Click here to read or make comments on this topic »
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
I hold no brief for Kenyans whose visas are being revoked by the US government. As they are fellow Kenyans, my plea, though, is that they be not bullied or treated with disrespect. I know where the US government is coming from.
Where positive results had guaranteed it, it would have been in order for President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to fly politicians -- using your taxes -- to Mombasa where, it seems they have the best political superglue.
A story in the Nation, Polluted Wells Threaten the Lives of Thousands, has attracted the attention of Mick Brooke, who, in 1980, had his first borehole drilling contract in Kenya in Wajir. Says he: "I spent more than nine months living in a tented camp on the outskirts of Wajir town. I remember having samples from the shallow wells analysed -- and even then the water was unfit for human ...
As the national schools examinations ended this week, the country was remiss in not thanking Mr Paul Wasanga, the head of the Kenya National Examinations Council, for nurturing a culture of deception during his short but continuing tenure. Cheating in examinations has finally given the much-discredited 8-4-4 system the fizz to keep it alive and help it to contribute to the nation's growth.
Suing the United States government for defamation on its own territory is a formidable undertaking. In general, a sovereign government cannot be sued unless it allows itself to be.
Just about every other conflict in Kenya is over land. Last week, an MP joined a group of Catholic Justice and Peace officials to remove illegal structures from a primary school in western Kenya. Their action drew no attention.
Kenya is among 31 countries in crisis requiring external assistance, because of lack of resources to deal with critical food security problems, the UN has said.
Almost 100 delegates, most of them chairmen of State-owned corporations in the country, met in Mombasa on Friday to adopt a consultative forum that will act as a guide in setting up good corporate governance in parastatals, to insulate them from political interference.
The chairmen of state-owned corporations in the country met in Mombasa on Friday to adopt a consultative forum that will guide in setting good corporate governance in parastatals to insulate them from political interference.
Heavy trucks carrying more than 60 tonnes load have now been banned on the Malindi-Lamu, Malindi-Hola roads.
The controversial Lamu county council elections that were held in August following an intense court battle between two rival camps have now been declared null and void.
Lack of coordination among ministers, their assistants and permanent secretaries has continued to undermine delivery of service to the public.
Passengers on a bus headed to Eldoret and Kitale escaped death narrowly when it collided with a trailer about a kilometre away from Sachangwan and then caught fire.
President Kibaki has urged coalition members to present a united front on matters of government policy.
The Ogiek Friday inched closer to getting a section of Mau Forest Complex after the government was directed to respond to a suit filed by the community more than a decade ago.
In the land business, opportunities knock but once. As President Kenyatta advanced in age, Coast PC Eliud Mahihu became the king of prized beach plot allocation and sales.
Housing is one of the basic necessities of life and it is a major challenge facing most developing nations. Many African governments have been struggling to provide housing that will meet the demands of her growing population.
The prosecution has refuted claims by seven suspected Somalia pirates charged with piracy on Tuesday that they had not eaten for two days.
On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government - not the courts - can interfere with government-sponsored "extraordinary rendition", a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court to tell the government it wasn't okay to secretly imprison and abuse him in three different African countries over a period of four months.
Eight people have died on the Kenyan island of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), an official said.
Three winners have been picked to embark upon South African Tourism sponsored an-expense paid trip to watch the epic make or mar 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Nigeria and Kenya in Nairobi scheduled to hold this weekend.
The former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima said he has prayed for the Super Eagles to win this weekend match and for them to be at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. The team will depart for Nairobi this evening.
Former chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima says he would pray for the Super Eagles and expect them to win Saturday's South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifier against the Harambe Stars of Kenya.
Debt-ridden Kenya Planters Co-operative Union was on the verge of selling its non-core assets to reduce the outstanding Sh644 million debt it owes Kenya Commercial Bank when the receiver managers took over the country's oldest miller.
Car and General, the Suzuki motorbikes distributor, has acquired a controlling stake in Premier Power Products Limited-- an Indian firm that manufactures generators and garden equipment.
Active Discussions: Kenya