Safaricom Ltd. , Kenya’s biggest mobile-network operator, surged the most in two weeks after saying it isn’t prepared to lose market leadership and it will protect margins even as competitors lower call charges.

KENYA will tomorrow sign an agreement allowing the International Criminal Court to set up base here as it pursues the post-election violence suspects.

Kenya’s inflation may edge down later and isn’t a problem now, central bank Governor Njuguna Ndung’u said in an interview in Seoul today. The economy is starting to grow, the governor said.

The Kenyan government Thursday defended its decision not to arrest Sudan's visiting head of state -- wanted on charges of war crimes and genocide -- saying Kenya's first obligation was to the African Union, not the International Criminal Court.

Kenya's president signs a bill which legalises the traditional home brew changaa - a move intended to stop people dying from drinking moonshine.

The green bean farming industry provides a stable livelihood for hundreds of farmers and their families in Kenya. Now thanks to a new initiative Kenyan beans will be hitting UK supermarket shelves to further safeguard that livelihood.

Total Kenya Ltd., the local unit of Total SA, said first-half net income surged on synergies from the acquisition of Chevron Kenya Ltd. last year.

In a talk in Washington on Tuesday sponsored by the international arm of the US Democratic Party, Kenya's new ambassador to the United States vigorously defended the recent visit to Nairobi by Sudan's indicted president.

China and Kenya pledged here on Wednesday to enhance exchanges between the parliaments of the two countries in experience of state governing and legislation supervision, and strengthen coordination in international and regional parliamentary organizations.

Kenya will fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court on the trial of suspected masterminds of the 2007/2008 post election violence Foreign affairs minister Moses Wetangula has said.

Source: IRIN In the remote and rural district of Samburu, northern Kenya, where paved roads are scarce and motorised transport hard to come by, reaching the mostly pastoralist and nomadic inhabitants with HIV/AIDS services requires an unusual approach.

Kenya's government has defended its recent failure to arrest Sudan's president on international charges of war crimes and genocide, citing Kenya's strategic interest in the neighbouring country.

Kenya’s inflation rate fell to 3.2 percent in August, providing support to the central bank’s unexpected decision last month to cut interest rates.

Kenya and the African Union are defending a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on allegations of war crimes and genocide.

Kenya announced on Tuesday its population stands at 38.6 million after a national census conducted last year, marking an increase of around 10 million since the last census in 1999.

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Kenya authorities have sentenced a Chinese national to 18 months in prison for possession of illegal ivory, the country's wildlife service said.

Cricket Kenya said on Monday it had reached an agreement over new contracts with 14 national team players, ending a two-month dispute that had threatened to derail the sport.

Kenya will import 70,000 metric tons of fertilizer this week, easing concern among farmers about a surge in prices for the chemicals ahead of the October planting season, Business Daily reported.

Kenya's new constitution is set to be promulgated on August 27. The new law was ratified last week after Kenyans overwhelmingly voted in its support in a referendum.