Reuters | Kenya’s government is close to approving a restructuring plan for Kenya Airways to replace one introduced by the previous administration and backed by the...
Anadolu | The African Union Commission (AUC) has announced that it will send a team of 90 observers to Nigeria for the upcoming elections slated on...
By XN Iraki In the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness, took center stage. The Kenya Kwanza team led by...
Reuters | The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough 2 years into a conflict that...
Reuters | William Ruto was sworn as Kenya’s 5th president on Tuesday, taking the helm a week after the country’s top court threw out petitions challenging...
SABC | The Kenyan president-elect William Ruto says he has spoken to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta about the handing over process that will see Ruto officially...
By Cara Anna | The Associated Press Kenya’s electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over 5-time...
By Ngusale Imali The presidency in Kenya continues to be the most coveted political position in the country, and, in its earnest, the socio-political atmosphere in...
Bloomberg | Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who’s running for president for a fifth time, drew ahead of rival candidate Deputy President William Ruto in an...
Reuters | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Sunday his government would hike the country’s minimum wage by 12 percent immediately to help workers cope with...
Reuters | Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday used his new party’s nomination to stand for Kenya’s presidency in an August election to lambast President Uhuru...
AFP | US vaccine maker Moderna announced Monday that it would build its first mRNA jab-manufacturing facility in Africa after signing an agreement with Kenya’s government...
"If there is anything, we have learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic is the essence of self-reliance" - Uhuru Kenyatta
With less than a year to go to the end of his term, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is worrying about the legacy he will leave behind...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has warned the 54-member Commonwealth that it risks being divided over the re-election of the incumbent Secretary General, Patricia Scotland. “Our Commonwealth...
Court rules minimum tax is unconstitutional; government was seeking additional income to reduce fiscal gap.
Expected outcomes could include greater economic trade and investment opportunities between Africa and the Caribbean
U.S. President Barack Obama told African entrepreneurs in Kenya on Saturday they could help counter violent ideologies and drive growth in Africa, and said governments had...
Kenya burned 15 metric tons of elephant tusks and rhino horns Tuesday as part of efforts to curb poaching of the mammals in the East African...
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have withdrawn their crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyatta faced charges for allegedly masterminding post-election...
By Philip Ochieng Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (l) with his deputy William Ruto. PHOTO/Billy Mutai – The Kenyan President relinquished power in order to free the...
Kenyan troops will remain in Somalia until peace and stability is restored to the region, President Uhuru Kenyatta said, one year after gunmen stormed a shopping...
A major crisis is looming in Kenya’s capital markets after directors at the CMA failed to have their contracts renewed. The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) also...
A fortnight ago in Abuja, Nigeria the World Economic Forum brought together political, economic and thought leaders from throughout the continent. This included Rwanda’s Paul Kagame,...
Security trumps all as the Kenyatta government enters its second year in office and the economy weakens due to concerns about terrorism and the rising costs...
East African leaders and China formally signed agreements on Sunday for the construction of a new multi-billion dollar railway linking the Kenyan port of Mombasa to...
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is visiting Kenya over the weekend for a three-day visit during which Kenya and China sign more than 17 new contracts....
Of the newly discovered 46 oil blocks in Kenya, the East African country’s authorities has awarded seven oil blocks to Nigerian businessmen. This announcement comes on...
The Kenyan economy is set to face a strain as the country is moving toward increased security so as to lure prospective investors. Robert Bunyi, chief...
Kenya launched a single electronic system for processing imports and exports. This was done to simplify red tape blamed for holding up trade in the trading...
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) says it will collaborate with Qatari firm, Nebras Power Company to build a 500 megawatt gas power plant in Mombasa, the...
Kenya is set to begin the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway construction as soon as funds needed to start the project is released by China from a...
United Nations has agreed to support Kenya with Sh102 billion ($1.2 billion) for the development of specific areas of its economy over a period of four...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to revive stagnant economic relations with Ethiopia during a visit aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two East African economies....
East African leaders will meet in Ethiopia on Thursday to discuss the mandate and size of a stabilization and protection force to be deployed in...
President Uhuru Kenyatta plans to slash public servants’ wages in an effort to allocate more funding to the country’s development. Kenya’s president has ordered a 20...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (l) with his deputy William Ruto. PHOTO/Billy Mutai Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto are set to take a...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has flouted his government’s own ban on posh retreats in luxury hotels after he hauled all his Cabinet secretaries and their principal secretaries...
(AFP) – African nations this past weekend, demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) defer the “crimes against humanity” trials of Kenya’s leadership, as the country’s president...
Oil rig in Uganda. PHOTO/Tullow Oil (Bloomberg) – Uganda is looking for a lead investor to develop a refinery estimated to cost US$2.5 billion, two weeks...
Former UN secretary-general., Kofi Annan. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said Monday it would be a “badge of shame” for Africa if its leaders...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. PHOTO/File By Stephen Lande & Dennis Matanda | Just like Kenya deftly managed a post-inferno crisis that shut down its international airport...
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. PHOTO/Westgate Premier Mall Inc. A British national has been arrested in Nairobi following the bloody attack on the Westgate shopping mall by the...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the nation during the Westgate Mall crisis on September 22, 2013. PHOTO/Reuters (Reuters) – Kenya’s president said on Tuesday that his...
(Reuters) – Security worries are nothing new in Kenya and so the country is unlikely to see long term investors pull money out after the deadly...
A policeman carries a child away from gun fire as Kenyan security forces work to contain terrorist attack on Westgate Mall, in Nairobi. Sept, 22 2013....
(Reuters) – African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, on October 13 to take a common stance on whether to join Kenya’s planned...
(Reuters) – Kenya wants to host a clearing house for China’s yuan currency – a bold African first that would deepen the continent’s ties with Beijing,...
A worker at the Petroleum Refinery plant in Mombasa, Kenya. PHOTO/Daily Nation Kenya is headed to become the first oil exporter in East Africa, moving in...
(Reuters) – Uganda has agreed to a plan to build a pipeline from its oilfields to a new port being developed on Kenya’s northern coast, Uganda’s...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (l) with his deputy William Ruto (r) as he makes his cabinet nominations announcement. PHOTO/Billy Mutai Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta made his...
New Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s president. He replaces Mwai Kibaki, a very successful president, whose second term has...
Assistant Secy.,Johnnie Carson The head of the U.S State Department’s Africa Bureau, Johnnie Carson, formally retired on March 29 ending a career that spans 44 years....
Kenyan President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta (Reuters) – The Supreme Court of Kenya has upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential election victory, Saturday and his defeated rival, Raila Odinga has...
Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s President-Elect Tiger Woods could recapture his Number One Golfer position in two weeks if he wins at Bay Hill; Nelson Mandela has...
Kenyan President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta The Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya has posted complete results showing that Uhuru Kenyatta has prevailed in the country’s presidential elections by...
Uhuru Kenyatta, Potential President-elect, 2013 Between late 2007 and early 2008, when President Mwai Kibaki was declared winner of a much contested presidential election, supporters of...
Uhuru Kenyatta on the campaign trail With over 50 percent of the ballots counted, Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate have established a wide lead. The...
Vote counting is currently under way in Kenya’s general election, an impressive turnout kept some polling stations open beyond the official time – past the 18:00...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File As the March 4 election date nears in Kenya, the latest opinion polls have...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File Kenya is gearing up for its first presidential debate to be aired live on...
Uhuru Kenyatta. PHOTO/REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Kenya’s finance minister and the head of the civil service have resigned their posts after the International Criminal Court said it would...
