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The government has begun moving residents from Kibera, often referred to as
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Islamic banks in Kenya account for one per cent of gross assets in the banking sector, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBS) has said. Gulf African Bank and First Community Bank, the two Islamic banks curre...
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Hunger crisis looms in East Africa
International aid agencies warn of a looming hunger crisis in east Africa due to a combination of poor harvests, prolonged drought, conflict and the high cost of food.
At the end of August the Wor...
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Kenya population and housing census.
The 2009 population and housing census is underway in Kenya with officials set to visit around 12 million households across the country during the exercise.
Operations got underway on 24 August amid...
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Canadian Suaad Hagi Mohamud leaves Kenya.
The Canadian citizen held in Nairobi for over three months for allegedly travelling on a false passport has finally been allowed to leave Kenya.
The Canadian government has received stinging criti...
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Kenyan wins CNN African journalist of the year award.
John-Allan Namu from Kenya has clinched the top prize in this year
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Kenya gets broadband internet.
Internet users in Kenya and other parts of east Africa now have high-speed connectivity after the 17,000 km submarine fibre optic SEACOM cable owned and operated by the private Mauritius-based telecom...
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Students invent bicycle phone charger.
Two students of electrical and information engineering at Nairobi university have come up with a device allowing people without access to an electricity supply to recharge their mobile phones, the
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Annual wildebeest migration underway.
The annual migration season is underway in the Masai Mara with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti national park south of the border with Tanzania in search...
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Names of post-election violence suspects before The Hague.
Former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Annan has handed a secret list of high-profile suspects in Kenya
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Submarine cable projects suffer delays.
The launch of undersea broadband connections between east Africa and the rest of the world has suffered delays due to piracy in the Indian Ocean and other difficulties.
Towards the end of June the pr...
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Italian missionary Kizito in child abuse claims.
The Comboni missionary Renato Sesana Kizito is at the centre of child abuse allegations in Kenya after the privately-owned Kenya Television Network (KTN) broadcast a report in mid-June claiming he had...
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Delta postpones Kenya-US flights.
The launch by Delta airlines of direct commercial flights between Kenya and the United States has been postponed until further notice allegedly due to security concerns.
The American carrier was due...
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Nairobians can soon expect to share their streets with brightly coloured life-size statues of lions as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the risk of extinction faced by the country
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President Mwai Kibaki has appointed an 18-member team to oversee police reform. The commission, led by retired high court judge Philip Ransley, will make recommendations to the government for the rest...
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Mechanics are protesting against their eviction from land on Kirinyaga Road near the Globe Cinema Roundabout at the northern edge of Nairobi
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Workers in Hurlingham, Kilimani, Upperhill, Ngong Road and the surrounding areas can make use of a new lunchtime delivery service launched by Sucaar Foods restaurant in the Life Ministry Center off Ja...
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Kenya Speaker Marende to chair house business committee.
As political tension rises again in Kenya the parliamentary speaker Kenneth Marende has decided to chair the house business committee (HBC) on an interim basis.
The decision comes after prime minist...
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Two cabinet members have resigned in the space of less than 24 hours, highlighting the growing tensions within the government of national unity.
Martha Karua quit her post as justice minister on 6 Ap...
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Murumbi Peace Memorial inaugurated.
A monument honouring Joseph Murumbi (1911-1990), Kenya
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The government has deployed hundreds of police, soldiers, forest service workers and members of the national youth service to help put out fires affecting key forest areas in central and western Kenya...
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The cost of a single entry tourist visa to Kenya, valid for three months, will drop from $50 to $25 per person as of 1 April as part of efforts to boost the tourism sector in the country. By the same...
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Nairobi buildings face demolition.
Nairobi landlords have no reason to smile as their treasured residential and commercial buildings could be on the verge of being demolished.
Landlords, especially in the prime areas of the city, bett...
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Letter from Nairobi: police killings spark public outrage.
Kenyans are waiting with baited breath this week to see whether the beleaguered attorney general (AG) Amos Wako and police commissioner Hussein Ali will give in to pressure and step aside following a...
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Kenya police condemned by UN for killings and brutality.
The United Nations rapporteur for extrajudicial killings Philip Alston has called for the dismissal of police commissioner Ali Hussein after investigations uncovered
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Zain launches Zap m-banking service.
International mobile telecoms provider Zain has launched a new package of mobile banking services in direct competition with the M-Pesa service operated by its main rival Safaricom. Zap, as the new se...
