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Kenya's First Lady Lucy Kibaki wants parliament to revi ew laws on rape with a view to providing stiffer penalties for sex offenders.

Published by University of Leicester Press Office for University of Leicester in Education and also in Communities , Environment Monday 8th February 2010 - 3:06pm With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the UK is gearing itself up to import tens of thousands of roses to send to loved ones as a symbol of affection.

The Kenyan - born, New York-based artist Wangechi Mutu is known for socially charged works that explore female and cultural identity.

Daily Nation: Kenyans have religiously co-existed for a remarkably long time. The debate spinning around the Kadhi's courts seems to unnecessarily strain the harmony.

President Mwai Kibaki Monday at his Harambee House Office met and held discussions with members of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel on the Darfur led by former Presidents, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Pierre Buyoya of Burundi.

At the core of the debate is the suspicion that his real aim is to undermine one of his opponents for the 2012 presidential elections, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, at his home-base. A few weeks ago, a similar debate erupted when President Kibaki's son, Jimmi, announced the intention of launching his rather nebulous outfit, Simama Kenya, in ...

The fate of rich land owners in the Mau Forest will be sealed in the next 50 days.

The unsettling story of the Wagalla Massacre is one of the lowest points in Kenya's history.

President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Friday joined hands to send a potent message to top civil servants over corruption: the buck stops with them.

Caption: Mwakwere is the first minister and the third MP to lose his sit through a petition.

Katharine Houreld Nairobi, Kenya - Published on Friday, Feb. 05, 2010 9:30AM EST Last updated on Friday, Feb.

Caption: President Kibaki Thursday summoned all Permanent Secretaries, Chief Executives and Provincial Commissioners for a meeting to review and take stock of the fight against corruption.

By Daniel Wallis Nairobi - Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden have hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship thought to be carrying 17 seafarers from Romania and Libya, a European Union anti-piracy force and a maritime group said on Thursday.

Maina Njenga, the leader of Mungiki gang, is greeted by hundreds of people as he leaves a church in Nairobi on 23 October 2009.

Treasury is optimistic the country will realise about 3.5 per cent growth this fiscal year despite delays in the implementation of the multi-billion shilling Economic Stimulus Programme.

Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 8:31 a.m. NAIROBI, Kenya - A global group says a key African human rights body has determined Kenya illegally evicted an indigenous population to make way for a wildlife reserve.

Kenya's Members of Parliament have agreed on a purely presidential system of government, scrapping the position of Prime Minister, but also reducing presidential powers.

Nairobi, Kenya - The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have hijacked a North Korean cargo ship with an unknown number of crew on board.

President Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenya native who once cared for his siblings, defied a deportation order in 2004 and became a political liability for her famous nephew, is preparing to make her case in federal Immigration Court that she be allowed to stay in the United States.

The International Criminal Court will again consider charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur, after an appeals panel ruled that judges made an "error in law" when they refused to indict him on that charge last year.