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Kenya celebrates Obama victory.

Kenyans have reacted with song and dance to the victory of Democratic senator for Illinois Barack Obama in the race for the White House. Supporters across the country took to the streets in jubilation...
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EASSy optic cable capacity increased.

The East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) has increased the capacity on its planned undersea cable to 1.4 Tbits/sec in response to growing demand for broadband internet connectivity in the east...
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Kenya counts down to the US elections.

There are no prizes for guessing who Kenyans are backing in the United States presidential elections on 4 November. Support for the junior senator from Illinois and Democratic candidate Barack Obama,...
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Cellphone price war following Orange launch.

Kenyan mobile telephone customers are enjoying a vicious price war between Telkom Kenya’s new Orange service and the market leader Safaricom and its main competitor Zain (formerly Celtel). Oran...
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Kenya gives boost to tourism.

The Kenyan government has never been more serious about wooing foreign tourists than it is at present. The ministry of tourism has allocated KSh1 billion to marketing the east African country as the...
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Dormans coffee to expand.

Dormans coffee has announced plans to expand its presence in Kenya. The company, one of the leading coffee roasters and exporters in east Africa, currently operates ten coffee shops in Nairobi and one...
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UN Nairobi office to be upgraded.

United Nations (UN) secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint a director-general to oversee the UN Environment Programme and the UN Human Settlements Programme (Habitat) in a move that will...
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Peace education enters Kenyan curriculum.

Pupils at state primary and secondary schools are to study peace education as of January 2009 in a move aimed at countering the negative effects of the post-election violence in the country early this...
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Kenya world’s

Kenya is the most famous location for movie sets according to a report in the British Airways in-flight magazine
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Kenya-Uganda railway to be upgraded.

One of the oldest railways in Africa, dubbed The Lunatic Express, could soon be modernized. The Kenyan government and a group of consultants from the public and private sectors have drawn up plans to...
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African broadcast and film conference.

Broadcasters, filmmakers, producers, advertising agency executives, regulators and policymakers from all over Africa are expected in Nairobi for the first African Broadcast and Film Conference from 23...
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Safaricom M-Pesa service expands.

Sending or receiving cash has never been easier for the over 11 million cell phone subscribers in Kenya thanks to the extension of the M-Pesa money transfer system offered by the leading mobile teleco...
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Delta opens Nairobi office.

Delta airlines has opened offices in Nairobi ahead of the launch of direct flights between Kenya and the US, now scheduled for early next year. The American carrier was due to begin services in mid-20...
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Art market at RaMoMa.

The Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art is holding a monthly sale of Kenyan art at affordable prices at its premises in the Parklands area of Nairobi. On the last Saturday of the month visitors to the new...
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New mobile firm to enter Kenyan market in November.

The two mobile phone companies operating in Kenya, Safaricom and Zain, can relax for a couple of months following the news that would-be competitor Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK) Limited has postponed th...
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New mobile firm to enter Kenyan market in November.

The two mobile phone companies operating in Kenya, Safaricom and Zain, can relax for a couple of months following the news that would-be competitor Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK) Limited has postponed th...
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Fly540 flies high in Africa.

Kenyan no-frills airline Fly540 is preparing to launch a new service linking the capital Nairobi to Mwanza in northwestern Tanzania. The service, which is expected to come into operation in October, f...
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Meat shortage looms in Nairobi.

Nairobians could be facing a meat shortage following the ordered closure of five private slaughterhouses in the capital due to non-compliance with environmental regulations. The order affects Dagorett...
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Anti-corruption tsar Githongo calls for amnesty.

The one-time head of the Kenya anti-corruption commission John Githongo has called for an amnesty for high-level corruption suspects on condition of full confession and the voluntary surrender of stol...
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KenyaBuzz joins forces with Business Daily.

Local entertainment directory Kenya Buzz has joined forces with the
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Celtel rebrands African operations to Zain.

Mobile telecommunications company Celtel has rebranded its operations across Africa to Zain and announced moves to increase its competitiveness in local markets. Under the renaming Celtel Kenya has be...
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Kenya and Tanzania mark embassy bombings.

On 7 August Kenya and Tanzania mark the tenth anniversary of the US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, which left a total of 224 people dead and thousands more injured. The majority of c...
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Third mobile operator Econet prepares to launch.

Mobile phone users in Kenya are looking forward to the launch of the country
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Government moves to end school violence.

Education minister Sam Oneri has banned the use of mobile phones and videos in schools with immediate effect in a bid to stem ongoing unrest in secondary schools across the country. The move comes a...
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Kenya-Uganda railway nears collapse.

One of the oldest and longest railway lines in Africa is on the verge of collapse due to poor management, lack of support from the financial sector and lack of political goodwill from the Kenyan and U...
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New e-commerce technology for Kenya.

Kenyans could soon have access to revolutionary new technology allowing them to check their bank balances, pay utility bills and make other transactions by mobile phone,
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New-look National Museum opens in Nairobi.

Museum lovers in the capital have reason to smile thanks to the KSh8 million renovation and refurbishment of the Nairobi National Museum, which officially reopened to the public on 14 July. The ambit...
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New finance minister appointed.

Environment minister John Michuki has been named as acting finance minister following the resignation of Amos Kimunya over the sale of Nairobi
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