Lamu News

At least eight people among them three children and two women have been confirmed dead following a severe out-break of cholera in several parts of Lamu Island. Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) and health officials have teamed up to battle...

In Nairobi, for example, the City Council cannot respond to fires as all of its 18 fire engines, except one, are grounded. Corruption and misuse of emergency equipment have brought the fire department to its knees. Should there be an...

The damaged Kinagoni bridge puts the lives of more than 200,000 people in Lamu, Tana Delta and Tana River at risk of not getting food and other supplies from Mombasa and Malindi. Over 2,000 people were rendered homeless when more...

Kenya has been urged to show more commitment in preserving the Lamu World Heritage Site. The call came from a United Nations agency in the wake of plans to build a second port and prospect for oil in the area....

Land owners who lose property under new plan should be paid, say leaders Coast leaders have welcomed the proposed construction of Lamu port provided that the affected people are compensated for their land. Tourism minister Najib Balala said he fully...

The circus surrounding the Lamu county council elections does not seem to end and has resurfaced in the form of applications and counter applications being filed in court. A week after a subordinate court in Garsen ordered for the arrest...

The global economic recession and heavy rains that cut off a section of the road connecting Mombasa and Lamu has made organisers of this years’ Lamu Cultural festival worried about the success of the annual event. Although they are upbeat...

Government has issued a fresh flood alert to thousands of people near River Tana. District commissioner Elias Kithaura on Tuesday said although the heavy rains had eased, the water level in River Tana was rising due to downpours in Garissa...

The minister for roads, Mr Franklin Bett has given engineers three weeks to build the broken road at Kanagoni that connects Mombasa and northern Kenya. Mr Bett said the Malindi-Lamu highway was an important road for tourism and other economic...

The findings are expected to pave way for the planned reconstruction of the houses set to begin later this week. More than 500 houses were destroyed in the blaze, leaving scores of families without a roof over their heads. The...