Thousands Welcome Prime Minister in Kisumu
11 May 2008 at 9:36am
Prime Minister Raila Odinga landed in Kisumu with a spring and the swarming crowds garlanded its favourite son with a memorable, pompous welcome.

Cabinet Pledges to Put Aside Political Rivalry
10 May 2008 at 10:19am
The country's Grand Coalition cabinet was on Friday exuding confidence saying they are ready to work together as a team to restore confidence of all Kenyans.

Refugees Move Nearer Home
10 May 2008 at 10:13am
The Government on Friday started relocating internal refugees from Burnt Forest camp in Uasin Gishu District to centres near their homes.

Seizure of Kabuga's Asset Good, But Insufficient
10 May 2008 at 10:12am
The Special Representative of Rwandan government to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Aloys Mutabingwa, has welcomed seizure in Nairobi, Kenya of a property belonging to Felicien Kabuga, alleged financier of the 1994 genocide, but considered the initiative as insufficient.

Fugitive Kabuga Still Makes Merry
9 May 2008 at 6:05pm
Wanted for genocide in his country, fugitive Felicien Kabuga has been said to be in Kenya on several occassions. Last week, it emerged that he has business ventures here. How the whole world could be after him without success.

Coalition Government Vows to Hold Together
9 May 2008 at 5:55pm
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga read the Riot Act - the Grand Coalition Government must be a working machine that would survive five years. It was the day Kibaki and Raila strove to break the walls of suspicion and silent wars among their members, now crammed up in one Government.

New Rules to Govern Coalition Proposed
9 May 2008 at 1:50am
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will head the top decision-making organ of the grand coalition, according to draft proposal on power-sharing.

KCB's Sh5 Billion Rights Issue Approved
9 May 2008 at 6:05pm
Shareholders of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) have agreed to raise Sh5 billion through a rights issue. The bank will use the funds for expansion locally and within the region.

Government Calls for Help As Maize Shortage Looms
9 May 2008 at 6:05pm
THE country faces a deficit of about three million bags of maize.

Rare Show of Unity At Session
9 May 2008 at 6:05pm
THE Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Ruaraka, Nairobi, yesterday hosted the country's high and mighty.

Kisumu Ecstatic Over Raila's First Visit As PM
9 May 2008 at 6:05pm
A new era dawns on Nyanza politics today when Prime Minister Raila Odinga brings home a rich harvest that has eluded the community for decades.

PM Calls for Teamwork in Cabinet
9 May 2008 at 5:55pm
Prime Minister Raila has called on ministers and their assistants to work together as a team in the spirit of national cohesion and collective responsibility.

Killing of Staffer Second Loss This Week for UN Food Agency
9 May 2008 at 12:28pm
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has spoken out against the murder of the head of its office in north-western Kenya who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, the second such killing of the agency's staff this week.

Terrorist Sect Receives Rare Backing By Church Leaders
9 May 2008 at 12:19pm
A section of senior church leaders from central Kenya wants the government to sit down for talks with Mungiki, a banned ultra-traditionalist tribal sect dreaded for bizarre murders, extortion and a campaign to impose circumcision and a strict dress code on women.

World Food Programme Official Killed in Northwest
9 May 2008 at 10:29am
Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Kenya's northwestern town of Lokichoggio on 7 May, in what the agency has described as the first killing of a WFP aid worker in the relief hub for Southern Sudan.

KENYA: WFP official killed in Lokichoggio
NAIROBI Friday, May 09, 2008 (IRIN) - Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Kenya's northwestern town of Lokichoggio on 7 May, in what the agency has described as the first killing of a WFP aid worker in the relief hub for Southern Sudan.

KENYA: Food shortages persist even as rains fall in northeast
EL RAM Wednesday, May 07, 2008 (IRIN) - The rains have started falling in northeastern Kenya, but this alone is unlikely to immediately resolve the food problems facing the mainly nomadic families in the semi-arid region, aid workers said.

KENYA: Resettlement of IDPs begins in Rift Valley
NAIROBI Tuesday, May 06, 2008 (IRIN) - The resettlement of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) began on 5 May in Kenya's Rift Valley Province under a government campaign dubbed "Operation Rudi Nyumbani" (go back home).

KENYA: Marie: "My one night stand could change my life forever"
NAIROBI Tuesday, May 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Marie*, 25, comes from France but works for an international non-governmental organisation that often requires her to travel around Asia and Africa. While on one such trip she made a decision that could change her life forever.

KENYA: Financing boost for small farmers
NAIROBI Tuesday, May 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Small farmers and agricultural enterprises are the main beneficiaries of a financing partnership launched on 6 May to help them break out of poverty and commercialise farming.

GLOBAL: Canada to provide cash, not commodities in switch of food aid policy
JOHANNESBURG Monday, May 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Canada is the latest major donor country to break the link between overseas food aid and supporting its own farmers.

KENYA: Compensation, fear of attacks keeping IDPs in Rift Valley camps
ELDORET Thursday, May 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Along the Nakuru-Eldoret road, the charred remains of homes and businesses scar the picturesque landscape of Kenya's Rift Valley province and serve as a reminder of two months of violence that rocked the nation early this year.

KENYA: Clergy urged to ditch sanctimony in HIV fight
NAIROBI Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (IRIN) - When Bishop James Otieno Okombo revealed he was HIV-positive in 1996, his archbishop summarily dismissed him, calling him a sinner and a disgrace to his church.

KENYA: Camp conditions harsh for HIV-positive displaced people
NAKURU Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Harsh living conditions and the onset of the cold rainy season in Kenya are making it increasingly difficult for HIV-positive people displaced in the recent post-election violence to stay healthy, according to health workers in the camps.

KENYA: ARV programmes slowly recovering from post-election crisis
ELDORET Monday, April 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of Kenyans who dropped out of HIV treatment programmes in January as a result of the country's post-election violence are gradually returning to the clinics and the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that help prolong their lives.

KENYA: Henry Mwitirere, Kenya, "I'm displaced but at least I can help other H...
NAKURU Monday, April 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Henry Kamau Mwiterere works with the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV (AMPATH) as a facilitator for HIV support groups in Kenya's western Rift Valley Province. Made homeless by the country's post-election violence in January, he told PlusNews how he has managed to make a difference to displaced people living with the virus.

KENYA: Rosemary Kuria: "These children belong here, where else can I take them?"
ELDORET Monday, April 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Rosemary Kuria, 40, has managed to remain cheerful and energetic, despite camping with at least 14,000 other internally displaced person at the showground in Eldoret, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Kuria, a mother of three girls, is optimistic that the country's leadership will soon find a solution to the hundreds of thousands of IDPs who fled their homes in January and February following violence sparked by disputed presidential elections.

KENYA: IDPs remain cautious as leaders preach peace
ELDORET Friday, April 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Ndirangu Mwangi, 26, one of 14,000 people camping in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret?s showground, was less than encouraged after Kenya?s political leaders visited the town as part of a ?national healing? initiative. ?We are worried about the future, we lost everything during the post-election violence and we don?t know where we would restart our lives if we were to return home,? Mwangi told IRIN.

KENYA: Wild animals compete with humans for scarce water resources
GARISSA Wednesday, April 16, 2008 (IRIN) - Ahmed Diriye had taken his goats to a stream in Mogogashe near the northern Kenyan town of Garissa and was waiting for them to drink when he was attacked by baboons.

GLOBAL: Costly food opportunity to review aid responses
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, April 16, 2008 (IRIN) - High food prices have brought social unrest but they have also provided a "window of opportunity" to review global policies on the response to food insecurity, said a leading food aid analyst as experts and aid agencies began an unprecedented strategic re-think at a three-day meeting in Rome on 16 April.