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Mrs Nolutuesha Nchoe stands forlon, her malnourished baby strapped to her back at her home at Naikarra. Another emaciated baby looks on with sunken eyes. In a faltering voice, Mrs Nchoe says she has nothing to offer her five children after drought killed all the family's animals.
An inmate died on Saturday at Kamiti Prison following a suspected cholera outbreak.
The tourism industry, which was battered by post-election violence, has almost fully recovered to its pre-2007 General Election level.
A former Kenyan High Court judge was last Thursday dismissed as the Chief Justice of Gibraltar because of disreputable behaviour.
Universities should take a keen interest in the ongoing constitutional debate, a Cabinet minister has said.
Nine inmates have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of cholera at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
The East African Community entered a new era on Friday when leaders of the five member states ushered in a Common Market and Customs Union.
It is encouraging that the proposed new constitution is being subjected to such vigorous dissection.
Sitting opposite a group of men at a popular eatery, I eavesdropped on their conversation on how a good wife should make it her business to cook for her husband and not leave the responsibility to the house-help.
An impending erosion of Treasury's powers over economic policy could render future governments incapable of delivering on development pledges.
Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has asked politicians to listen to the views of Kenyans on the draft instead of engaging in partisan debates that would derail a new constitution.
The draft constitution cobbled together by the Committee of Experts is now public. But the question is if it will ultimately be the graveyard for Kenyan politicians. Will the politicians, as usual, derail the country's quest for a new constitution and consequently a reconstituted state?
Long term lenders behind the massive Lake Turkana Wind Power Project - Kenya's largest green-field wind power scheme - are now asking for a government guarantee to cover the risks in the private-sector funded project.
More than 2,000 Kenyan youths from across Nairobi, the capital, will kick off a multi-ethnic football tournament this weekend to score goals in a United Nations-backed bid to use the power of sport to promote reconciliation after last year's deadly inter-communal violence as well as environmental conservation.
EVEN with uncertainty surrounding their participation owing to financial constraints, Uganda Cranes have been drawn against Taifa Stars of Tanzania in the Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.
As the leader of the largest Christian denomination on earth, whenever Pope Benedict XVI makes a significant declaration, especially one touching on other denominations, controversy inevitably erupts faster than the speed of light.
Kenyan Islamic faithful have been encouraged to cultivate a culture of reading in the ongoing Islamic Book-fair on Islamic topics and other religions, family, and children at Jamia Mosque Complex in Nairobi.
In response to reports that Kenya is recruiting youth to go and fight Somalia war, a Muslim clergy has cautioned Muslim youth not to allow themselves to be drawn by financial incentives and accept to undertake mercenary work outside the country.
Barclays Bank of Kenya has returned a 4.2 per cent growth in pre-tax profit for the nine months ending September 30, 2009, reflecting the impact of the economic slowdown on various sectors of the economy.
Centum Investment Ltd has reported a 72 per cent drop in pre-tax profit for the six months period ended September 30, 2009.
Kenya is among the first beneficiaries of a project to increase internet usage courtesy of the World Wide Web investor Sir Tim Berners Lee.
A 37-year-old man in Malindi was caught in a sting operation when he attempted to sell game trophies to KWS officers posing as customers.
An appellate judge has expressed concern over the possibility of perpetrators of post election violence suppressing evidence by threatening witnesses.
The process of re-verifying 25 containers of sugar which has been detained at the port of Mombasa for the last two years has begun.
Mombasa Polytechnic University College students on Friday held a special event to showcase their concern for the climate change if the planned World Summit on Copenhagen does not come up with an amicable solution.
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