Partnerships at work in Africa Governments need to on top of things
By Joyce Mulama Power outages have led to a rationing schedule that involves cutting power for 24 hours every two days. Businesses have been forced to connect standby power sources such as generators, incurring extra costs. Some have had to lay off workers.he construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ghana to support power generation More...
Supreme court nullifies President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Election, calls for fresh Elections
The Supreme Court has nullified the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. A six-judge bench, by majority decision, on Friday found that the electoral commission failed to conduct the polls according to the Constitution More...
Kenyan democracy cannot take shape until its media step up
The management of the public’s craving for negative stories is one of the longest standing dilemmas of journalism ethics. Bad news commands more attention than good news and so, as the old creed goes, “If it More...
IAAF London 2017 – Wraps Up.
Kenya´s Hellen Obiri and Ethiopian Ayana ran the race of the Games; when they went neck to neck in the 5000m women´s final at the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Stadium in East London. In the end it was the Kenyan More...
Kenya’s political class must accept the will of the people – Obama urges
Source:Nation Almost two years ago, I travelled to Kenya as President of the United States to express my support for the Kenyan people. I said then that Kenya was at a crossroads – a moment of extraordinary More...
Gilbert Deya – One of the ‘Miracle Babies ‘Finally extradited to Kenya
The UK has extradited a self-styled Kenyan pastor, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya to face child-trafficking charges. Gilbert Deya’s extradition came after he failed in his decade-long More...
Freedom of Expression: Facing Up to the Threat
Representatives of international, regional and national organisations of journalists, human rights and freedom of expression groups meeting at the International Conference in Doha, Qatar on 24-25 More...
Uganda’s Chinese-built high speed railway will cost even more than Kenya’s did
Kenya launched its first high speed railway last month, a rail link connecting Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa, that cost about 327 billion Kenyan shillings or about $7.7 million a kilometer. Critics in Kenya More...
Fred Matiang’i appointed acting Interior CS – Kenya
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Fred Matiang’i as acting interior secretary to replace Joseph Ole Nkaissery, who has died suddenly. The replacement was named to avoid a vacuum in leadership as the country More...
Kenya interior CS Gen Nkaissery dies in hospital after a short illness
Kenya’s interior minister has died in hospital, the government said on Saturday, a month before the country is due to hold national elections. “It is with deep sorrow and shock that we announce the sudden More...
