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Schedule for CSCEC's north-east access road firms up

State-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) plans to start work on the 205km road linking Isiolo to Modogashe in April.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 16.03.2022

Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. © Twitter/@SpokespersonGoK

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 15.03.2022

As he readies to bow out, Kenyatta sharpens his institutional tools

Kenya's head of state has made a raft of appointments to public bodies that will play an important role in the remaining few months of a very tight succession battle.

Subscribers only Politics Running Story - State House battle in Kenya 14.03.2022

Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

With presidential and general elections on the horizon, Kenya's anti-graft agency has forwarded allegations of conflict of interest and embezzlement against some of the deputy president's closest aides to the state prosecutor.

Subscribers only Politics Running Story - State House battle in Kenya 11.03.2022

Kenyatta bestows honorary environmental awards on close allies before leaving office

Mark Rose (right), head of Fauna & Flora International. © Najib Balala/Twitter

Subscribers only Politics 08.03.2022

KenGen steps up solar strategy

Kenya's state-owned power utility @KenGenKenya has completed the pre-feasibility study for a solar power plant with a maximum capacity of 40MW to be built next to the Seven Forks Dam.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 02.03.2022

Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

The Kenyan president's right-hand man, Nzioka Waita, is hoping to get himself elected as governor of a strategic county near Nairobi. He knows he needs a major image makeover to convince voters and beat off the competition.

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2022

Former lawyer Machakos Nzioka Waita (left) and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenyatta bets on Covid vaccine factory to boost his legacy

The Kenyan president has upped the human and financial resources earmarked for a vaccine factory project he wants completed before the end of his term later this year. He is getting help from international allies.

Subscribers only Business 28.02.2022

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Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta fears that the country's appeal to investors will decline in the run-up to what is expected to be a hotly disputed election. He has instructed his teams to promote a new eurobond in the world's leading financial marketplaces.

Subscribers only Politics 25.02.2022

Nairobi calls on FBI to help fight cybercrime

Overwhelmed by the rise in cybercrime, the Kenyan authorities have extended their cooperation with the FBI to the digital domain. American experts are expected in Nairobi in the next two months to train their counterparts on these issues.

Free access Diplomacy 23.02.2022

Kenyatta's plans for future LPG storage facility jeopardised

Plans to store LPG stocks in Mombasa mooted since 2018 and strategically important to increase supply to Kenyan consumers and industry alike, seem far from being materialised.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 22.02.2022

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Kipevu oil terminal, Mombasa, 6 January 2022.

Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

The deputy president's remaining allies in the government have resigned in order to reach out to the grass roots and help finance his election campaign. Now that they have nothing left to lose, they are preparing a concerted offensive against the Kenyan leader.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2022

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Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

As the two top presidential candidates, deputy president William Ruto and Raila Odinga - now backed by his former rival President Uhuru Kenyatta - ramp up their campaigns, a tug-of-war is emerging behind the scenes between newcomers wanting to make their mark and long-standing advisers.

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2022

Kenyan presidential candidates William Ruto and Raila Odinga.

Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya's intelligence agencies are on high alert to try to prevent attacks by radical Islamist groups aimed at destabilising the country in the run-up to general elections. The groups are suspected of targeting Nairobi and Mombasa and counties that lie on the border with Somalia.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 14.02.2022

Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

The Law Society of Kenya, which has been divided for the past two years, is to gain new leadership. Its role will be decisive for the judiciary during the August general election and then during the term of the next Kenyan president.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2022

Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

A possible presidential election win for the president's arch-rival, Deputy President William Ruto, could have serious consequences for the Kenyatta family's fortunes. To stave off such a prospect, all of its members are getting involved in politics for the first time.

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2022

Chief Justice Martha Koome names heavyweights to body that decorates judges

Koome has appointed people on good terms with the executive to a committee that presents to President Kenyatta the names of judicial officials deemed worthy of state honours.

Subscribers only Politics 09.02.2022

With Kenya Airways in trouble, its partnership with South African Airways remains grounded

The launch of a pan-African airline, piloted by Kenya Airways and South African Airways and initially intended for 2023, is suffering as a result of difficulties facing the Kenyan company, which is seeking more time.

Subscribers only Business 07.02.2022

Kenya Railways wants to ramp up freight transport to Uganda

Progress is speeding up on Kenya Railways Corp's project to rehabilitate a 465km railway line between Longonot, just north of Nairobi, and Malaba on the Ugandan border.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 01.02.2022

ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

In preparation for what is expected to be a tense election campaign, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has dispatched a legal team to Nairobi to gather potential proof of election violence.

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2022

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan.

Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

As ministers keen to get on the campaign trail pressure him to reshuffle his government, the president has yet to find a team that will provide continuity between his administration and the next one, which he hopes will be led by Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 27.01.2022

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Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

The deputy president is trying to get State House to stop what he decries as the harrassment to which his foreign financial backers are being subjected.

Subscribers only Politics 20.01.2022

Kenyan deputy president William Ruto on the campaign trail.

Computer mogul Mike Macharia in last-ditch bid to reclaim lost millions

Heavily in debt since the cancellation of a $46.6m contract to manage Ministry of Health data, Mike Macharia is making his final move by preparing a lawsuit against the Kenyatta administration.

Subscribers only Business 14.01.2022

Michael Macharia, founder of IT giant Seven Seas Technologies.

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Top donors zoom in on Northern Rangelands Trust in wake of abuse claims

Allegations of human rights abuses levelled by a US NGO and a German research institute have led several of the high-profile conservation group's major western backers to call for a probe into its activities.

Subscribers only Business 10.01.2022

Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

It is shaping up to be a bruising year for Wafula Chebukati, whose job it is to ensure a free and fair general election in August after an extremely long and divisive campaign. The Electoral Commission head is already in the sights of the frontrunners, namely Deputy President William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta's favoured successor, Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2022

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Schedule for CSCEC's north-east access road firms up

Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

As he readies to bow out, Kenyatta sharpens his institutional tools

Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

Kenyatta bestows honorary environmental awards on close allies before leaving office

KenGen steps up solar strategy

Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

Kenyatta bets on Covid vaccine factory to boost his legacy

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Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

Nairobi calls on FBI to help fight cybercrime

Kenyatta's plans for future LPG storage facility jeopardised

Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

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Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

Chief Justice Martha Koome names heavyweights to body that decorates judges

With Kenya Airways in trouble, its partnership with South African Airways remains grounded

Kenya Railways wants to ramp up freight transport to Uganda

ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

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Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

Computer mogul Mike Macharia in last-ditch bid to reclaim lost millions

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Top donors zoom in on Northern Rangelands Trust in wake of abuse claims

Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

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Schedule for CSCEC's north-east access road firms up

Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

As he readies to bow out, Kenyatta sharpens his institutional tools

Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

Kenyatta bestows honorary environmental awards on close allies before leaving office

KenGen steps up solar strategy

Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

Kenyatta bets on Covid vaccine factory to boost his legacy

Spotlight Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

Nairobi calls on FBI to help fight cybercrime

Kenyatta's plans for future LPG storage facility jeopardised

Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

Spotlight Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

Chief Justice Martha Koome names heavyweights to body that decorates judges

With Kenya Airways in trouble, its partnership with South African Airways remains grounded

Kenya Railways wants to ramp up freight transport to Uganda

ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

Spotlight Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

Computer mogul Mike Macharia in last-ditch bid to reclaim lost millions

Spotlight Top donors zoom in on Northern Rangelands Trust in wake of abuse claims

Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

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Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

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Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

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Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

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Top donors zoom in on Northern Rangelands Trust in wake of abuse claims