Kenya News

On Tuesday, a high school student walked into the Nation Centre with her parents.

Dozens of aspirants for presidential, county and parliamentary seats in Kenya's General Election could be locked out of the race under the terms of a proposed new law on leadership and integrity.

The Kenyan military said yesterday that its operations in Somalia have weakened al Shabaab, the Islamist insurgent group, and cut off its key sources of funding.

Calls for a decision on the election date intensify from all quarters with leaders urging the two principals to be bold and tell Kenyans when they shall dissolve the coalition government.

Speaking yesterday at a media reception at his residence in Muthaiga, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Kenya Ghorm Malhan said some workers seeking employment in the Kingdom fall prey to brokers, making it difficult to trace them when they run into trouble at their working stations as well in apprehending their employers.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will formally appeal to President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the coalition government in October to allow for elections to be held in December this year.

Two people died and another four seriously injured after the matatu they were travelling was involved in an accident in Narok North district.

PONTEFRACT: Generous Sharon and David Hoggart travelled to Mombasa clutching suitcases packed with 35 bridesmaid dresses and 20 page boy outfits for their big day on January 18.

Canadian-based minerals and metals firm Pacific Wildcat Resources said further drilling at its Kenyan mining project near Mombasa had established larger reserves of niobium and rare earth than earlier projected.

More than 40,000 people have fled clashes between two northern Kenyan tribes over access to water and pasture, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Friday.

Jen Gurecki, co-founder of Zawadisha, right, takes a moment to congratulate Barey, one of their newest micro-loan recipients.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Al-Qaida's decision to formally extend its terror franchise to what once was a nationalist movement in Somalia may only be a desperate joining of hands to prop up two militant groups that are both losing popular support and facing increasingly deadly military attacks, analysts said Friday.

More than 40 000 people have been displaced in recent clashes between two northern Kenyan tribes over access to water and pasture, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday.

Through the Kenya Health Professionals Society , they said they will paralyse operations in health facilities countrywide to press for their pay.

Taking a loan is usually not the best option for anyone looking for financial security and independence.

Kenya appears to be headed for a December General Election after electoral commissioners said they would petition President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the coalition government in October.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is proposing that the General Election be held before the end of this year.

Imagine for a moment that, for whatever reason, you find yourself to be in possession of a case of m... In the coffee plantations on the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, farmers have started to sleep in fields to protect their crops.

In this photo released by the World Food Programme , rapper Curtis 50 CentA Jackson, center, visits children in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb.

In this photo released by the World Food Programme , rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, center, visits children in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb.