Rail travel in Kenya could be about to change thanks to an ambitious KSh80 billion plan to turn the loss-making Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) – the state-owned company that owns the Kenyan section of the Kenya-Uganda railway linking the Kenyan port...

The annual marathon sponsored by Kenya’s leading mobile telecommunications provider Safaricom in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya this year takes place on 28 June. There are three main events: a full marathon for individual runners, a half-marathon for team entries...

The country’s flagship airline Kenya Airways (KQ) is to resume flights between Nairobi and Paris on 10 June. The carrier had to suspend its three-times-weekly flight to and from the French capital following a slump in people travelling to Kenya due...

One of Nairobi’s most expensive and controversial hotels, the Grand Regency, is up for sale. However the deal appears just as controversial as the former owner, billionaire Kamlesh Pattni, who recently surrendered the hotel to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), to...

Nairobi will go down in history as the first city in the world to have a full-fledged ministry created specifically to take care of its affairs. The ministry of Nairobi metropolitan development (NMD) is part of the bloated cabinet of 42 ministerial...

The Nairobi National Museum has reopened to the public after an extensive restructuring and expansion project lasting two years. The renovated museum boasts new exhibition space and additional facilities for staff and visitors. The work has been financed by the European...

The new unity government of Kenya has been sworn in at a special ceremony presided over by president Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU). With 40 ministers and over 50 deputies, the new cabinet represents the largest and...

The Langata Link branch office at Karen Connection on Karen Road is now offering full bureau services including photocopying, fax, secretarial, postbox management and account management. The Career Link and The Business Link Club for small business owners are now also...

Central Nairobi has never been cleaner or safer thanks to the relocation of over 10,000 hawkers to a special market built for them on the eastern edge of the city centre. Financed by the government at a cost of Ksh700 million,...

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS), which manages the country’s many parks and game reserves, has delayed the planned increase in park entrance fees until January 2009 to help tourism recover from the post-election violence. The new fees - $60 dollars per person...