A new project aims to reopen the official border crossings between Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, which have been partially or fully closed in recent years due to security issues.Speaking Thursday in the border town of Mandera during the launch, Kenya’s …
Day: May 12, 2023
Kenyan volunteers train slum residents to prepare for extreme weather
Volunteers work together to clear debris and waste that is blocking the waterways and drainage at an informal settlement in Nairobi. The Kenya Meteorological Department has been training young people from informal settlements to interpret weather forec…
Kenyan volunteers train slum residents to prepare for extreme weather
Volunteers work together to clear debris and waste that is blocking the waterways and drainage at an informal settlement in Nairobi. The Kenya Meteorological Department has been training young people from informal settlements to interpret weather forec…
Kenya’s final farewell to Mau Mau heroine Kimathi
Kenyan icon Mukami Kimathi, whose husband Dedan Kimathi led a bloody resistance movement against British colonial rule during the 1950s, will be buried in her rural town of Njabini, in Kenya’s Nyandarua County on Saturday. She died on May 4 in a hospit…
Wild lion Loonkiito, ‘one of the world’s oldest’, killed in Kenya
A wild male lion believed to be one of the world’s oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said.Loonkiito, who was 19, died in Olkelunyiet village on Wednesday night after preying on livestock.The village borders Ambos…
Leaders Decry Lack Of Equipment, Staff For Junior Secondary
Deputy Speaker of Isiolo County Assembly David Lemantile and the leader of Majority Abdirashid Diba have both decried the poor learning environment for Junior Secondary Schools in the county.The leaders said that the local schools do not have laborato…
90 Sheep, Goats Die In Unclear Circumstances
A total of 90 sheep and goats have been reported dead in Kang’ing’olemong’in, Turkana South sub county.Experts are trying to establish the cause of the deaths. Water and soil samples from a well where tens of livestock were reported dead after drinkin…
Migori Community Partners With KFS, American Company To Restore Forest
In a remarkable show of unity, American Tower Company Kenya (ATC), Kenya Forest Service (KFS), and the local community of Nyasoko in Migori County have come together to plant millions of trees to promote the Nyasoko Conservation Forest.This partnershi…
State To Invest Sh450 Million To Establish 30 Water Projects
The government, through the Ministry of Regional Development, will spend Sh450 million to establish 30 water projects in counties under the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA).Noting that water was one of the causes of conflicts among the pastor…
Tea Farmers Benefit From A Two-Day Free Medical Camp
More than 200 tea farmers in Nyansiongo town have benefitted from a two-day free medical camp organized by the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Foundation in partnership with Majani Insurance Brokers Limited.Hundreds of farmers were examined for va…