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Direct flights from Nairobi to New Delhi

Kenya Airways is to launch direct flights from Nairobi to the Indian capital New Delhi, from 15 May. The four times a week service will depart Nairobi every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday a...
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E-waste recycling centre launched in Nairobi

An electronic waste recycling centre has been launched in Nairobi as part of efforts to deal with the problem of disposing of toxic computers and printers and other e-waste material and to raise aware...
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Direct flights from Nairobi to South Korea

 Korean Air is to launch a nonstop service from Nairobi to Seoul in South Korea, marking the first direct flights between northeast Asia and Nairobi. Beginning on 21 June, Flight KE959 will de...
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World Bank’s global hub in Nairobi

The World Bank opened a new global network in Nairobi on 22 February to provide greater assistance to more than 30 conflict-affected countries, most of which are in Africa and the Middle East. The...
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Cross country championships in Nairobi

The Athletics Kenya (AK) Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) national cross country championships take place at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on 18 February. Attracting mainly Kenyans, other participants in the...
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Nokia launches global base in Nairobi

Finnish mobile handset manufacturer Nokia is to establish a global research and development centre in Nairobi to serve as a hub for the company
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Nairobi car parking increases thrown out of court

The constitutional court has ordered that Nairobi City Council (NCC) reverse its increases in parking fees within the city
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MasterCard opens hub in Nairobi

Multinational financial payments system MasterCard has established a regional hub in Nairobi to serve the east African market and Mauritius. MasterCard said that its new base in the Kenyan capital...
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Milk and bread costs more in Nairobi

The price of milk and bread is going up in Nairobi supermarkets thanks to a shortage of milk and increases in wheat prices. Prices are increasing by up to 10 per cent for both products. Milk now costs...
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Kenya Airways passengers up

Kenya Airways has announced that passengers increased by 15.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period the previous year. Passengers on European routes showed an increase...
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Four Kenyans to be tried by International Criminal court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that four Kenyans are to stand trial on accusations of crimes against humanity, which include murder and persecution, The charges refer to the widespre...
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Britain issues security warning in Kenya

The British Foreign Office has advised its citizens to avoid non-essential travel within 60 km of Kenya
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Maasai protest land grievances

In evidence to Kenya
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Rare pygmy hippo dies in Nairobi safari park

A rare pygmy hippo has died in Nairobi
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Kenya bombs Al-Shabab targets in Somalia

Medecins Sans Frontieres, the international medical and humanitarian organisation, says that Kenyan planes have struck a camp for displaced people in Somalia close to the border with Kenya, killing at...
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Counterfeit medicine circulating in Kenya

Kenya's government is acting to remove thousands of counterfeit antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) from circulation across the country. The existence of the fake medicine first came to light in September whe...
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Kenya cracks down on Al-Shabab

The Kenyan government has announced that it will launch a major security operation against followers of the Somali Islamist movement, Al-Shabab, based in the country
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Relocation of Kenya’s elephants

Kenyan park rangers have begun relocating 50 elephants to the Maasai Mara game reserve from the outskirts of Narok, a town situated some 150 km north-west of the capital Nairobi. Narok has suffered de...
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Funeral of Wangari Maathai in Nairobi

The body of Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai will be cremated at the Kariokor Crematorium and her remains interred at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies in Nairobi, in a s...
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Nairobi mourns Wangari Maathai

As her family and friends prepare the funeral arrangements for Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, they have announced that prayers will be said for her at a public ceremony on 28 September from...
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Over 100 die in Nairobi fire

Over 100 people perished in a fire in the densely-populated Lunga Lunga industrial area of Nairobi on 12 September. Police believe that the fire started after a cigarette butt was dropped into a f...
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Water masterplan for Nairobi

The Kenyan government has commissioned a feasibility study to develop alternative water sources for Kenya
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High-speed, low-cost broadband in Nairobi

A recent partnership between international internet giant Google and ISP Wananchi Group, a Nairobi-based telecoms provider, has resulted in the launch of a low-cost, high-speed wireless broadband netw...
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Aladwa elected mayor of Nairobi

George Aladwa of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has been elected as the new mayor of Nairobi. He won 57 votes to 45 for James Gakuya of the Party of National Unity (PNU). Aladwa has been act...
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Nairobi election for mayor

Local elections are taking place across Kenya in the last vote before the new devolved system of government outlined by the 2010 constitution becomes operative next year. The minister for local govern...
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Tom Mboya statue goes up in Nairobi

A statue of Tom Mboya will be unveiled officially in central Nairobi on 20 October or Mashujaa Day
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Nairobi’s Hillcrest schools get new owners

The group of Hillcrest Schools in Karen has been bought by Ayisi Makatiani, managing partner of Fanisi Venture Capital, and Anthony Wahome of the Linksoft Group of companies. Both are millionaires who...
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Major water project underway in Nairobi

A Sh1.5 billion water and sewerage project to increase water supply and reserves in Nairobi has been commissioned by Athi Water Services Board (AWSB). The plant is being funded by the French Developme...
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