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Central Nairobi has never been cleaner or safer thanks to the relocation of over 10,000 hawkers to a special market built for them on the eastern edge of the city centre.
Financed by the government...
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Kenya at last has a new unity government under the terms of the power-sharing agreement signed by President Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader...
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Seven dead in Mungiki violence.
At least seven people are believed to have died in Kenya in clashes with police sparked by members of the outlawed Mungiki sect. The violence follows the discovery of the beheaded body of the wife of...
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Kenya cabinet to be announced.
President Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) and prime minister-designate Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have agreed on a 40-member cabinet under the terms of the p...
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Motorists in Nairobi heaved a sigh of relief in mid-March when local government minister Uhuru Kenyatta banned matatus (mini bus taxis) arriving from the east side of the city from entering the city c...
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Park entrance fee increase delayed.
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS), which manages the country
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Safaricom IPO the talk of the town.
Nairobi residents have never been more money-minded thanks to the Ksh50 billion Safaricom initial public offer (IPO), launched at the end of March.
Everyone is talking about how to get a piece of the...
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Police in Nairobi have fired teargas at a crowd protesting at the proposed size of the new unity government as political leaders continue to disagree over the number and distribution of ministerial po...
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Talks to name cabinet underway.
Talks are underway between incumbent president Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga to pick a new cabinet. However a first meeting...
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Local and international investors will be watching the Nairobi stock exchange for the next two weeks as Kenya
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Kenya parliament fast-tracks power-sharing deal.
Kenya could have a new coalition government as early as the week beginning 17 March following the approval by parliamentary speaker Kenneth Marende of a motion to fast-track the requisite laws. Member...
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French international broadcaster Radio France Internationale has launched a new radio show in Nairobi and Mombasa called
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Tourist sector counts cost of post-election violence.
Only 8,000 tourists travelled to Kenya
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RaMoMa modern art museum relocates.
The Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art (RaMoMa) has relocated from its former premises in the Upper Hill area to more spacious accommodation on 2nd Parklands Avenue to the northwest of the city centre. T...
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Members of parliament gathered in Nairobi on 6 March for the state opening of parliament exactly one week after the signing of a power-sharing deal to end the political deadlock triggered by the dispu...
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga and incumbent president Mwai Kibaki have signed a power-sharing agreement signalling an end to the political impasse triggered by the disputed presidential elections of...
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The new mayor of Nairobi is Godffrey Odihambo Majiwa of the main opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Majiwa took the same number of votes as his Party of National Unity (PNU) rival John...
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ENTRY/WORK PERMITS
Non-Kenyan citizens must have an entry/work permit issued by the Principal Immigration Office (PIO) before they can take up any form of work in Kenya, whether paid or unpaid....
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Chief mediator Kofi Annan has suspended talks to end the political impasse sparked by the disputed presidential elections and called on the country
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GenerationKenya 45 is an innovative project to celebrate the achievements of Kenyans born in the 45 years since independence from Britain in 1963. Forty-five people active in the fields of arts and en...
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Kenya?
One of the proposals under consideration by negotiators seeking a political settlement to the crisis sparked by the disputed 27 December presidential elections is the formation of a Truth and Reconcil...
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Kibaki under pressure to share power.
One and a half months after going to the polls Kenyans still do not know who really won the presidential race. They are now waiting with baited breath for the last word from former United Nations secr...
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Independent panel to review polls.
Government and opposition representatives have agreed to set up an independent committee to review the disputed December elections, the chief mediator Kofi Annan has said.
The review panel should be...
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Mayoral elections on 25 February.
Kenya faces a new round of voting on 25 February when councillors elected or nominated to the country
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Kenya faces a new round of voting on 25 February when councillors elected or nominated to the country
