• USAID to Adopt New System

  USAid will be reorganised to conform with the devolved system of government. USAid director Dwaine Lee said their programmes will be implemented through the governors' offices. Lee was addressing the press at Wundanyi yesterday where he said their projects in the region have been successful especially the 'Yes Youth Can'. "The Yes Youth Can programme has been a success in ...

• Kenya is a hot destination

  /enpproperty--> Famous for its annual migration of animals such as zebras and wildebeests, Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya attracts numerous tourists in July and August, including many Chinese. According to tuniu.com, a Chinese tourism website, travelers are expressing an interest in traveling to Kenya earlier than last year. In March and April, the number of those who booked the tour ...

• National Bank of Kenyas Q1 pretax profit edges up 3 pct

  shillings , thanks to a fall in loan loss provisions. The lender, which is 70 percent owned by the government and Kenya's state pension fund, will raise funds from the market next year to finance a five-year expansion plan. The bank's total interest income fell to 1.85 billion shillings in the first three months of 2013 from 2.27 billion shillings in the same period a year earlier, ...

• Prosecutors Oppose November Start for Kenya Case

  Deputy president wants trial date postponed, and asks to be excused from attending in person. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, ICC, have opposed an attempt by Kenya's new deputy president William Ruto to get the start of his trial delayed until November. The prosecution and the representative of victims in the case also argued against a motion from Ruto's lawyers ...

• Sports Beckham to be worth Sh38b after retiring

  Beckham announced he was hanging up his boots for good and giving that famous right foot a well-deserved rest because he wanted to 'go out on the ...

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