President Mwai Kibaki left the country Saturday for a four day state visit to Ethiopia to attend the twelfth African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government.The theme of this year’s summit is “Infrastructure Development in Africa”, in recognition of the role of communication in development.African Union is spearheading a continental programme to improve [...]
All is set for this year’s discovery half marathon race for men that will take place Sunday 1 February in Eldoret town.
According to Athletics Kenya deputy national Coach David Letting, the race is aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation among different communities in the region.
The seven rounds race will start near the Eldoret general [...]
Moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed has been elected Somalia’s new president, after a secret ballot of members of parliament.Ahmed comfortably won a majority in a second round of voting after one of the frontrunners, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, withdrew.The election followed the resignation of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.MPs met in Djibouti because of [...]
Kenya Airways have stopped their trips to Antananarivo in Madagascar following an alleged increase in cases of insecurity in the region.The companies CEO Titus Naikuni said that insecurity has posed a great threat to its staff working in that country.However, Naikuni said that they will continue to monitor the security situation in Madagascar.They will then [...]
All is set for this year’s United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)’s Governing Council meeting to take place in Nairobi from February 16-20. The meeting is expected to attract more than 1,000 environment ministers from across the world.A statement from the Nairobi-based UN environment agency said that the meeting will also discuss climate change and the [...]
Internal security minister George Saitoti has issued a one month notice to residents of Kuria East constituency in possession of illegal weapons to surrender them willingly.Stern action will be taken against those who fail to submit the weapons.Speaking during a security assessment visit at the area, Saitoti said that the weapons have contributed to an [...]
Farmers in the North Rift are a happy lot after the government agreed to buy their maize at shs. 2,300.
They commended the government’s move to buy their maize at the cost of shs 2,300 up from the earlier stated price of shs 1,950.
They are now calling on the government to accord the same treatment [...]
Many people aren’t willing to go to the Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centers because they are afraid.
Irene Munga a VCT counselor says testing for HIV is a step towards risk reduction and access to care and treatment.
She says self stigma needs to be overcome by putting one’s health first, noting that though AIDS has no [...]
A huge fire razed down Nakumatt supermarket in down turn Nairobi causing heavy losses running into millions of shillings. At the time of the fire, several people were reported to have been trapped inside. Firefighters arrived at the scene to carry out rescue operations and evacuations. The Fire is suspected to have been caused by [...]
Groups of farmers in Tot and Tunyo divisions of Marakwet and Keiyo districts over the weekend benefited from the government’s offer of 51 dairy goats worth 340,000 shillings for farming. The project was funded and facilitated by the government under a committee of semi arid lands in the ministry of agriculture (CADSAL) According to the [...]