Kenya

By: Capital FM Kenya President William Ruto witnessed the signing of a gazette notice this morning that will implement a 6% minimum wage increase for employees across various sectors. The notice, signed by Labour Cabinet Secretary Dr....

 By: Xinhua Kenya announced Wednesday it will allocate 100 million shillings (around 775,000 U.S. dollars) to support security and other agencies in evacuating its citizens trapped in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon due to the volatile...

By: Nairobi LEO Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced that it will suspend all passenger flights to Mogadishu, Somalia, starting October 14, 2024. In a letter dated October 9, to Principal Secretary (PS) State...

By: REUTERS Kenya's government has asked the International Monetary Fund to conduct an official assessment of corruption and governance issues, the IMF told Reuters, after a push by Western nations. Kenya has struggled with debt...

By: REUTERS Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom (SCOM.NR), opens new tab has raised 15 billion shillings ($116.73 million) via the second tranche of a sustainability-linked loan from a consortium of local banks, it said on Tuesday. The company,...

By: Wycliffe Muia, BBC News, Nairobi Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal. Kenya is struggling with increasing...

The World Bank has appointed Mr. Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda, effective September 1, 2024. Mr. Fan, who has over 35 years of experience in development practice, will oversee the design...

By: ANADOLU AGENCY Ethiopia and Kenya will do more to work together in counter-terrorism, the top intelligence officials of the two East African countries pledged.  The Kenyan delegation, led by intelligence chief Gen....

BY: WASHINGTON POST Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, who was being held at a Nairobi police station, is said to have escaped by cutting through wire mesh in holding cells and scaling the perimeter walls. NAIROBI — A...

Source: Xinhua The historic town of Gedi in the coastal region of Kenya has been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the National Museums of Kenya (NMK)...