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The television set you frequently discourage your children from watching may not be their greatest threat.
Someone fresh from secondary school can now legally run for presidency under the proposed constitution as long as he/she has attained 18 years of age.
Local authority employees are set to enjoy easy access to housing following an agreement between Housing Finance and the Local Authorities Pension Fund Trust (LAPTRUST).
The National Housing Corporation (NHC) is experimenting with a new model of financing which it hopes will unlock capital for rapid housing development.
The Committee of Experts has done a great job to present Kenyans with a document for scrutiny.
The mobile handsets business is going through a transformation with smaller dealers finding it difficult to survive in the highly competitive market.
The government has given Internet Service Providers a stern warning: Cut your charges or risk an official price cap.
South Africa's Tiger Brands is leveraging on its acquisition of Haco Industries to market and distribute its range of food products in the region.
Big businesses are turning their attention to the low-income mass market in response to the competition set off by new entrants.
Since achieving independence in 1963, Kenya has existed as a classic, patronage state, ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt political elite. Kenya has also become nearly 80 percent Christian, and in this book, Paul Gifford explores the country's diverse churches and their role in shaping public and political life.
In a show that was the talk of the town, what should have been an unforgettable evening, turned into a tedious affair as technical glitches put a dent in the proceedings at the Top Model Trend Hair and Fashion Search Uganda 2009 at the Serena Hotel's Victoria Hall on Saturday evening.
THE Acholi Paramount Chief (Rwot), David Onen Achana II, has advised his subjects to form groups so that they can demand oil royalties from the exploration company in the region.
Rehabilitation of the broken Aswa bridge on the Gulu-Pader-Kitgum road will start in January 2010 with sh6.8b funding from the European Union.
THE State Minister for Agriculture, Henry Bagire, and the Arua district Woman MP, Christine Bako, clashed over the selection of the six pioneer model farmers per parish in the country.
According to the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), 54% of women in northern Uganda have suffered physical violence and 32% have suffered sexual violence. The same survey also reveals that 53% of the men have also suffered physical violence, compared to 4% who have experienced sexual violence.
Leaders have pledged to work closely together.
Police used tear gas to force workers out of a Naivasha clinic after they resisted efforts by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board to shut it down.
The delay in the rehabilitation of a key market in Meru has been blamed on government's failure to release Sh150 million.
The provincial administration has closed several bars selling second generation brews due to their adverse effects to consumers.
Kenya and UN agencies on Tuesday launched a Sh50 billion programme to speed up development investments.
TWENTY football and ten netball teams are expected to take part in the Chief Marealle Cup set to start in Moshi on December 9.
THE national soccer team, Zanzibar Heroes left Dar es Salaam today for Nairobi Kenya to compete in the two-week senior Challenge Cup to kick off this weekend.
Employees of local authorities and water and sewerage companies in the country have an opportunity to use part of their pension to purchase homes.
Co-operative Development and Marketing minister Joseph Nyagah has asked savings and credit co-operative societies (Saccos) to establish branches in rural areas where financial services are currently not available.
Air passengers in East Africa will each be levied $0.7 (Sh52) to support the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) if the proposal is approved by ministers of Finance.
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