Kenya and the International Criminal Court have agreed on a new deadline to set up a special tribunal to try the ringleaders of post-election violence.Kenyan ministers promised to establish the...

“Had you observed it (the revolver), you would have noticed that it was a beautiful weapon that had done a wonderful job,” Njenga told his lawyer at Kamiti...

Mr Ocampo wants to know the measures Kenya has put in place to ensure the safety of victims and witnesses pending the initiation and completion of the...

After that, most went into teaching. And only then did some find opportunities and scholarships to pursue degree courses away from East Africa, mostly in Britain. A few opportunities came from India,...

An interim government in Honduras warned ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay away but indicated it could be more conciliatory in talks on Friday with the Organization of American States over the...

Kampala Ugandan lady golfers breathed a sigh of relief when they learnt that Zambian teen sensation Melissa Nawa had withdrawn from the prestigious Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championship on the eve...

The internationally renowned listing, which is now in its fifth year, bases its findings on a dozen key components including uneven development, human flight, how a states security apparatus...

Deputy Town Clerk Geoffrey Katsolleh said that once the contractor completed the work to turn Banda, Kaunda and Biashara streets into single lanes, traffic jams in the Central Business District will...

The next time you plan to have a party or any other noisy event, keep in mind that you could be fined Sh350,000, imprisoned for 18 months or endure...

The 34 British students under isolation in a Kisumu hotel after one of them was diagnosed with swine flu are set to return to the UK on Sunday, a health official...

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka address supporters at a past rally at Nairobi's Uhuru Park. Politicians are not keen on national cohesion although Parliament has passed a law to speed it up...

Cinemax is the first movie hall to adopt the latest cutting edge digital technology — the introduction of East Africa’s very first 3D digital...

Terms of the 10,000 teachers to be hired on contract will be improved when the country’s financial position gets better, the Teachers’ Service Commission has...

In an agreement signed last night, the parties said “Kenya will refer those responsible for the most serious crimes” to The Hague if there is no agreement in Parliament. “Both Kenya and the ICC...

Leaving little doubt about his disdain for poor governance, he rebuffed the tired song that Africa’s problems were a creation of colonial legacy, saying that the problem is bad leadership. How...

NAIROBI, Jul 4 (IPS) - Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.Land rights activists...

NAGOYA — A Kenyan female student who belonged to a high school ekiden long-distance relay club went missing in April after being expelled from the school in Aichi Prefecture that won last...

Corruption within public institutions continues to plague the nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, according to a report by a group of regional transparency organizations. Out of the three...

Ireland's cricketers got off to the best possible start in their 4 day Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at Eglington cricket club, writes John Kenny. In the first match in defence of their...

Nairobi — Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature petition urging investigations of...

Nairobi — International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Lui Moreno Ocampo on Friday asked Kenya for a 12-month plan showing how the country intends to bring key culprits of the 2007 election...

editorial Nairobi — One Saturday 40 years ago, Kenya's most promising leader, Tom Mboya, was gunned down in a busy Nairobi street. Although a suspect was subsequently convicted and reportedly...

Barack Obama US President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his...

The Hague, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court says Kenya will ask it to investigate violence that followed disputed 2007 elections if the country's Parliament cannot agree on how to...

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - African heads of state on Friday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in coordinating defence policy and trade negotiations, a...

Previously, the timetable was posted on a white-board at the parliament lobby. MPs were then notified via letters. This new arrangement is in line with the new House rules that open-up all committee...

Kenya Commercial Banking Report Q2 2009 " report to their offering. The Kenya Commercial Banking Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Kenya's commercial banking...

Nairobi — There is little chance that the Kenyan economy will improve much in the near future, according to a new international economic report. Business Monitor's latest 2009 report,...

Nairobi — A 15-year-old boy who has been missing for three days after kidnappers grabbed him as his father escorted him to school has been found unhurt in Nairobi. Eugene Nelson Mandela...

Nairobi/Addis Ababa/Kampala — Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A (H1N1) contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains...

Nairobi — The recent Gender Festival in Kenya has underlined the important role that male activism can play in achieving gender equality and women's...

Kigali — A court in Kenya ruled on Tuesday that the assets of Felicien Kabuga should remain frozen until the ICTR completes the trials of suspects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In...

Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) has invested KES7.5 billion (USD100 million) in Kenya’s fourth and newest mobile operator Essar Telecom Kenya (ETK), formerly known as Econet...

"Now there is just no demand for the dollar," said a trader with a commercial bank. "Initially, Sh75.50 is our next resistance level, from there we should see a bit of interest, clients trying to...

The yield on Kenya's 91-day Treasury bill rose to 7.178 per cent at this week's auction from 7.057 per cent at the previous sale, the Central Bank of Kenya...

Kenya has slipped below North Korea, Yemen and Ethiopia in the 'failed states’ 2009 listing compiled by the US-based Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy...

Kigali — Two member-states of the East African Community, Kenya and Uganda have confirmed cases of influenza A, H1N1 virus popularly known as swine flu. Quoting Ugandan media, the first case...

Kenya is the most corrupt country in East Africa, an international watchdog said Thursday after surveying residents in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.According to the survey by Berlin-based Tranparency...

Nairobi - Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business and boost the East African nation's struggling...

makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a meeting of industrialized...

Nairobi — The family of 15-year-old Eugene Nelson Mandela Ochieng has appealed to his abductors to state their demands. His father Mr Nelson Adhok Ochieng on Thursday said that the family was...

Nairobi — Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai on Thursday criticised the re-introduction of the shamba system in which squatters settle and farm in forests. Prof Maathai said this was likely to...

Nairobi — Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura is likely to undergo a heart surgery any time from Friday in South Africa. The Kenyan medical team had reviewed the situation with South...

Nairobi — All law enforcement units are equal and the only difference is in the uniform, the Administration Police chief has said. Commandant Kinuthia Mbugua said none of the agencies should...

Nairobi — Police have shot dead eight gangsters in three separate incidents in Juja Town and in the city. Three of them were killed in Juja and police believe they were behind the recent murder...

Nairobi — The Kenya Government plans to change key parts of the proposed tribunal law in an attempt to get MPs to vote for it. Amendments to the tribunal Bill was top on the agenda of the...

Kassim Bakari (centre), father of 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia, the lone survivor of the crashed Yemenia aircraft, and French Minister of State for Cooperation and Francophony Alain Joyandet...

Nairobi — Confusion reigned on Thursday after the Kenya Government insisted that the 33 UK students had tested negative for swine flu despite reports in the British press that eight of them...

Nairobi — Cabinet ministers will retain their chase cars despite a directive restricting public officials to use only one official vehicle. Government spokesman Alfred Mutua, in his weekly...

Nairobi — A job scandal in which unemployed teachers are paying up to Sh120,000 has been exposed. Teachers in some districts are paying at least Sh80,000 to conmen, according to findings of the...