Kenya’s Main Candidates Pull Out of Televised Election Debate
Both Kenya's leading presidential contenders have pulled out of two planned televised debates ahead of the August 8 election, their ...
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EU’s Kenya Election Observers Warn Against Possible Violence
The EU warned Monday of possible violence in Kenya's elections as it deployed observers ahead of the August 8 poll ...
Kenya Records Five Million New Voters For August Polls
Kenya's election commission announced Tuesday that there would be five million new voters taking part in August polls, raising the ...
Kenya’s Schoolgirls To Get Free Sanitary Pads From Government
All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve ...
Kenya Opens Livestock Resource Centre
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday opened an animal resource centre at Sotik in northwest region to boost livestock production. ...
Kenya Opens Nairobi-Mombasa Madaraka Express Railway
Kenya has opened a major new railway between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, 18 months early. ...
Eyeing Growth Boost, Kenya Opens Chinese-Built Railway
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence that is aimed ...
Eight Candidates In the Running For Kenya Presidency
Kenya's electoral commission on Monday approved eight candidates to take part in the presidential election in August, including incumbent leader ...
Kenya To Get $10m Investment In BBC Expansion
British broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to invest about $10m in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, as part of ...
Kenya Government ‘hostile’ To Rights Activists
The government of Kenya is hostile towards human rights activists and organisations, according to a report issued Wednesday that warned ...
Raila Odinga Chosen To Challenge President In Kenya Vote
Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga has been confirmed as the main opposition coalition’s presidential candidate for August’s election. Mr Odinga, ...
Kenya Opposition To Name Presidential Candidate
The main opposition alliance in Kenya is due to announce its candidate for the 8 August election at a huge ...
Kenyatta Takes Swipe At Presidential Rival
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has dismissed the opposition National Super Alliance's (NSA) line-up for the 8 August election as "nothing ...
Race On For Kenya’s Presidency
With elections in Kenya only 102 days way, the main opposition alliance is running out of time to name its ...
Raila Odinga Chosen To Challenge President In Kenya Vote
Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga has been confirmed as the main opposition coalition’s presidential candidate for August’s election. Mr Odinga, ...
Kenya’s Tenacious, Veteran Politician
At an age when most would be retired, Raila Odinga, Kenya's veteran opposition leader and one-time prime minister, is to ...
Kenya Opposition Names Ex-PM Odinga As Presidential Candidate
Veteran political leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga was Thursday named Kenya's opposition presidential candidate for elections in August, ...
Uhuru Kenyatta Blames Primaries Chaos On Turnout
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed huge voter turnout for the chaos at his party's primaries on Friday, which led ...
‘Too Many Voters’ Caused Kenya Poll Chaos – Kenyatta
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed huge voter turnout for the chaos at his party’s primaries on Friday, which led ...
Kenya Leader Warns Against Violence As Poll Fever Hits
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned Thursday against violence as election season gets into full swing, with chaotic party primaries already ...