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  • FILE: Mohammed, suffering from Malaria, recovers at a clinic. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Kenya becomes 3rd African nation to introduce world's first malaria vaccine

    African nations Ghana and Malawi launched their pilot programmes of the vaccine earlier this year.

    986 days ago
  • Newly acquired Uganda Airlines Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft stand on the runway at Entebbe Airport on the outskirts of Kampala on April 23, 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Here’s how to make Africa’s aviation industry soar

    While it is evident that aviation in Africa has the potential to fuel economic growth, several barriers exist.

    994 days ago
  • Rescue team carry bodies of 7 tourists retrieved at Suswa area of Nakuru County on 2 September 2019 after they were swept by flash floods the day before inside while hiking a gorge at Hells Gate National Park in Naivasha, Nakuru. Pictures: AFP.

    Seven dead after 'out of nowhere' flood in Kenya

    Seven bodies have been recovered since Sunday when floodwaters rushed through Hell's Gate National Park, a weekend getaway from Nairobi that featured in 'Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'.

    997 days ago
  • FILE: Vapour rises from silencer stacks near superheated steam wells in the hills of the Hells Gate National Park close to the Olkaria geothermal plant located near the central Kenyan town of Naivasha on 26 June 2008. Picture: AFP

    Six bodies recovered after flash flood in Kenya national park

    Six tourists - five Kenyans and a foreigner -- and their local guide were swept away in the flash flood as they were visiting the park on Sunday, part of a group of 13.

    997 days ago
  • Nikiwe Bikitsha gets a guided tour of the Nairobi Flower Market. Picture: Primedia

    Exports of quality flowers showcase Kenya as serious global trader

    A warm climate, great location and efficient transport connections keep Kenya competitive as a global flower producer.

    1002 days ago
  • President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) poses in a group photo with other officials in front of an oil tanker carrying 200,000 barrels of crude oil during the inaugural shipment of crude oil at Kipevu Oil Terminal at Kenya's port city of Mombasa on 26 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Kenya ships first-ever export of crude oil

    The president unfurled the Kenyan flag aboard a tanker at the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa that will be carrying the oil to Asia.

    1003 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 28 May 2019 shows the world's last female pair of Northern White Rhinoceros, Najin (L) with her daughter Fatu in their enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy at Laikipia's county headquarters, Nanyuki. Specialists will meet in Geneva from 17 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Scientists a step closer to saving northern white rhino from extinction

    Science is the only hope for the northern white rhino after the death last year of the last male, named Sudan, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya where the groundbreaking procedure was carried out Thursday.

    1007 days ago
  • The five-star dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi reopened its doors to guests on Thursday 1 August 2019. Picture: @dusitD2nairobi/Twitter

    Kenya's dusitD2 hotel reopens after January attack that killed 21

    At a ceremony on Wednesday ahead of the hotel reopening, an orchestra played and motorcycle outriders accompanied runners.

    1029 days ago
  • FILE: Marathon runners carry out a 'speed-work' along the back roads Iten, known colloquially as the 'world's running capital', legendary for producing some of Kenya's most elite athletes and a training ground for other international top distance runners on 9 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    'I cheat because others cheat': Kenya struggles against doping

    Nearly a thousand Kenyans earn a living competing in marathons across the globe, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit, runners whose times - though unnoteworthy at home - would make them stars anywhere else.

    1031 days ago
  • Kenya's Finance Minister Henry Rotich. Picture: @HKRotich/Twitter

    Kenya appoints acting finance minister after Rotich graft charges

    Henry Rotich, who has been in the finance post since 2013, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges in connection with tenders for the construction of two dams.

    1037 days ago
  • Kenya's Finance Minister Henry Rotich. Picture: @HKRotich/Twitter

    Kenya's finance minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges

    Rotich, together with other senior officials, is accused of conspiring to defraud the public among other charges.

    1038 days ago
  • Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury Henry Rotich leaves with the budget briefcase for Parliament to read the budget speech for 2018-2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, on 14 June 2018. Picture: AFP

    Kenya's chief prosecutor to charge finance minister over graft

    Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich and other officials will face charges over corruption related to the construction of two dams, the chief prosecutor said on Monday.

    1039 days ago
  • Picture: Kestrel Capital/Facebook

    Former CEO of Kenyan stockbroker fined for insider trading

    The CMA had started the investigation after it noticed irregular share trades around the announcement of a takeover offer for oil marketer KenolKobil.

    1053 days ago
  • FILE: Paramedics attend to an injured Kenyan student as she is wheeled into Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on 2 April, 2015, following an attack at Garissa University College. Picture: AFP

    Kenyan court convicts three for aiding deadly Islamist attack on university

    Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed Garissa University on 2 April 2015 and sought to kill Christian students in particular.

    1071 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 12 December 2018 a member of the medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) puts on her Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a weekly rehearsal at the Bwera General Hospital in Bwera bordering with DRC, western Uganda. Picture: AFP

    Kenya reassures public after Ebola false alarm

    Kenyan Health Minister Sicily Kariuki said a 36-year-old woman in the western county of Kericho had fallen ill with headache, fever and vomiting, which can also be symptoms of Ebola.

    1074 days ago
  • Botha Msila and his Zimbabwe travelling partner Alvin Zhakata at the Kenyan border. Picture: Botha Msila/Twitter.

    Road trip hits a snag for soccer super fan Botha Msila & travelling partner

    South African Bafana Bafana football supporter Botha Msila and his Zimbabwe travelling partner Alvin Zhakata had to cut short their trip on Sunday and returned to Nairobi to look for another mode of transport to Egypt or to go back home.

    1074 days ago
  • Felix Kirwa. Picture: @GreatRIFTsports/Twitter

    Kenyan banned after positive test for rat poison substance

    The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Kirwa would be banned until 14 November and was disqualified from his second-place finish at the Singapore marathon last December.

    1078 days ago
  • FILE: Activists march on 5 June 2018 in Nairobi carrying placards bearing messages to denounce plans by the Kenyan government to mine coal close to the pristine coastal archipelago of Lamu, on World Environment Day. Picture: AFP.

    Kenyans protest bid to build East Africa's first coal plant

    The power station has faced fierce resistance from activists and local communities, and the National Environmental Tribunal is to rule on 24 June on the fate of the project.

    1079 days ago
  • The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Kenya high court refuses to decriminalise homosexuality

    In a remark prompting gasps and mutters from the packed courtroom, presiding judge Roselyne Aburili said there was 'no conclusive scientific proof that LGBTQ people are born that way'.

    1098 days ago
  • Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina. Picture: Twitter

    Tributes pour in for Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina

    The 48-year-old passed away in a Nairobi hospital last night after a short illness.

    1100 days ago
  • A rainbow flag, representing equality for members of the LGBTI community. Picture: Stock.xchng.

    Kenyan court due to rule on decriminalising homosexuality

    Gay rights organisations are asking the court to scrap two sections of the penal code that criminalise homosexuality.

    1101 days ago
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