Poor rains and the presence of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Central Kenya, a traditionally food-secure region, have stretched available resources with government and humanitarian officials predicting a sharp drop in...
NYERI, 12 August 2008 (IRIN) - Ruth Wangechi, 32, married soon after dropping out of school. Although her husband had contracted HIV, he and his family kept the information under wraps. When she became aware of her HIV-positive...
Posted to the web 22 July 2008 Seventy two students were Monday charged with arson and other offences related to the ongoing unrest as more strikes were reported in secondary schools. Sixty five of the students were charged...
Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Stephen Munyiri Nairobi A special general meeting for a tea farmers' company ended in disarray at the weekend following what directors described as political interference. The meeting, attended by...
Posted to the web 7 July 2008 Andrew Limo Nairobi Last week, the people of Nyeri were treated to a rare public function - an MP presided over the opening of a tiny, crammed digital kiosk at Muthinga market in Tetu constituency....
Posted to the web 7 July 2008 Ng'ang'a Mbugua Nairobi It was Prof Anyang' Nyong'o who once said that it was possible to chew gum and walk at the same time. In some parts of Baringo, some families are now eating rats to survive....
Posted to the web 7 July 2008 Nairobi Kenya is far from being a secure place. Yet, as we report elsewhere in this newspaper, suspected criminals are literally getting away with murder as a result of incompetent investigations...
Posted to the web 1 July 2008 Solomon Mburu The coffee industry in Kenya is under siege even as stakeholders fire on all cylinders to revive from a decade of neglect. Areas most affected by the development are those surrounding...
Wilfred Muchire Nairobi Thousands of women entrepreneurs are set to benefit from loans amounting to Sh8 billion from a microfinance organisation. Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) will give the cash to about 200,000 women in...
Posted to the web 27 June 2008 Eight African clergymen are among 41 newly appointed archbishops from around the world who will receive the special insignia of their status, called the pallium, at a ceremony presided over by the...