Kenya’s controversial affordable housing project is already having impact on ordinary people’s lives -team leader
The 220 housing units Bahati Affordable Housing Project consists of 60 studio units, 20 one-bedroom units, 120 two-bedroom units and 20 three-bedroom units. The project was launched by President William Ruto in Bahati constituency on August 22, 2023.
Doomed to live in penury due to disability and stabbed with knife by sister, poor Maasai mom defies the odds to fend for her children
Nevertheless, everything did not move as smoothly as she had hoped. The worst happened when Pisoi lost her father who was the pillar of their family when she was a teenager. The big loss forced the family into struggling for basic needs like housing, food and clothing.
State chorus: As Kenya’s interior minister vows to ‘leave no stone unturned’ criminal gangs terrorise nation
The machete-wielding gangs have unleashed terror in the various sub-counties in Kwale, with Msambweni and Matuga being among the most affected. He said already the intensified police operations conducted over several days have led to arrests, the recovery of crude weapons and the neutralization of several notorious criminal elements.
Kenya resumes alcohol levels testing on highways as IRAP reveals the country loses $3.5 billion every year through road carnage
The programme was intended to provide feedback on progress made on the Northern Corridor since the last IRAP survey in 2009 and provide critical and current insight into the safety of all road users, particularly vulnerable pedestrians and motorcyclists. The Safer Road Investment Plans will be developed to prioritise evidence-based safety improvements and inform road authority projects.
Save the Children warns Haiti humanitarian crisis worsening as violence escalates
On Thursday, Fritz Alphonse Jean, the current head of the transition council, announced that the council was teaming up to tackle gangs with members of an armed paramilitary group who once tried to overthrow the government, in a sign of authorities’ increasing desperation to bring violence under control.
Kenya hopes smaller Trump tariff blow vis-à-vis rivals will give it an edge in nascent global trade war
Imports from the East African nation, which sent goods worth $737 million to the United States last year, will be charged the minimum 10 per cent compared with 46 per cent for Vietnam, 44 per cent for Sri Lanka and 37 per cent for Bangladesh.
Kenya’s health minister launches committee to scrutinise, clear pending private hospital bills
Duale said the committee’s mandate is to establish a clear framework to assess the authenticity of each claim, recommend action on fraudulent submissions, and propose reforms to prevent future accumulation of unverified claims.
Kenya’s national wrestling team gears for Africa beach wrestling championship in Morocco
Wrestling coach Oriri also called for increased funding to support the promotion of wrestling in schools, acknowledging that a lack of resources has hindered many talented athletes from competing at international events.
Kidnapped Kenyan officials released as Somali capital comes under heavy shelling by Al Shabaab
Gunmen believed to be from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted the village chiefs, who were government-appointed local officials, in Mandera County in February near the border of Somalia, where the insurgents are based.
Five people die after four-storey building under construction collapses in Kisii
Rescue efforts were spearheaded by the Kenya Red Cross Society in collaboration with the police and the County’s Disaster Management team.
