Kenyan Government Prohibits Admission of Foreign Students
The government of Kenya has banned the admission of foreign students to schools in insecurity-prone Mandera County. The Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday that there would be no more admission of students from neighboring Somalia and as well as other countries. Mandera County Director of Education Ismael Barrow said the ban follows a directive […]
Somalia Objects to Kenya Proposed Border Wall
A diplomatic tiff is brewing between Kenya and Somalia over the controversial proposed 440-mile perimeter border wall. Somalia has termed the project an abuse of its territorial rights. Kenya plans to build the wall as an effective measure to keep out terrorists along the border with Somalia. Speaking to the state-owned Radio Muqdisho in the […]
126 Kenyan Teachers Banned For Sex With Students
Kenya’s authorities have banned 126 teachers for “gross misconduct”, most for sexual abuse of their students. The governing body said the teachers would not be allowed to teach again. They were found guilty after a disciplinary process, the Teachers Services Commission (TSC) said. A Child Welfare Society of Kenya has urged the director of public […]
Uhuru Kenyatta Asks Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to Return to Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked author Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to “come back home” saying Kenya has transformed into a “land of opportunity”. Speaking while hosting Ngugi at State House, Nairobi on Monday, Uhuru asked skilled Kenyans to return to the country and invest in its future. “This is not the Kenya of yesterday but a […]
Five charged over Garissa University massacre
Defendants plead not guilty in Nairobi court and claim they were tortured by police for 10 days to force confessions. Kenyan police have charged five men in connection with the attack by the armed group al-Shabab on a university in eastern Kenya in April in which 148 people were killed. The five men pleaded not […]
Barrack Obama University in Ndenderu Closed Down
An institution in Ndenderu, Kiambu county, named the Barack Obama University was yesterday closed by the Commission of University Education. The university, bearing the name of the US president, was still under construction. Government officials were concerned that it is being built in a residential area, it was not registered and had not met the […]
Poll Suggests Kenya As Having Ugliest Women In Africa
A dubious poll performed in South Africa established the most beautiful people in Africa and listed them in order. The result was that Kenyans fell at the butt end of that list. The real question is, how many people actually believe this nonsense? Three years ago, stories went up online about a list titled ‘Annual […]
Kenyan lady begs lawyer to marry her – not Malia Obama
A fearless Kenyan woman made headlines recently after she penned a letter in response to a widely circulated offer of cattle by Nairobi lawyer, Felix Kiprono for one of US President Obama’s daughters’ hand in marriage. She suggested that he reconsiders his offer and consider marrying her instead. Kiprono got more than he bargained for […]
Maasai Women Lead a Solar Revolution
Not long ago, dusk was a time of unease for the people of Magadi, a village in Kenya’s Kajiado County. As the sun set, farmers began worrying about their cattle, easy prey for hyenas and leopards. Children lit fires to finish their schoolwork, filling homes with smoke. Now as darkness falls, lights flick on across […]
Al Shabab Camps in South of Somalia Suffer Air Strikes
Kenyan defence forces’ fighter jets serving under AU mission in Somalia, have bombed Al Shabab training camps in south of Somalia’s Gedo region, on Tuesday, Shabelle has learned citing residents. The military jets stroke Godindhabe area 35Km south of Balad-Hawo town near Somalia-Kenya border where the militants were suspected to be hidden themselves, according to […]
