Kenya

Mandera Governor Ali Roba has criticised National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale over his remarks that the Jubilee Party will support a candidate endorsed by the elders. Duale recently said JP will respect elders’ decision after they endorsed Hasan Noor for Mandera governor. Roba said Duale’s...

Police in western Kenya shot dead two opposition protesters who allegedly threw rocks at a police station, while officers used tear gas on rallies in the capital and elsewhere demanding reforms ahead of a looming presidential vote re-run. In the town of Bondo, the rural...

By Alex Zietlow - The Washington Times - Sunday, July 16, 2017 Though scarred by memories of election-related violence a decade ago, Kenya’s voters would rather have a fair and credible result in next month’s hotly contested presidential election than an inconclusive but peaceful vote. Analysts...

Horndiplomat-Meru County Governor Peter Munya has urged the government to promote the Miraa market in Somaliland that buys most of its Miraa plant from Ethiopia. Munya who was speaking at Kabachi in Igembe North Sub County during the burial of the late Mzee Peter Njilu...

Five decades ago, the famous theoretician Frantz Fanon, while commenting on the political upheavals in post-colonial Africa, likened the continent to a revolver. In Fanon’s analogy, the Congo was a trigger. In this configuration, the Horn of Africa is the revolving cylinder or chamber. As...

Somali terror group Al-Shabaab has denied claims that it stole a biometric voter registration (BVR) kit during Thursday’s attack on a police camp in Mandera County. In a statement through its radio and on its website Sunday, the terrorists termed Kenya’s claims as propaganda. “The Mujahideen...

By: BBC AFRICA Kenya's opposition leader, Raila Odinga, says he plans to launch a fund for "families who lost their loved ones and those still in hospital receiving treatment" amid nationwide demonstrations. Speaking...

  A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a man to a total of 80 years in prison after convicting him of being a member of the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militant group. Abdirazak Muktar, 24, a car-hire business owner, was found in possession of terrorism-related materials which included...

By OLIVER MATHENGE The Kenyan soldiers fighting al Shabaab in Somalia have received their pay and allowances, the Presidency announced yesterday. State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said an agreement was signed between Amisom and the European Union, under which payments were made to soldiers serving in...

The national government has promised a raft of measures to help the ailing miraa sector. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett told miraa farmers that the Government has petitioned the UN for the interpretation of a convention on drug trade that European nations had used...