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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The new railway linking Nairobi to the port of Mombasa was supposed to be the crowning achievement of an infrastructure bonanza propelling Read more
SUSWA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga said the ruling party cannot win next week’s national elections unless it rigs the result. “There Read more
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Four police officers and four civilians were killed on Tuesday after their truck hit a landmine on a road near Kenya’s Read more
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s ruling party promised to expand free education and healthcare in a manifesto published on Monday, but did not Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Four people were killed and 11 injured when their land cruiser detonated a bomb planted on a road in northeast Kenya on Read more
NAIROBI — Fifth grade students at High Peaks Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado began exchanging letters several months ago with students at a primary school in Read more
Kenyan government nurses have gone on strike over delays in an agreement that will give them pay rises, a union official said on Tuesday, bringing Read more
Kenya inaugurated a $3.2 billion railway funded by China linking the capital Nairobi to the port of Mombasa on Wednesday, the country’s biggest infrastructure project Read more
NAIROBI — In Kenya, the official campaign period has begun as the electoral body clears candidates to run for the presidency. The commission is calling on Read more
The African Court on Human and People’s rights based in Tanzania has made a landmark ruling allowing an indigenous Kenyan group known as the Ogiek Read more
By Joseph Akwiri and Humphrey Malalo MOMBASA (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed two Kenyan police near the Somali border on Thursday, police said, making Read more
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has approved a law which allows low-income earners to secure loans from banks using livestock, crops and household appliances such as Read more
Kenyan troops killed 52 al Shabaab fighters in an attack on the militants’ camp in southern Somalia on Friday, a military spokesman said. Colonel Joseph Read more
A profile of Lucy Gichuhi, the Kenya-born woman who is set to become a senator for the small Family First party in Australia, says she Read more
PARIS – Kenya’s Paul Lonyangata won the Paris marathon, clocking two hours six minutes and 10 seconds over 42.195km on a bright morning on Sunday. Lonyangata Read more
Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei broke four world records as she stormed to victory at the Prague Half Marathon. The 23-year-old completed what was just her fifth Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan unit of U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has increased its fare by 20 percent, a move that follows protests Read more
NAIROBI – A British man was shot dead in northern Kenya on Sunday at a private ranch in the Laikipia area, two of the man’s Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan shilling strengthened against the dollar on Monday, with foreign exchnage inflows from offshore investors outweighing oil importer demand, traders said. Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan airlines have been granted security clearance by U.S. authorities for direct flights to the United States, Kenya’s minister of transport said Read more
DAKAR – Senegalese authorities have arrested two suspected foreign jihadists in Dakar, including one who had been in contact with the mastermind of an attack Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A report commissioned by Kenya’s telecoms regulator recommends breaking Safaricom up into separate telecoms and financial services businesses because the firm is Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered the release of officials of the national doctors’ union so they can continue negotiations with Read more
NAIROBI Feb 3 (Reuters) – Activity in Kenya’s private sector increased modestly in January as banks curtailed new lending to firms in the wake of Read more
A Kenyan couple unable to afford the expense of a wedding have earned plaudits on social media for pursuing “a budget option $1 ceremony” which Read more
By George Obulutsa and Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s doctors union said on Thursday a seven-week strike would continue as long as needed to Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $418 million sale to Kenya of aircraft with weapons and related support, a Pentagon Read more
Lecturers at Kenya’s public universities started an indefinite strike on Thursday over poor pay, joining doctors who have been striking for more than five weeks Read more
By Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta approved a law on Monday requiring back up plans for an August election if electronic Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya Power said on Monday a technical fault at one of its substations in the north of the capital has caused an Read more
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