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Are you planning to go out partying or to attend a kesha (overnight prayer vigils) this weekend? If yes then you may just be forced alter these plans.
The freed journalists have reached in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, just as they few from the international airport of Aden Adde in Mogadishu on Thursday.
Paul Otieno Deya may have stabbed his four-year-old son to death on Monday after his wife Jacqueline Achieng Otieno asked for a divorce, it emerged on Thursday.
A Somali suspected to be a pirate tried to attach a ladder to a ship under attack before an approaching helicopter made him change his mind, a court heard on Thursday.
Police officers are to work with private security companies to ensure the safety of Kisumu town residents.
African governments have been asked to invest more in education and technology for the continent to compete effectively in the global market.
Several people have been summoned to show cause why they should not be prosecuted for uttering what are considered inciting ethnic remarks.
Traffic police officers receiving bribes have changed tack to escape renewed efforts to fight corruption.
It is business as usual as Ian Duncan enters 'home' in a dramatic fashion by stretching his lead in the 2009 Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic.
Many months ago, someone asked me on Facebook what my thoughts on The Hague were and I told him that I think it is a very well-planned European city, much better than all our cities put together.
Harambee Stars coach Twahir Muhiddin has praised recalled striker Francis Ouma saying he was an accomplished goal scorer worthy of the number nine shirt.
Men who get children outside wedlock will have to provide for the children, even if they do not live with the mothers.
After several false starts, the Local Organising Committee of the 2010 Senior Africa Athletics Championship finally got off the blocks in a colourful re-launch gala that was attended by top corporate figures, government leaders and sportsmen.
The government on Thursday gave the strongest signal ever that it was unlikely to alter the law to allow Kenyans to access their pensions before retirement age.
The controversy that has been brewing between rugby clubs and the Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) over the release of players for national duties finally exploded on Thursday.
Some Muslims have differed with Chief Kadhi Hammad Kassim's communication to celebrate Idd-Ul-Adha on Friday.
The conclusion of a petition challenging the election of an assistant minister drew closer as the hearing of evidence ended on Thursday.
THERE IS A CONVERSATION WE need to have before we can agree on any constitution, whatever provisions it contains. This conversation should be brutally honest about a few fundamental truths, largely on who we are, but also about the nation-state we hope to create. I will start with the latter.
I cannot be persuaded that the only important constitutional issue in Kenya is the executive powers of the president or the prime minister. In the same vein, nobody can convince me that a duly elected popular leader must be the one to wield executive power just because he is elected by the people. If that were the cause, Hitler's popular vote did not prevent him from carrying out genocide in his ...
Kenya's image has improved remarkably in the United Kingdom (UK) tourist source markets, according to a major European travel group.
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has called on African governments to invest more funds in developing education and technology if the continent is to be relevant in the competitive global market.
The Mombasa Municipal Council has scooped an environment award for its exemplary tree planting campaigns.
Former Laikipia East MP has said he will institute proceedings against the State for malicious prosecution.
The Irish writer Oscar Wilde wrote that, "Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."
Kenya could once again find itself in a United Nations agency's bad books for failing to submit a crucial report on torture.
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