Kenya wins UN Security Council seat
Kenya on Thursday evening won the Africa seat at the UN Security Council after garnering 129 votes against Djibouti’s 62 votes in the second round of voting. Some 191 [...]
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Kenya flooding death toll reaches 65
NAIROBI, Kenya — Heavy rains in Kenya unleashed a deluge that killed five people overnight in the Rift Valley, raising the death toll from weekend flooding to 65, [...]
Lamu residents celebrate cancellation of Lamu Coal Power Plant license
By deCOALonize On Wednesday 26th June, Kenya’s National Environment Tribunal (NET) made a landmark ruling that set aside the license granted to Amu Power Company Ltd by the [...]
Victims of the Riverside attack
At least 21 people are confirmed to have been killed when militants stormed the DusitD2 hotel and business complex in Nairobi on Tuesday. It has been reported that all [...]
Riverside attack over, 21 lives lost dozens injured
Fourteen people were killed in Tuesday’s terror attack at the dusitD2 complex on 14 Riverside Drive. The confirmation was made Wednesday morning by President Uhuru Kenyatta [...]
Court stops government plan to impose housing tax on Kenyans
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has suspended the government’s plan to impose a 1.5% value added tax (V.A.T) on salaries of all employees as contribution to [...]
Victims of macabre killings reemphasize need for equality and justice
Are you a modern woman in Kenya in her mid to late 20s? Do you rub shoulders with the high and mighty and hobnob with celebrities? Do you live what looks like a flashy [...]
New fuel tax pushes Kenya inflation to year high
Kenyan inflation rose to its highest rate in nearly a year in September, the statistics office said on Friday, reflecting the impact of a new value added tax on fuel. [...]
Kenya to deport Chinese man over ‘racist rant’
A Chinese man will be deported after a video emerged of him making racist comments, Kenya’s immigration department says. The man, indentified as Liu Jiaqi, was captured [...]
15 dead in Gikomba market fire, 70 injured
At least 15 people, including young children, died after a popular market caught fire early Thursday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. About 70 people were injured in the fire [...]