid of the ICC because he has been there on several occasions. He was responding to Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka’s threat to take him to the Hague. Cord co-principal Kalonzo last week said he would...