Reports

NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese community residing in Kenya donated 144 tonnes of cooking oil, maize and wheat flour to boost humanitarian interventions for drought victims in nine Kenyan counties. The Kenya-China Economic and Trade…

TIANJIN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China sent its first shipment of urgently needed humanitarian aid to drought and famine victims in the Horn of Africa on Friday, the Ministry of Commerce said. A ship loaded with 1,440…

NAIROBI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan leaders held a crisis meeting on Thursday night but failed to agree on key contentious issues in the draft constitution after a four-hour meeting of the grand coalition management committee. A brief statement issued…

NAIROBI, Dec 05, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Kenyan government has launched the National Climate Change Response Strategy which outlines the evidence and impact of climate change in Kenya particularly on key socio-economic sectors and physical infrastructure. Prime Minister…

NAIROBI, Dec 02, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- By Daniel Ooko Kenya has intensified security surveillance along its porous border with Somalia to prevent the fighting in the lawless Horn of Africa nation from spilling over into the country. Internal Security…

MALINDI, Kenya, Nov 17, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Kenyan government said it has put in place proper security mechanisms to check on foreigners who cross into the country through its borders. Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka noted that there was…

NAIROBI, Nov 04, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Kenyan government said Wednesday it would roll out a new program that will see 100,000 vulnerable persons in the country benefit from a 600 million shillings (about 8 million U.S.…

NAIROBI, Oct 19, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Kenyan authorities have denied media claims that 16 of its soldiers had been shot dead by Toposa militia along the Kenya-Sudan border over the weekend. Department of Defense spokesman Bongita Ongeri said on…

LOKICHOGGIO, Kenya, Oct 17, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Tribesmen from southern Sundan with the backing of soldiers have engaged Kenyan security personnel in a gun battle since Friday in northwest Kenya over a disputed border point, police and…

By Daniel Ooko NAIROBI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank said Thursday it has suspended disbursements to two of the 25 projects supported by Bank financing in Kenya, pending thorough investigations into allegations of fraud and corruption. The Bank said…