News from Kenya

July 4, 2009

00:41
Kenya and the ICC agree a new deadline to set up a special tribunal to try the ringleaders of post-election violence.

July 3, 2009

21:12
Ugandan lady golfers breathed a sigh of relief when they learnt that Zambian teen sensation Melissa Nawa had withdrawn from the prestigious Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championship on the eve of tee off.
19:48
The International Criminal Court will bring to book perpetrators of Kenya's worst election violence which claimed some 1,500 lives if they are not punished in their country, the court's prosecutor said Friday.
19:13
Ireland's cricketers got off to the best possible start in their 4 day Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at Eglington cricket club, writes John Kenny.
19:13
Nairobi — Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature petition urging investigations of post-election violence.
18:58
Nairobi — International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Lui Moreno Ocampo on Friday asked Kenya for a 12-month plan showing how the country intends to bring key culprits of the 2007 election violence to justice.
18:58
Nairobi — One Saturday 40 years ago, Kenya's most promising leader, Tom Mboya, was gunned down in a busy Nairobi street. Although a suspect was subsequently convicted and reportedly hanged -- but this is disputed -- the book has not closed on the Mboya assassination mystery.
18:57
Nairobi — America's President Barack Obama has, for the first time, this week talked about Kenya's political leadership.
18:46
A STAR rugby player from Yeovil College has been sharing her love of the sport with children from some of Kenya’s poorest regions on a recent trip to Africa.
18:27
Congratulations Kenya Police for the rescue We know you are able and up to the task. Kindly extend your success to other areas of crime. Simiyu S M-Kitale
16:40
The International Criminal Court says Kenya will ask it to investigate violence that followed disputed 2007 elections.
14:32
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Kenya Commercial Banking Report Q2 2009" report to their offering.
12:38
A Kenyan mobile network operator has secured an investment of US$93.75 million from the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF). The funding will be used by Essar Telecom Kenya Holdings Ltd (ETKHL) for further investment to expand the East African operations of Essar.
11:42
Nairobi — The recent Gender Festival in Kenya has underlined the important role that male activism can play in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment.
10:07
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd. , Kenya’s second largest retailer, plans to raise funds to recapitalize its business, said Receiver Manager Jonathan Ciano.
09:22
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya’s price-weighted All-Share Index was little changed this morning after the index closed higher for five of the past six trading days.
07:07
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd. , Kenya’s second largest retailer, plans to raise funds to recapitalize its business, said Receiver Manager Jonathan Ciano.
05:28
NAIROBI - Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business and boost the East African nation’s struggling economy.
03:55
WASHINGTON – The eBay birth certificate saga continues. A seller claiming to have a certified copy of Barack Obama's birth certificate issued in a Mombasa, Kenya, hospital in 1961 is back up on eBay telling her story. Six previous times the posts have been removed.
02:12
Nairobi - Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business and boost the East African nation's struggling economy. While many business are yet to work out h...