Facts & Figures: Kenya’s Water Women [INFOGRAPHIC]
Check this infographic by Alia Chughtai about Kenya’s Water Women. The following are induced: Globally,one child dies every 60 seconds from a water-related disease. UNICEF estimates that poor water and...
View ArticleHuman Waste, Source of Energy for Kenyan Homes
Environmental activists in Kenya are trying to make their community more energy efficient. Naivasha is known for its flower farms which earn the government millions of dollars from export. But it is...
View ArticleThe day they came to kill me – Abdalle Mumin
Nairobi, Kenya – Abdalle Mumin is still looking over his shoulder, even after months spent in what he calls “exile”. The Somali journalist rarely leaves his safe house. He checks his phone constantly....
View ArticleRecycling: Kenya Turns Rubbish Into Cash
Nairobi – Used plastic is being given a new lease on life in Kenya. It is melted and then used to make poles for construction and road signs. The concept is still new in Kenya – and expensive given the...
View ArticleReligious Tolerance: Pope set for Africa visit amid High Expectations
All signs are that Pope Francis will receive a rock-star welcome as he prepares for his first visit to Africa. Millions of people across Central and East Africa are already talking about the “historic...
View ArticlePope Francis kicks off Africa Trip with Peace Message
Pope Francis has called for ethnic and religious reconciliation after arriving in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, at the start of his landmark three-nation Africa tour. In what is his first official trip...
View ArticlePope Francis condemns Ivory Poaching in Kenya
Pope Francis has urged global action against the illegal trafficking of blood diamonds, ivory and other natural resources, in the second day of his landmark three-nation Africa trip. In a speech in the...
View ArticleKenyan Government arrests two men linked to Iranian Spy Network
Kenya has arrested two men it says are connected to an Iranian intelligence network that was planning an attack inside the country. A Twitter account run by the Kenyan interior ministry said the men...
View ArticleKenya’s Enemy Within: Construction of 700km-long Wall along porous Border...
Kenya has started construction on a 700km-long wall along its porous border with Somalia, in an attempt to shield itself from the armed group al-Shabab. The ambitious project, which consists of brick...
View ArticleMass Panic among Staff and Students as Kenyan university stages Terror Drill
A security drill at a Nairobi university has caused mass panic among staff and students after security forces used what many thought was live ammunition to stage a pretend attack on the school. Social...
View ArticleKenyan Police blame Nairobi university for failed Terror Drill
Kenyan police have blamed a Nairobi university for failing to gain the appropriate authorisation from authorities prior to holding a simulated “terror” drill that led to the death of a staff member....
View ArticleKisilu: The Climate Diaries – Groundbreaking Portrait Of A Kenyan Family
Climate change is affecting all regions of the globe, but some places are more vulnerable than others. Parts of East Africa are already seeing the effects of climate instability, with those dependent...
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Bus Passengers Killed In Kenya Ambush Near Somalia Border
Not less than two people have been killed in an ambush on a passenger bus in Kenya’s northeast near the border with Somalia, an official and residents said. The bus was believed to be carrying more...
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Tobacco Regulation In Kenya
The British parliament, last year, despite fierce lobbying from tobacco companies, decided that from May 2016 cigarettes would be sold only in plain packaging in the UK. Anti-smoking campaigners in...
View ArticleSAP Skills for Africa: First East African Chapter launched with Participation...
SAP Skills for Africa today, 19th July 2017 launched its first-ever East African programme at an event held in Nairobi, Kenya. Skills for Africa is a skills development initiative between SAP Africa,...
View ArticleKenya’s STEM Education to be Boosted with Burhani Engineers’ Computer Programme
The partnership to boost STEM education in Kenya was signed between Burhani Engineers Limited represented by the Managing Director Mr. Zoher Pirbhai, Kibera sub-county Directorate of Education,...
View ArticleTotal and Worldline set to Support the Deployment of the Guichet Unique...
Total and Worldline Partner with African Fintech InTouch to Support Deployment of Guichet Unique, an Innovative Digital Solution for Retail Networks Total and Worldline signed binding technological,...
View ArticleCholera Outbreak: Kenyan Government shuts Two Hotels
Two major hotels in Nairobi, Jacaranda and San Valencia, have been closed down indefinitely in the wake of cholera outbreak. According to Africa Review, Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Cleopa...
View Article28-Year-Old Man Nabbed After Sexually Assaulting Dog
Following his act of sexual assault with a dog that had recently given birth, a Kenyan man known as Dickson was arrested. The 28-year-old Kenyan man was nabbed on Tuesday, September 30, committing...
View ArticlePastor Sentenced to 140 Years Imprison for Impregnating His 2 Daughters
Kenyan pastor identified as John Gichira has been sentenced to 140 years in prison after he allegedly impregnated his two teenage daughters. John Gichira, 51, impregnated both his daughters; aged 14...
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