Tag: Kenya
Kenya urged to advance gender equality to boost economic growth
The UN on Monday urged Kenya to advance gender equality in order to boost economic growth.
Tanzania, Kenya move to resolve trade disputes
Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday directed their ministers to resolve disputes affecting trade…
Kenyan opposition figure charged with treason for involving in Odinga ‘swearing in’
A Kenyan opposition politician was charged on Tuesday with treason and unlawful assembly for his involvement in the symbolic presidential…
U.S. declares Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s President
The U.S. Government declared that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was validly elected as the president of the country in accordance…
Kenya outlaws opposition’s resistance movement after Odinga’s “swearing-in”
The Kenyan government has declared the opposition coalition’s National Super Alliance (NASA)’s wing, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as an…
Kenya to host ITTF in March after 29-years
International attention will return to Kenya as it hosts the 2018 ITTF Africa top 16, 29-years after such event in…
Pollution is world’s biggest killer – UN
Pollution is the world’s biggest killer and governments and businesses must do more to reduce it, the executive director of…
Odinga’s aide arrested on suspicion of inciting violence
Police on Monday said a prominent strategist for Kenya’s opposition, who has strongly criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta and called for…
Kenya president Kenyatta sworn in, rival Odinga promises own inauguration
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, shortly before riot police teargassed the…
Osinbajo attends President Kenyatta’s inauguration
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is attending the second term inauguration of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya set to host international film conference
Over 100 delegates are expected to attend an International Film Conference in Kenya to seek ways of promoting and accelerating…
Amnesty slams Police ‘brutality’ as Kenya awaits result of re-run
Police in Kenya have been using “unlawful force’’ against protesters after chaotic elections last week, Amnesty International said in a…
Polls open in Kenya election re-run
Polls opened in Kenya’s contentious election re-run Thursday morning, with the country tense after weeks of protests and political turmoil.
Kenya boarding school attack leaves six dead
At least five students and a security guard have been shot and killed in a dawn attack at a secondary…
Odinga calls for new vote amidst his withdrawal
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Friday his withdrawal from a presidential election rerun scheduled for Oct. 26 meant…