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Are you planning to go out partying or to attend a kesha (overnight prayer vigils) this weekend? If yes then you may just be forced alter these plans. A massive crackdown on noise pollution begins this weekend according to government spokesman Dr Alfred...
Tags: noise pollution, Kenya, Nairobi, Environmental science, Sound, Noise, Noise regulation, Industrial noise, Pollution
From prolonged droughts to melting ice caps to heavy flooding and unpredictable weather patterns, climate change effects are already wrecking lives in Africa, the continent that pollutes the least. About 23-million people currently face starvation across...
Tags: climate change, South Africa, Southern Africa, African Union, Kenya, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Environment, Carbon finance, 19th century, Global warming, 21st century, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Drought
Kenya said on Thursday it would invest some Sh26 billion to expand and modernise its major airports over the next four years, Sh16.8 billion of which will by financed through loans. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and French Development Agency will...
Tags: KAA, George Muhoho, China, Shanghai, Nairobi, Kenya, Business Finance, Jomo Kenyatta, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Transport in Kenya, Kenya Airports Authority
International Indictments Stir Angry Debate Mary Kimani 25 November 2009 analysis In July 2008 Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced his intention to prosecute President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan...
Tags: Kenya, International Criminal Court, Sudan, Khartoum, Politics, Crime against humanity, Politics of Kenya, War Conflict, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Waki Commission, Mwai Kibaki, Law Crime, International criminal law, Luis Moreno, Human rights abuses, Kenyan crisis, Moses Wetangula, Moreno, War crimes, Omar al-Bashir
Kenya’s image has improved remarkably in the United Kingdom tourist market, a European travel group said on Thursday. The British tour operators said efforts by the Kenya Tourist Board in rebuilding the country’s image in UK following last year’s post-poll...
Tags: Touristik Union International UK, Kenya Tourist Board, United Kingdom, London, Thaker, Tourism, Diani Beach, Kenya, Adansonia, Hospitality Recreation, Najib Balala, Mombasa
The government on Thursday gave the strongest signal ever that it was unlikely to alter the law to allow Kenyans to access their pensions before retirement age. The hint came from Public Service head Francis Muthaura and PS Titus Ndambuki in submissions...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Social Issues, Francis Muthaura, Politics, Orange Democratic Movement¬タモKenya, Retirement, Pension, Labor, Samburu, Permanent Secretary, Personal finance, Financial services, Investment
CBK governor Prof Njuguna Ndung’u said by lowering the interest rates, banks will be supporting economic activities that will generate employment and contribute towards achievement of the country’s Vision 2030 goals. "The Central Bank has set the appropriate...
Tags: central banks, Stories CBK, lending rate, banks rate, lowering rate, Kenya, Nairobi, Prime rate, Interest, Business Finance, Inflation, Macroeconomics, Central bank, Inflation targeting, Monetary policy, Interest rate
commercial banks quoted the local unit at Sh74.30/50 to the dollar, compared with Wednesday's close of Sh74.40/50. The shilling is seen trading in the Sh74.20 to Sh75.00 range in coming days. "We have seen some inflows from tea, NGOs.
Tags: Kenya Commercial Bank, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenyan shilling, Business Finance, Central bank, Shilling
Kenyans who have in the recent past uttered inciting remarks will be prosecuted, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission has warned. Commission chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia said their mandate is to encourage harmony and are drawn back by remarks...
Tags: Dr Kibunjia, Kenya, Nairobi
Members of Cabinet and 50 MPs gather to raise money and hit out at Prime Minister It was billed as a simple fundraising event for squatters evicted from the Mau Forest, but the loaded political speeches pointed to a new political grouping united by a...
Tags: prime minister, Kenya, Mombasa, Politics, Politics of Kenya, Vice-Presidents of Kenya, William Ruto, Raila Odinga, Environment, Uhuru Kenyatta, Mau Forest, Orange Democratic Movement¬タモKenya, Jomo Kenyatta, James Orengo, Mau, Kalonzo Musyoka, George Saitoti