HUGE LOSSES: Nyambene Miraa Traders association chairman Kimathi Munjuri Image: Dennis Dibondo Miraa farmers from Meru have asked the government to resolve the diplomatic row with Somalia saying they are making huge losses following the frosty relationship between the two countries.   After...
President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed at State House, Nairobi on March 23, 2017. PHOTO | PSCU The UN and other Somalia’s partners say the recent decision by Kenya and Somalia to normalise their relations will help...
Somaliland officials estimate close to 2 billion dollars’ worth of assets were destroyed in the fire. Nairobi, Kenya  — Kenya has expressed solidarity with Somaliland after a fire at Waheen market on Friday which is considered Hargeisa’s lifeblood. The Ministry of...
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in second round of voting  Thursday. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory...
Only days after Somalia made a big deal about resuming relations with the Republic of Kenya, the latter decides to suspend commercial flights to Mogadishu. A memo circulating the new Kenyan Aviation authority order stated that only ‘Medevac flights and...
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was arrested Friday shortly after the chief prosecutor ordered he be detained to face charges of economic crimes. Mr Sonko is the latest in a string of top officials, including Finance Minister Henry Rotch, to be...
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, April 22, appointed twenty-four (24) new ambassadors and High Commissioners to lead Kenyan missions abroad. Nyeri Deputy Governor Dr Caroline Karugu has been appointed Ambassador to Denmark, former ICT Permanent Secretary (now known as Principal...
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with the opposition leader Raila Odinga in March, 2018 Simon Maina/AFP via GettyImages On March 9, 2018 Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and the leader of the main opposition, Raila Odinga, surprised their supporters when...
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somaliland leader Muse Bihi met on the sidelines of the inauguration of Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Saturday ostensibly to discuss matters between the two nations. Their meeting in the Djibouti capital was the first...
Al-Shabaab’s ongoing efforts to destabilize democratic, open societies represents a destructive threat in Kenya and East Africa PRESS RELEASE NAIROBI, Kenya, January 15, 2020/ -- The United States remembers and commemorates with all Kenyans the 21 lives lost and those injured...