Kenyatta urges Africa to give up aid
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged fellow African leaders to stop receiving foreign aid, saying it is not an acceptable basis for prosperity. “Dependency on giving that only appears to be charitable must end,” he said in a tweet ahead of this weekend’s African Union summit in South Africa. The BBC’s Robert Kiptoo in Kenya […]
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 […]
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 […]
Somalia, Kenya Presidents Hold Talks on Al Shabab
Somalia president, Hassan Sheikh has met with his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi, discussing on fighting against Al Qaeda linked Al Shabab militants in Somalia. Mr. Hassan Sheikh who returned from Abuja where he attended inauguration ceremony of Buhari and Mr. Kenyatta who returned from Tanzania for the emergency summit over political situation in […]
52 years of independence, 10 must know facts about Kenya
KENYA is celebrating 52 years of internal self-rule Monday June 1, ahead of full Independence from the United Kingdom which it celebrates on December 12. The country has established itself as the leading East African economy and regional financial, transport, and logistic hub. It is also a key geopolitical state in the wider eastern Africa […]
Uhuru Oversees Initiative for Peace in South Sudan
PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday oversaw the start of a new initiative to stabilise South Sudan that will merge two parallel peace processes. Former senior political detainees released through his intervention during the early days of the conflict will also play a bigger role in reconciling the warring factions. Uhuru said the peace process will now […]
Chinese-Funded Railway to Create Jobs, Boost Economy: Uhuru Kenyatta
Nairobi — The Chinese-funded Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will boost Kenya’s economy and create job opportunities for the youth, said Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyatta made the remarks while leading senior government officials on an inspection tour on Tuesday to ascertain progress in the implementation of the SGR project. The tour, his second one since […]
Kenya, South Africa Enter Bilateral Negotiations
Nairobi — Kenya and South Africa will in the next two weeks enter a Joint Commission of Cooperation (JCC) that will see the two countries take their relationship to the next level. President Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterpart President Jacob Zuma instructed the two foreign ministers to move with speed to ensure bilateral issues are […]
Obama visiting Kenya Dumb idea
This week, Secretary of State John Kerry paid a welcome, quick and clandestine visit to troubled Somalia after a short, heavily protected stop in Kenya. But that doesn’t make President Obama’s plan to visit Kenya in July any less misconceived or dangerous.To uphold the dignity of his office, and for the good of Kenyans, President […]
Threat to Expel Somali Refugees Softened
NAIROBI — President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on Wednesday softened a threat to expel hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees within three months, saying there would be no forced repatriations. Mr. Kenyatta made the assurance following meetings with the top refugee official from the United Nations. He also met with Secretary of State John Kerry […]
