The photographic exhibition “Kenya Burning” has moved to the Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art (RaMoMa) following a highly successful run at the GoDown arts centre. The show presents around 100 powerful images documenting the run-up to the disputed presidential elections of...

Pre-tax profit at Kenya’s leading mobile telecommunications company Safaricom rose by 16 per cent in the year ending 31 March from Ksh17.2 billion in 2007 to KSh19.9 billion this year, according to company figures released on 27 May. Profit after tax...

Lawmakers from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) are meeting in Nairobi from 12-23 May to promote ambitious plans to form a customs and monetary union and political federation similar to the European Union among members of the East African Community...

Kenyans return to the polls on 11 June for by-elections in five parliamentary constituencies across the country, less than six months after disputed elections in December 2007 led to nearly two months of violence and unrest in which around 1,500 people...

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...

Top Kenyan athletes and residents of the poor areas of Kibera and Dagoretti west of Nairobi city centre will be running side by side on 27 April to promote reconciliation and healing following the recent post-election violence. There will be three...

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 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...