Tag: President Uhuru Kenyatta
Kenya parliament presses ahead with media gag law
Kenyan lawmakers adopted amendments to a controversial media bill Thursday despite an opposition walk-out and international concern about press freedom.…
Kenya president rejects gag media law
Kenya’s president on Wednesday rejected a controversial media bill passed by parliament that critics have slammed as an attempt to…
AU may ask ICC defer trial of Kenyan leaders
African Union chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has asked U.N. Security Council envoys how they might react if asked to defer the…
Nairobi attack: President Kenyatta buries nephew, fiancee
The burial has taken place in Nairobi of Mbugua Mwangi, nephew of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was among the…
British female terrorist in focus as Nairobi siege ends
Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday that a siege of a Nairobi shopping mall was over, but said losses from…
Kenya President’s nephew, fiancee killed in Nairobi mall attack
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Sunday a nephew and his fiancee were among the 59 people confirmed killed in an…
Kenyatta loses family members in Westgate mall attack
Thirty-nine people were killed and 150 wounded in Saturday’s attack on a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta said…
African leaders plan summit on ICC trial of Kenya’s leaders
African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital on October 13 to take a common stance on whether to join…
Kenyan vice-president leaves for ICC trial
Kenyan Vice-President William Ruto left Nairobi to fly to The Hague Monday, a day before the start of his crimes…
Jonathan urges ICC halt Kenyatta’s trial
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in Nairobi lent his voice to the ongoing debate on whether President Uhuru Kenyatta of…
Jonathan begins 3-day visit to Kenya
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will begin a three day visit to Kenya tomorrow. The official visit was on the invitation…
Kenyatta rallies Harambee Stars to beat Eagles
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged to give the national soccer team Harambee Stars maximum support in the forthcoming FIFA…
It’s a slim cabinet for President Kenyatta
Kenya’s new president Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday named defence, tourism and other key ministers to a slimmed down cabinet, brushing…
Kenya’s new leader wanted in the Hague for war crimes
Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, has taken up his father’s mantle to become head of state despite…
Uhuru Kenyatta takes oath, promises diligence
Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn as Kenya’s fourth president on Tuesday to cheers from tens of thousands of supporters, despite facing…