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.

ODM Kenya will not field any candidates in the pending by-elections in two constituencies countrywide.

Kenya on Thursday announced that voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, despite objections from religious leaders over abortion rights and other issues, the New York Times reports. The final results of Wednesday's referendum showed that 67% of Kenyans supported the constitution (Gettleman, New York Times, 8/6). Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki must now sign the document into law...

A business delegation from Kenya in east Africa will visit South Florida this week to meet Florida sellers of such varied items as construction equipment, hotel equipment, audio-visual supplies and cosmetics.

One of the chapters in Gerard Loughran's new book on the history of Kenya's Nation newspaper is prefaced with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States:

Source: IRIN Kenya has endorsed a new constitution that seeks to unite the country, but it will take much more to ensure ethnic harmony, especially in Rift Valley region, where thousands were displaced in the election less than three years ago.