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AllAfrica.com
March 17, 2018
Over 8,000 Ethiopians have crossed into neighboring Kenya to seek asylum after government troops killed at least nine civilians in the border town of Moyale, says the International Red Cross. The Kenyan part of Moyale town is staring at a possible humanitarian crisis. The town straddles the porousÃâà...
Africa.com
March 17, 2018
George Nyabuga, associate director of the school of journalism and mass communication at the University of Nairobi, agrees that the Kenyan government is increasingly becoming intolerant of divergent views and criticism. Earlier this year, it used the broadcasting of a mock oath of office by Raila Odinga, a former primeÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 16, 2018
The minister will also hold discussions with Kenyan government representatives about continued Irish government support to assist Kenya become, like Ireland, a leader in attracting Foreign Direct Investment. The minister will sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Ireland andÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
March 16, 2018
"This is a hand of God," Bishop Philip Anyolo, chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, told journalists. "God cannot be ruled out in what we are seeing. People have prayed and continue to pray for better times." On March 10, Odinga showed up at Kenyatta's office for talks. He later declaredÃâà...
BirdLife International
March 14, 2018
The nine-month project, known as “Enhancing Environmental Regulations in Safeguarding Lake Ol Bolossat in Nyandarua County, Kenya”, received funding from CEPF through BirdLife International as Regional Implementation Team (RIT) in the Eastern Afromontane Hotspot to ensure its ecosystemÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 14, 2018
Naivasha — The Principal Secretary for Ministry of Planning, Dr. Julius Muia has assured that the Third Kenya Vision 2030 Medium Term Plan (MTP III) will soon succeed the Second MTP 2013-2017. The PS said that the plan will be guided by Kenya Vision 2030 and the country's long-term developmentÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 14, 2018
Nairobi — The Government, through National Sports Fund on Tuesday announced a Sh50m sponsorship towards the 50th edition of the Barclays Kenya Open Tournament scheduled to tee-off March 22 at the Muthaiga Golf Club. This is in line with a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the conclusionÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 14, 2018
The government, through National Sports Fund, yesterday announced Sh50 million sponsorship towards the 50th edition of the Kenya Open tournament. This is in line with a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the conclusion of the 2017 Barclays Kenya Open, to raise the standard of the championship.
Inter Press Service
March 14, 2018
NAIROBI, Mar 13 2018 (IPS) – Freedom of the press in Kenya is facing its biggest challenge since independence, with government censorship on the rise both during and since last year's general election. Kenya's media landscape includes five major television stations and well over 90 FM radio stations, two nationalÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 12, 2018
Having engaged in the dialogue, I look forward to seeing strong collaborations emerge in the future, with all partners working closely with the Kenyan Government and UN Kenya office to advance Universal Health Care. This will truly exemplify the spirit of "One-UN" joint UN Development AssistanceÃâà...
africanews
March 12, 2018
The Kenyan government shut down three television channels in January on the day that Odinga took a symbolic presidential oath in a mock inauguration. The government defied a court order to allow the stations, which had planned to live-stream the oath, to resume broadcasts. After Tillerson met FridayÃâà...
The Africa Report
March 9, 2018
Also committed to the mall, which was built at a cost of $8m, are Kenyan fast-food restaurants Pizza Planet and Java House. Today, many areas in Nairobi ... The government has said that approximately 240,000 new housing units are needed every year to meet growing demand. Conservative figures showÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 9, 2018
The government wants the strike by lecturers in public universities declared illegal. ... Meanwhile, the court will also hear and determine the dispute between Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers and the Teachers Service Commission over the transfer of members to rival Kenya National UnionÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 9, 2018
The Kenyan government shut down three television channels in January on the day opposition leader Raila Odinga took a symbolic presidential oath, then ... Asked at the news conference with Tillerson if Kenya could call itself a democracy in light of restrictions appeared intended to stifle dissent, Kenya'sÃâà...
Inter Press Service
March 9, 2018
Having engaged in the dialogue, I look forward to seeing strong collaborations emerge in the future, with all partners working closely with the Kenyan Government and UN Kenya office to advance Universal Health Care. This will truly exemplify the spirit of “One-UN” joint UN Development AssistanceÃâà...
BBC News
March 9, 2018
Kenya is sharply divided along ethnic lines because of the political stand-off. The opposition charges of rigged elections, police brutality and state high-handedness were not mentioned - only a joint call for national dialogue. Before travelling to Kenya, Rex Tillerson criticised Ethiopia's government forÃâà...
NewsDay
March 8, 2018
We are now catching up,” he added. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has given Kenya a six-month extension of a frozen $1.5bn (Ãâã1bn) stand-by facility in return for “substantially modifying” interest rate controls, the Financial Times reports. Kenya's economic growth is expected to have fallen toÃâà...
Bitcoin Magazine
March 8, 2018
On February 28, 2018, the Kenyan government announced it will appoint a task force to explore the use of distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence over the course of a three-month tenure. Led by Dr. Bitange Ndemo, the 11-member task force has three months to produce a road map that willÃâà...
Quartz
March 6, 2018
That wariness has been shared by the governments of Egypt, Nigeria, and Tanzania, and by giant telecom operators such as Safaricom—35% of which is owned by the Kenyan government—which terminated bitcoin trading platforms like Kipochi from using their dominant mobile money service M-Pesa.
The Guardian
March 2, 2018
The government is openly breaking the law,” said one protester, Catherine Chumo. Just 7km (4 miles) from the centre of Kenya's capital, lions, hyenas and giraffes roam at will in the vast reserve that is facing multiple pressures from a burgeoning city and the accompanying infrastructure demands.
africanews
March 2, 2018
The group also conducts frequent assaults in Kenya, mostly in the region bordering Somalia, to put pressure on the Kenyan government to withdraw its troops from Somalia. Kenya is part of the African Union peacekeeping force AMISOM, which is defending Somalia's government against al Shabaab.
AllAfrica.com
March 2, 2018
The Trump administration should privately pressure the Kenyan government to respect democratic norms and obey the rule of law and the country's Constitution, two former Washington envoys to Nairobi said on Tuesday. Johnnie Carson and Mark Bellamy suggested that the US can exert considerableÃâà...
AMBCrypto
March 2, 2018
Kenya the African country and a founding member of the East African Community is setting up a task-force to evaluate the potential advantages or risk of this nascent technology after the Kenyan President showed interests in the blockchain technology. The cryptocurrency market is booming all over,Ãâà...
Daily Nation
March 2, 2018
They recommend that the US should privately pressure the Kenyan government to respect democratic norms and obey the law. PHOTO | ... The Washington Post had recently suggested in an editorial that the Trump administration should threaten to impose sanctions on Kenya's leaders if the government'sÃâà...
NPR
February 7, 2018
Since Odinga declared himself the "people's president," the Kenyan government has reacted with the kind of authoritarian might that was common in Kenya's past. Odinga's oath had no legal or practical significance, but the government has essentially suspended constitutional order in reaction to it. DespiteÃâà...
New York Times
February 2, 2018
The Kenyan government is defying a court order to put four private television stations back on the air, escalating a week of political tensions and raising concerns about its respect for the rule of law. Government officials disconnected the stations, CitizenTV, InooroTV, KTN and NTV, during live broadcasts onÃâà...
New York Times
February 1, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya — Sitting in his office, Linus Kaikai ate peanuts and tried to decide how best to be arrested by the police officers he thought were lurking outside the newsroom. “What are the chances they'll storm the place?” Mr. Kaikai, who leads the newsroom at Nation Television, asked a roomful ofÃâà...
