Colonial relics: Slum upgrade in central Kenya lifts 50,000 Nyeri Town residents out of squalor
Besides access to amenities such as piped water, its beneficiaries like Ruth are enjoying murram roads network linking the villages to the main road. But the biggest upgrade yet is her promotion from being a squatter to a holder of the title deed for the 40×80 parcel of land she has been residing in for close to 20 years something she says.
Koome tells police service commission to prioritise rights-based policing, balance rights to assembly and public order
Chairperson of the Board of Council Linda Bukaya welcomed the guests and expressed appreciation to the Chief Justice and all participants and acknowledged the symbolic importance of the ceremony held at the National Museums Building.
Number of people shot dead by Kenyan police during anti-government protests rises to 31
The death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody last month has given the protests fresh impetus, fuelling anger against the authorities and bringing hundreds onto the streets.
Remanded Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s new party People’s Front for Freedom launched
Besigye, a physician who retired from Uganda’s military at the rank of colonel, is a former president of the Forum for Democratic Change party, for many years Uganda’s most formidable opposition group. He has long been a fierce critic of Museveni, for whom he once served as a military assistant and personal doctor.
Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria
The EACOP starts in Kabaale, Hoima District and traverses 296 kilometres in Uganda through 10 districts: Kikuube, Hoima, Kakumiro, Kyankwazi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Rakai and Kyotera) affecting 25 sub-counties and 171 villages.by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) – a 1,443 kilometres pipeline to the port of Tanga in Tanzania to be processed and sold to the world markets.
Kenya and Tanzania announce they are on verge of completing border demarcation
Deputy head of public service Amos Gathecha disclosed that 558 out of the 758-kilometres to be covered, were already reaffirmed save for the remaining 150 kilometres to Vanga, approximately 42 kilometres river line section at Jipe area in Taveta and Lake Victoria section.
Kenya secures market access in Africa, EU and US with potential to ramp up manufacturing
Rotich said the Kenya-EU economic partnership agreement (EPA), the Kenya-UK EPA, the Kenya-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC) have opened up vast markets in globally.
Kenya announces readiness for African soccer show that kicks off on August 2-30 in Nairobi, Kampala and Dar
The principal secretary, who is also chair of the committee, said the committee handed over Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani Stadium on Monday to the Local Organising Committee and that the other facilities are also ready for the matches.
Kenyan medics turn to blood separation to reduce maternal mortality during childbirth
Nick Kiptanui disclosed that currently they are able to collect about 250,000 units of blood annually and when combined with components such as fresh frozen plasma, red blood cells and platelets, the quantity increases to 300,000 units.
East African rulers face searing criticism for choking democracy as Uganda steals show for ‘fatherirsm’ and longevity
In the past one year, Kenya has witnessed unprecedented incidence of extrajudicial killings, abductions and increased state repression as concerns emerge over contraction of democratic space.
