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Hiring to start on Nairobi-Mombasa rail line
Chinese company seeks 30,000 employees for project
Construction of the 610-km Nairobi-Mombasa railway line could start soon, on what is being described as the most ambitious infrastructure projec...
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Kenya security shake-up over latest terrorist attack
Al-Shabaab kill 36 non-Muslims in northern Kenya
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has fired his interior minister Joseph Ole Lenku and accepted the resignation of the national police chief David Ki...
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Protests in Nairobi over insecurity in northern Kenya
Demonstrations after Al-Shabab kills 28 non-Muslims in Kenya
Protests have been taking place in Nairobi on 25 November over rising insecurity in the northern Kenyan region near the border with Som...
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Nairobi protests after women stripped
Police make arrests after women assaulted for wearing miniskirts
Police in Nairobi have arrested about 100 people following several recent cases of women being attacked and stripped by groups of me...
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Interpol forms environmental crime team in Nairobi
Specialists will help tackle wildlife crime in Africa
Interpol has formed a specialist team in Nairobi to tackle east Africa's wildlife poachers.
The Nairobi team will become the African branch...
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This year Nairobi's Storymoja festival (17-21 Sept) has special tributes to those who lost their lives in the Westgate Mall terrorist attack in September 2013, in particular to Ghana’s poet Kofi...
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Nairobi to launch electronic parking system
City expects 30 per cent increase in revenue
From 1 September motorists in some areas of Nairobi will pay parking fees using mobile phones as part of the county government's plan to go digital wit...
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Four dead in Nairobi plane crash
Crash claims all four passengers including crew
A cargo plane crashed into a commercial building in Nairobi shortly after taking off from city's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on 2 July.
Th...
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Taxis to be regulated in Nairobi
Legislation to be in place by end of year
All taxis in Nairobi are to be registered with the county government by the end of 2014 in an effort to reduce crime and allow authorities to keep track o...
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Nairobi police on rollerblades
New police unit to combat muggers
A new team of police officers on inline skates, or rollerblades, will be deployed on the streets of Nairobi from 1 July, in an effort to curb the rising incidents...
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Holidaymakers return home to escape worsening security in Kenya
Hundreds of foreign holidaymakers returned home from Kenya following a double bombing in the Eastleigh district of Nairobi on 16 May,...
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Reservoir to be transformed into recreational centre
Nairobi City County is to embark on a major clean-up of the Nairobi Dam in June to turn the clogged reservoir into a recreational park.
The...
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University of Nairobi skyscraper expansion
Construction is under way of a 22-storey skyscraper
The University of Nairobi is building a 22-storey skyscraper on a green site at its main campus to deal with its ever increasing student populati...
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Capital turns to e-payments to cut long queues
Nairobi city government will switch to electronic payments by July in an effort to combat long queues at the city hall. Instead of residents queuing...
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Nairobi airport terminal 4 to open in July
Opening of new terminal postponed again
The new Terminal 4 at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International airport is due to open to passengers on 4 July, according to transport secretary Michael Kamau wh...
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Terrorist violence in Nairobi continues
Nobody claims responsibility for attack in Eastleigh
Three blasts in central Nairobi killed at least six people and wounded 25 in a coordinated terrorist strike on 31 March, the latest in a series...
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Nairobi most expensive city in Africa
Reasons include rising cost of living and new taxes
Nairobi is Africa’s most expensive city according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The Worldwide Cost of Living 201...
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GPS collars fitted to Nairobi lions
Technology helps reduce human-lion conflict Kenyan wildlife authorities have attached special tracking collars to lions that have been known to attack livestock.
The 10 offending animals were fitt...
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Nairobi has more than doubled the cost of parking within the Central Business District (CBD) from 140 shillings to 300 shillings per day.
The move to raise parking fees in the CBD was originally sa...
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Investigation into rhino killing in Nairobi
Poachers face tough new laws in Kenya
An investigation is under way after poachers killed a female rhinocerous and hacked off its horn in a brazen attack in Nairobi national park.
The killing wa...
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Nairobi to get new air terminal
Project will make Nairobi an important regional hub
Construction work has begun on the new $653 million terminal at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International airport (JKIA), following a fire in August...
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Court to rule on increased Nairobi parking charges
High Court stalls earlier decision until January
Nairobi motorists got a reprieve after the high court suspended implementation of the significant parking increases it had sanctioned on 18 December...
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Six dead in Nairobi grenade attack
Fourth terrorist attack in Kenya in recent days
Six people were killed and 30 injured following a grenade attack on a minibus in north-east Nairobi on the evening of 14 December. The blast on the...
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Kenya’s celebrations of 50 years of independence begin on the afternoon of 11 December when Uhuru Gardens are open to the public. The official ceremonies start at midnight with the hoisting of t...
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Major redevelopment in Nairobi's Eastlands district
Urban renewal plans involve demolition and reconstruction More than 80,000 new homes are to be built in Eastlands, a mixed-income district located due east of Nairobi city centre, as part of a major...
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Slang of Nairobi's slums is becoming widespread in the capital
An urban slang known as Sheng is rapidly taking over as the main language spoken among the youth of Nairobi, a city of 42 languages o...
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Kenyatta seeks to defer ICC trial
ICC considers Kenyan leader's plea
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has agreed to consider the plea of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to defer his upcoming trial for a year.
The administ...
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Kenya in mourning over Westgate attack
Three days of national mourning as Nairobi siege ends
Kenya begins three days of national mourning on 25 September following the end of the four-day siege by Somali-based Islamist militants on Nair...
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Kenyan forces continue battle with terrorists
A stand-off continued at a shopping mall in Nairobi late on 22 September, a day after Somali Islamist group al Shabaab killed at least 68 people and injured 175 in a terrorist attack, Among the dead w...
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Major reform of Nairobi County government
The Nairobi county government plans to sack over 5,000 staff that it inherited from the defunct Nairobi city council in a cost-cutting excercise.
The announcement was made on 16 September by Govern...
