Tag Archives: kenya

Farmers call for subsidies ahead of planting season

March 16, 2013 no comments

FARMERS in Nakuru County are all system ready for the planting process despite the financial and climatic challenges they are undergoing. According to John Aming’a, a farmer at Mzee Wanyama area in t...

Four robbers shot dead in Nairobi

March 16, 2013 no comments

FOUR robbers shot dead along Ngong road in Nairobi on Thursday could be the gang behind a series of robberies that happened in Nakuru  in January this year. A local businessman whose computer accesso...

Raila Odinga warned not to conduct any government business in Kenya as...

March 15, 2013 1 comment

The defiant former Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, has been told that he is no longer the country’s Prime Minister, and should cease to function as such and desist from engaging in any p...

IDP’s and rift valley residents call on the ICC to drop charges ...

March 14, 2013 no comments

PREVAILING peaceful atmosphere in all perceived hotspot areas in rift valley has been attributed to local communities’ decision to vote as a block for Jubilee alliance. The predominant Kalenjin and K...

The 103 year-old Kenyan man who wouldn’t let the chance to vote pass h...

March 14, 2013 1 comment

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 14 –  Capital FM – As Kenyans settle down after the landmark General Elections where they turned out with sheer might to vote, the story of self-confessed centurion Karumba ...

Agricultural officer call for adoption of efficient farming methods in...

March 14, 2013 no comments

Comprehensive adoption of efficient farming methods by the medium and small scale farmers could greatly boost the overall food production in Nakuru County, an agricultural officer has noted. Nakuru A...

Making a living out of charcoal dust in Kenya

March 13, 2013 no comments

The chorus of “jobs are scarce” is a song to many Kenyans. A recent research even went ahead and claimed that Kenya is the second worst country to be born in. But this is only if one is never determi...

Street urchins posing threat to security in Nakuru County, Kenya

March 13, 2013 no comments

Newstime Africa has established that the semi-fenced land surrounding the perimeter wall of Afraha stadium is now a haven of rapists, muggers and other sort of crimes. In the last one month alone, at...

Chinese investors show interest in Kenya’s Rift Valley

March 13, 2013 1 comment

Cost of living is set to drop at some percentage for people living in Nakuru town and Rift Valley as a whole as well as increased job opportunities to the youth living within the region. This is afte...

Civil society groups raise concerns over Raila Odinga’s visit to Kiber...

March 13, 2013 no comments

Civil society groups have raised concerns over CORD leader Raila Odinga’s visit to Kibera on Tuesday and commenting on the IEBC and Safaricom case of vote rigging. Midrift Human Rights network’s chai...

Preposterous demands by Raila Odinga – As he takes Kenya’s...

March 12, 2013 no comments

Raila Odinga’s insatiable appetite to become president of Kenya can only be matched by his intrinsic passion for the trappings of power. At one point, it was reported that he requested his own ...

Local observers say the IEBC showed efficiency throughout the electora...

March 11, 2013 no comments

The long queues witnessed in almost every part of Kenya during the voting day are a clear indication that Kenyans have an anxious anticipation for good governance and that they have taken up responsi...

African Union congratulates Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto on their e...

March 11, 2013 no comments

Statement by Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the announcement of the results in the Kenyan elections.

The United States should accept that the Kenyan people have spoken ...

March 9, 2013 no comments

The United States government of president Barack Obama, through his Secretary of State, have failed miserably to embrace the democratic choice of the people of Kenya. Prior to the Kenyan elections, t...

Kenya prepares for a new era as Uhuru Kenyatta wins vote count in hist...

March 9, 2013 no comments

It appears that Uhuru Kenyatta have won the Kenyan presidential election according to  indications provided by the provisional results of votes counted so far counted. With all votes tallied, Kenyatt...

UN Secretary-General appeals to the Kenyans to continue to maintain ca...

March 6, 2013 no comments

NEW YORK, March 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – “As you know, I spoke to President [Mwai] Kibaki last week. I have been encouraged thus far by the largely peaceful and orderly process, de...