Two-time European champion long distance runner Mo Farah of England and 800 metres world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya Friday joined the growing list of star athletes skipping the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth...

"I would vomit and itch over my whole body after taking the drugs," the now 16-year-old Gathece remembers. "This was made worse by the fact that there was barely anything to eat in the house because...

Nairobi — Muslim leaders have asked the government to cancel the 2009 census results. In a statement read by the Jamia Mosque religious convernor, Mr Billow Kerrow on Friday, the leaders said...

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met here Friday with chen Zhili, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature with both promising to make...

Omondi was a casual labourer and left behind a widow and two children aged two and four. The town erupted into violence on Thursday after tenants resisted eviction by the municipal council over rent...

Victims of past injustices in Mt Elgon have been urged to testify so that the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) can make a comprehensive...

The most wanted suspect in the 1998 US embassy and 2002 Paradise Hotel bombing cases was hiding in Malindi towards the end of July 2008, a court was...

The family resolved that the businesses be run by two trustees, Anne Wangari and James Njuguna, daughter and brother of Mr Kirima respectively. They also agreed all tenants pay rent, estimated at...

Ayub Juma Mwakesi wants the appeal by Trade minister Chirau Mwakwere challenging the High Court decision that declared he was not validly elected as Matuga MP dismissed since it had been overtaken by...

NAIROBI: African Union (AU) peacekeepers have established nine new bases in Somalia’s capital in recent months and will help develop Somali government forces to defeat Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist...

NAIROBI, Kenya - African Union peacekeepers have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital in recent months and will help develop Somali government forces to defeat al-Qaida-linked Islamist...

Nairobi — The United Nations Security Council appears unlikely to take significant action against Kenya for hosting Sudan President Omar al-Bashir in defiance of Kenya 's international treaty...

Nairobi — THE International Criminal Court has 396 victims and witnesses ready to testify against leaders behind the 2008 post-election violence. The ICC Registrar Silvana Arbia yesterday said...

"The Lake is a very dangerous place; nobody knows the depths or the contents. Very many people have died mysteriously, and their spirits have to be appeased, hence the cleansing ceremonies." His...

Nairobi — Very few people can match the tremendous impact that coach Zedekiah "Zico" Otieno has had on Gor Mahia since his arrival at the club just six months ago. In the last 12 seasons,...

Nairobi — Gas maker, BOC Kenya, has reported a 32 per cent dip in profit after tax for the first half of 2010, amid sluggish sales and high cost of production. In the six months ending June...

Nairobi — Forty Barclays Bank business club members will fly out to China next week on a two-week business trip organised in conjunction with Brand Kenya. The members will travel to China's...

Omondi was a casual labourer and left behind a widow and two children aged two and four. The town erupted into violence on Thursday after tenants resisted eviction by the municipal council over rent...

Nairobi — Kenya Power and Lighting Company has launched a countrywide project to instal prepaid meters. KPLC managing director Joseph Njoroge said two companies have been awarded tenders to...

Nairobi — All eyes will be on David Rudisha when he leads a delegation of 10 Kenyans as part of the Africa team in the IAAF Continental Cup action in Split City, Croatia, on Saturday. After...

Nairobi — With consumption of petroleum products expected to triple in the next two decades, there is need for government and private sector partnerships to build infrastructure to meet this...

Members of Parliament who took their oaths in Kiswahili risk being tagged strangers in the House, as the version of the subject of their solemn affirmation does not necessarily mean the same...

The mandate to arrest post-election violence suspects and hand them over to the International Criminal Court when it issues indictments is proving too hot to...

Undercover Series: We trail the child sex ring from the wealthy brokers of Nairobi to the peddlers of underage girls and boys in Ukunda and the world of perverts and drug peddling in...

At the council’s first meeting on Friday since the promulgation of the new set of laws last week, some members also asked the government to embark on civic education on the new...

Mr Musyoka noted that the new Constitution devolves governance to counties, adding that there will be a lot of financial and infrastructural implications in its...

The divisions emerged at a meeting at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre to discuss how civil society should relate with the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation...

Eliddah Akinyi carries her three-year-old daughter Mary Kerubo in Kibera slums, Nairobi. The 2009 census says Kibera is home to 170,070 residents and not half a million people as previously claimed....

The Ngong Hills, they said, were gazetted as crown land in 1949 with most settlers being the Maasai. And in 1963 the Ngong Hills were degazetted and re-gazetted as trust land under the jurisdiction...

When it emerged that the tribe was one of the key indicators in the census last year, many people protested, saying Kenyans did not wish to be identified by their tribes after the 2008 post-election...

Sailing on Lake Victoria is not for the fainthearted. Poorly maintained vessels and lack of life jackets are just some of the hazards, besides the unpredictable weather. But one man insists he has a...

Local artistes perform the theme song during the promulgation of the new Constitution at Uhuru Park last Friday. The theme song, composed in English and sung off key, has been roundly criticised by...

Celebrating a milestone 10 years since inception, more than 20,000 jazz lovers from across the world descended on ‘the golden city of Africa’ (Johannesburg) for musical nourishment that also...

Social media like Facebook and Twitter are shaping lifestyles in many countries, making them prime targets for hackers. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has appointed seven...

1. The Court shall have international legal personality and shall also have the capacity necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes. It shall in particular have the capacity to contract, to acquire...

NAIROBI, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - When 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But...

Washington Post editorial encouraging the U.S. to generously support Pakistan as it recovers from major flooding, states: the "humanitarian interest is heightened by Pakistan's centrality to...

THE HAGUE (AFP) – The International Criminal Court held talks with Nairobi Friday about cooperation following the investigations into violence in Kenya after disputed 2007 elections, the court...

Aflatoxins, locally known in the region as 'mbuka', have affected nearly all the residents of Kenya's Eastern Province. Aflatoxins are toxic, carcinogenic by-products of fungi that colonise maize and...

David Lekuta Rudisha (right) competes during the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany....

Mombasa town and its environs need a clean-up and buildings should be spruced up. The municipal council seems to have gone to deep sleep. Dump sites are mushrooming every day and the mountains of...

After the jubilation that characterised the promulgation of the new Constitution, it is time to remind Kenyans that it is a new day and, therefore, they can operate in a freer, more secure, just and...

The United Nations Security Council appears unlikely to take significant action against Kenya for hosting Sudan President Omar al-Bashir in defiance of Kenya ’s international treaty obligations as...

NAIROBI, Kenya - African Union peacekeepers have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital in recent months and will help develop Somali government forces to defeat al-Qaida-linked Islamist...

United Nations said Friday.Madnoje Mounoubai, spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo (MONUSCO), told the German Press Agency dpa that aid groups were now reporting 242 raped, after...

NAIROBI, Kenya - African Union peacekeepers say they have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital over the last several months. The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya on Friday allowed the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country, a development that comes after Kenya's commitment to the court came into question...

Nairobi — Participants from seven countries meet in Nairobi on Monday and Tuesday to find ways of addressing food security in the region. Other participants will be drawn from the East African...

Nairobi — The Government has signed 16 articles of understanding that would see the International Criminal Court (ICC) set its base in Kenya, ease its work, track and follow up on the...