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Kenyan coffee: New coffee shop opens in Nairobi.

Kenyan tea and coffee producer Sasini Tea and Coffee Ltd has launched its own retail chain in Nairobi to compete with the more established Nairobi Java House and Dorman
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Kenyan elections: The cost of Kenyan democracy.

An assistant minister and some parliamentary candidates were among scores of people injured in Kenya during the chaotic and violent primaries conducted by some of the 140 registered political parties...
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Exciting times for Kenyan journalists

These are exciting times for Kenyan journalists ahead of the general and local government elections on 27 December. Members of the fourth estate are now as fired up as the presidential, parliamentary...
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Railways in Kenya: Slow coach rail service.

Kenya will go down in history as having one of the slowest rail services in the world while the bullet train is the in thing elsewhere. This follows a decision by Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the conso...
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Nairobi archbishop to be installed as cardinal.

All roads lead to Rome on 24 November, when Nairobi
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Human rights in Kenya: Police blamed for

The police have been blamed for the death of hundreds of people in and around Nairobi over the last several months. The accusation, contained in a preliminary report released by Kenya National Commiss...
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Nairobi news: New look for Nairobi.

Nairobi is no longer the dull and ugly city it used to be thanks to the city council
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Kenyan elections: Orange clothes warning.

Visitors to Nairobi be warned: Kenyans are bracing themselves for a gruelling general election and it may be advisable to keep off wearing orange clothes. Two of the leading parties are using the colo...
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Election violence in Kenya.

Tension is running high in Kenya ahead of general and local elections on 27 December, with two separate incidents of poll-related violence on 28 October. One man was killed when youths tried to preven...
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Majimbo plans cause concern.

There is disagreement in Kenya over plans by the main opposition parties to introduce a majimbo or federal system of government should they win the general elections later this year. The proponents of...
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Aviation meeting in Nairobi.

Representatives of Africa
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Nairobi real estate: Sub-letting contested in Nairobi.

Landlords in Nairobi are calling for new regulations to stem the growing practice by tenants of sub-letting servants
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National Museums of Kenya logo competition.

Designers are invited to take part in a competition to design a new logo for the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Entries should be around the theme
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Anti-corruption investigations go ahead.

President Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) has refused to sign into law a bill limiting the powers of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). Approved by parliament in mid Septemb...
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Health in Kenya: Nairobi hospital to examine leftover drugs.

People with left-over prescription medicines can have them analysed free of charge at Nairobi hospital to establish whether they can be re-used. The service aims to prevent waste and save costs for pa...
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Odinga launches presidential campaign.

Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), has opened his campaign to succeed Mwai Kibaki as the fourth president of Kenya when the country goes to the polls in Dec...
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Preparations for elections can begin.

Preparations for the upcoming general and local government elections can now go ahead following a high court ruling which rejected a case brought against the electoral commission of Kenya over a Ksh 4...
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Nairobi international marathon.

The fifth edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi international marathon, the first of a series of four marathon races sponsored by Standard Chartered banks across the globe, will take place in the...
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Kenyan media:

Kenyan men can now learn about the latest in fashion, cars and technological toys in the new glossy magazine
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Delta to fly Nairobi-New York.

United States carrier Delta Air Lines is due to launch four weekly flights between Nairobi and New York via Dakar in Senegal starting June 2007. The service, which still requires final approval from t...
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Roads in Nairobi: Road expansion in Nairobi.

The Thika Road branch of the Nakumatt supermarket chain is one of several buildings slated for demolition under a major road expansion project in Nairobi, local newspaper
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Aid in Africa: Kenya second recipient of remittances to Africa.

Kenya is the second main recipient of foreign exchange remittances in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria according to a working paper released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is estimated t...
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New commuter bus service in Nairobi.

Commuters in Nairobi can make use of a new
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Amendment to Kenyan media bill causes concern.

A last-minute amendment to an already controversial media bill requiring journalists to reveal undisclosed sources if a published story ends up in court are causing a storm in Kenya and beyond. Medi...
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Women’s quota in Kenyan parliament.

Kenyan women have launched a campaign calling for a women

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