Tag: Kenya government
Kenya’s president names country’s first female chief justice
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome as the East African country's first woman chief justice...
Seven Kenyan soldiers killed in jihadi ambush in Lamu county
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan police official says that seven soldiers have been killed and one is missing in Lamu county after a bomb...
Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya after severing relations late last year.
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Tanzania’s new president on two-day state visit to Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a two-day state visit to Kenya aimed at improving trade relations between the two...
Kenya eases curfew, other virus measures after cases decline
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta loosened infection-control measures Saturday after the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country dropped from...
Kenya camps with 400,000 refugees to be closed next year
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya wants two refugee camps which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn countries closed by June 30 next year,...
HIV drugs run short in Kenya as people say lives at risk
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United...
Kenya tightens restrictions amid a spike of COVID-19 deaths
NAIROBI, Kenya — With Kenya's COVID-19 cases and deaths surging, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced tightened restrictions in five of the most affected counties.
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Kenya leaves int’l court case on ocean dispute with Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has withdrawn from International Court of Justice hearings on its dispute with neighboring Somalia over territory in the Indian Ocean....
Death of Tanzania’s Magufuli draws sorrow but ire from some
NAKURU, Kenya — News of the death of Tanzania's President John Magufuli drew mixed reactions; sorrow from many but bitterness from a critic who...
