Kenyans enjoy digital TV migration

Following the recent announcement that the analogue signal will be switched off, Nairobi resident George Odungo knew he has to move fast to avoid being cut off from watching TV. He went to buy a set-top box early last week. “I went to a supermarket in the city center and bought a free-to-air set-top- box at 38 U.S. dollars. That is what I wanted More...

Health worker diagnosed with Ebola – Glasgow
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Ebola crisis damage Africa’s Economic Growth
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“Victory” as Kenya police jail child rapists after court order
Two men have been jailed for gang raping children after Kenya’s high court ordered the police to re-open 10 cases where officers had yelled at, demanded bribes from and even locked up girls who tried to report More...

Tanzania respects the rights of the Maasai, We shall protect their Land – Hon Lazaro Nyalandu vows
Tanzanian Natural Resources Minster Lazaro Nyalandu said reports are false that the government would evict 40,000 ethnic Maasai from traditional lands being sold to rich Middle Eastern investors. Maasai elders started More...

Africa’s creative industry could contribute to poverty reduction
he World Bank on Tuesday said Africa’s creative industries and cultural revival could contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction. World Bank Kenya Country Director Diarietou Gaye told a cultural forum More...

Kenya’s retired President Mwai Kibaki eulogises Hon. Kajwang
William Korir Nairobi – Retired president Mwai Kibaki says that Kenya has lost a great man and personality in the death of Homa Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang. Kajwang died Tuesday night of apparent cardiac arrest More...

Afripedia Kenya trailer – An intimate look at Nairobi’s Urban culture
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Kenya: Schools warn parents ‘ Don’t mutilate your girls’
Nairobi – Kenyan school children have ended school for December holidays accompanied with a stern warning to parents: carry out female genital mutilation and be prosecuted.The often deadly practice, which More...

Kenya’s 1st Lady calls on health workers to offer quality service
William Korir Nairobi – Health workers must lift their service levels to Kenyans, first lady Margaret Kenyatta has said. The First Lady has called for efficiency among health workers so as to restore the More...