Kenya’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed 12 new coronavirus cases in the country, five of them involving hotel workers. Mr Kagwe told a media briefing that more than 450 samples were tested by Friday morning and that: “We have already got
A Kenyan teachers union wants teachers in areas affected by militant attacks to undergo military training and have guns for their own safety. The Kenya National Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) officials made the statement after a meeting with teachers who fled after an attack on Monday in Kamuthe, Garissa county. Three teachers
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A multi-storey residential building has collapsed in a suburb of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. People are believed to be trapped inside. There are not many details at the moment, but photos from the scene in Tassia show people sorting through the rubble:
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The second phase of Kenya’s new railway line, running from the capital Nairobi to Naivasha town, will be opened today for passenger services only. Cargo services will have to wait for the construction of a dry port, which could take longer than planned after the local Maasai community moved to court to oppose its construction.
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The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has said the country exported goods worth $74m (£61m) to China in the first six months of 2019 compared with $43m worth of goods exported during a similar period last year. Kenya has been conducting an aggressive trade and marketing campaign targeting potential Chinese buyers. Coffee, tea and avocados
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Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich has arrived at court in the capital, Nairobi, where he is to appear after being accused of corruption by the director of public prosecutions. Mr Rotich was arrested on Monday after Noordin Haji said he was part of a scheme to defraud by arranging contracts “riddled with massive illegalities”. He
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Police in Kenya have arrested an aide to Deputy President William Ruto in an ongoing investigation over an alleged plot to assassinate the politician. Dennis Itumbi – who is the secretary for digital in the presidency – was arrested in the Central Business District in the capital, Nairobi. Mr Itumbi has been linked to a
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Tanzania’s prime minister has met the Kenyan high commissioner after he was summoned to explain comments by a Kenyan governing party MP that Tanzanian business people should leave his country. MP Charles Njagua Kanyi said: “Tanzanians and Ugandans have taken our business, enough is enough”. He then said they would be beaten if they did
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Kenyan police have shot and wounded a man brandishing a knife after he climbed into the grounds of state house in the capital, Nairobi, a police report says. The police have said the man is a 25-year-old fifth year university student of mechanical science. The man is said to have posted on his Facebook page
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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has used an historic visit to a mosque to call on Muslims to help in the fight against extremism President Kenyatta went to the Jamia Mosque in the capital, Nairobi, to break the fast on Thursday night. His office says it was the first time a sitting Kenyan president visited and
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Kenya’s High Court three-judge bench is set to decide whether same-sex relations are crimes in the East African nation. Gay-rights groups supported the petition seeking to quash sections 162 and 165 of the penal code. They argued that the state has no business regulating matters of intimacy. However, religious groups argued that such matters should
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