Kenya orders telcos to shut down 27 betting paybills, short codes
After six months of push-and-pull between the Kenyan government and betting firms, the State Wednesday struck at the heart of the firms’ operations, ordering telcos...
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Cotton waste biofuel powers farmers to fight drought in Kenya
Kenyan farmer Abel Mutie Mathoka thought it must be a joke when he was told he could irrigate his drought-hit crops more cheaply, cleanly and...
Detectives grill Taita Taveta leaders over locals-herders dispute
Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja is Monday morning being grilled by detectives over the longstanding conflict between the county’s locals and camel herders. Also appearing...
Will Kenya’s land offer to South Sudan bear fruit?
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has once again offered a neighbouring country a piece of land at the standard gauge railway terminal in Naivasha. This past...
President Kenyatta to visit Tanzania’s Magufuli at his Chato home
President Uhuru Kenyatta is Friday expected to make a two-day private visit to Tanzania on a special invitation by his counterpart John Pombe Magufuli. Mr...
Kenya: moving on after Garissa verdict
Survivors of Kenya’s 2015 Garissa University attack, which killed 148 people, have welcomed a life sentence imposed on an Islamist militant for the massacre. But...
Life sentence for accomplice of Kenya attack that killed 148
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court on Wednesday sentenced one man to life in jail and two others to 41 years each for being...
Safaricom appoints former CEO Michael Joseph to fill void after Collymore’s death
In the wake of the death of its Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore on Monday, Kenya telecommunications giant Safaricom has appointed it’s former boss Michael...
Kenya, South Sudan form team on Elemi Triangle conflict
Kenya and South Sudan have agreed to form a joint border commission to help resolve ethnic conflict between communities in the oil-rich Elemi Triangle. The...
Uganda has excess cane, but govt says it’s not selling to Kenya
Uganda has blocked a request to export excess sugar cane from outgrowers in Busoga region to Kenya. Farmers say they have an overproduction of some...
