December 1

• Kenya: The Economic Cost of Kenya's Insecurity

  The wave of insecurity that has hit Kenya in the last few months is causing severe damage to the country's recovering economy, local economists have warned. Read more »

November 30

• Kenya: The Price of Ignoring the Sexuality of Kenya's HIV-Positive Youth

  It all started with a fight, one that would change his life forever. Read more »

November 29

• Kenya: Taking the Knowledge of Doha Back to Kenya's Rural Communities

  The skyscraper Qatari capital city of Doha is a far cry from Cecilia Kibe's home in Turkana district, a remote area in Kenya inhabited by mostly nomadic communities and... Read more »

November 22

• Kenya: Activists Expose Corrupt Politicians

  A new website linking corruption and other scandals to high-ranking Kenyan politicians, created by a team of political provocateurs, has become one of the most-visited web pages in... Read more »

November 6

• Kenya: Senate Candidate Runs Against Homophobia

  During an interview at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Nairobi, David Kuria Mbote, Kenya's first openly homosexual candidate for public office, stresses that his campaign will not be... Read more »

November 2

• Kenya: Kenyan Women Set to Take On Men in Elections [interview]

  Brian Ngugi interviews Winnie Lichuma, chairwoman of the National Gender and Equality Commission. Read more »

• Kenya: Indigenous People Seek Profits From Forests

  Kenya's Ogiek community, the indigenous group of hunter-gatherers who were evicted from the Mau Forest three years ago, say they will no longer sit by and watch logging companies... Read more »

October 19

• Somalia: Kenya Pushes Dubiously Against Islamists

  A Kenyan military advance into Somali territory to push back Islamic militants has had some measured military success - but is not without controversy. Read more »

September 12

• Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores

  Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how... Read more »

September 10

• Kenya: Men and Women Farming Together Can Eradicate Hunger

  Three years ago, the residents of the semi-arid Yatta district in Kenya's Eastern Province lived on food aid due to dwindling crops of maize that could not thrive because of the... Read more »

August 13

• Kenya: Kenyan Differences Melt With Gold

  When Kenyan athlete David Lekuta Rudisha simultaneously became the first person ever to break the 1min 41sec mark in the 800m while also becoming the first person to set a world... Read more »

August 1

• Kenya: Kenya Set to Run Away With Medals

  On a chilly morning at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, the largest multi-purpose sports centre in Kenya, 800m world record holder David Rudisha looked like just... Read more »

July 16

• East Africa: World Bank Approves Contentious Power Line

  The World Bank has voted to approve funding credit for a major transmission line that would link Kenya to the controversial Gilgel Gibe III dam site in southern Ethiopia, pushing... Read more »

July 10

• Kenya: Mapping Out Climate Change Adaptation Plans On Kenya's Airwaves

  On a Wednesday morning in Mutitu-Andei township in Makueni County, one of Kenya's driest areas, smallholder farmer Josephine Mutiso tunes into Radio Mang'elete 89.1 FM and listens... Read more »

May 16

• Africa: Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers

  Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her... Read more »

April 25

• Kenya: Geothermal Power Boosts Nation's Economy

  When Kenya's newly announced geothermal power generation project comes online, it will turn the East African country into an economic powerhouse in the region. Read more »

April 13

• Kenya: Youth Demanding Change [opinion]

  Whenever I think of the youth issues, I remember: "Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are being treated the worst... Read more »

March 19

• Kenya: Saving Nation's Maize Crop

  While some maize farmers in Kenya's Western Province are stilling living off the produce from last season's harvest, Robert Oduor is counting his losses after the deadly Striga... Read more »

March 13

• Kenya: The Sound of Peace in Kibera Slum

  In a Kibera-bound mini-bus taxi, the driver changes the station just as he turns onto Ngong Road, kilometres away from the Kenyan slum. He tunes into Pamoja Radio 99.9 FM, a local... Read more »

March 2

• Kenya: Microloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope With Climate Change

  At Gakoromone Market in Meru, in Kenya's Eastern Province, Ruth Muriuki arrives in a pickup full of tomatoes and cabbages despite the scarcity of rainfall in the area, thanks to... Read more »

February 20

• Kenya: Instant Infant HIV Diagnosis to Be Rolled Out in Rural Areas

  Jesse Mtembe, a nursing officer at the Akithenesit Health Centre in Teso North, in Kenya's Western Province, cannot wait for his centre to be connected to a new software system for... Read more »

February 2

• Kenya: Chief Tweets His Way to Reducing Crime

  Using 140 characters or less, Chief Francis Kariuki in Kenya, has tweeted his way to reducing crime in his and surrounding villages. Read more »

January 24

• Kenya: Fours Years On IDPs Remain in Camps

  Six-year-old Victor Muruga points to a hole in the bush that he calls his "bedroom". "I sleep there, under that tree and my mother sleeps under that blanket," says Muruga. Read more »

January 17

• Kenya: Key Lakes Succumb to Human Activities

  Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former... Read more »

January 5

• Kenya: Walking Metres Rather Than Kilometres to Fetch Water

  The acute lack of water in Kenya means families have to trek long distances every day to fetch water. Read more »