Recent News Headlines : Rift Valley - Kenya

KENYATTA SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM AS KENYA'S PRESIDENT AMID PROTESTS


Kenyatta, 56, won a rerun presidential election last month boycotted by the opposition, which said it would not be free and fair... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 125

KENYAN PRESIDENT TO BE SWORN-IN AS OPPOSITION PREPARES TO HOLD RIVAL RALLY


Supporters of Kenyatta - who won with 98 percent of the vote after Odinga's boycott - are urging the opposition to engage in talks and move on... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 4

VIOLENCE FLARES AND TENSIONS RISE AFTER KENYA PRESIDENTIAL VOTE


Mr. Odinga lost to President Uhuru Kenyatta in the first vote, in August, but challenged the validity of the results... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 199

Trending News Headlines : Rift Valley

KENYANS VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AMID FEARS OF VIOLENCE


In 2013, Mr. Kenyatta won by a margin so tiny that Mr. Odinga asked the Supreme Court to invalidate the election, although his effort was unsuccessful... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 2024

PRESIDENT KENYATTA TAKES EARLY LEAD AGAINST ODINGA


President Kenyatta leading Raila Odinga as almost two thirds of polling stations report results of hard-fought contest... READ MORE

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BRUTAL REALITY SETS IN FOR KENYANS AFTER 'SENSELESS' MASSACRE AT UNIVERSITY


, which boasts one of the most effective, if brutal security services in the region, Kenya was always more vulnerable to retaliatory attacks... READ MORE

3rd April, 2015 421

KNIFEMAN ATTACKS HOUSE OF KENYA'S VICE PRESIDENT


Ruto is the running mate of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second and final term in office in the August 8 elections... READ MORE

29th July, 2017 396

HAILE GEBRSELASSIE JOINS KENYA'S RUNNING STARS IN 800KM MARCH FOR PEACE


In May, some 75 people were killed in just four days of cattle raids and revenge attacks... READ MORE

15th July, 2015 395

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD ZIKA VIRUS ACCORDING TO WHO SCIENTISTS


As climate change reaches almost every corner of the Earth's ecology, different diseases could be unleashed... READ MORE

11th February, 2016 366

ZIKA FOREST: BIRTHPLACE OF VIRUS THAT HAS SPREAD FEAR ACROSS THE WORLD


We were always vaccinated against yellow fever but we don't fear any mosquito now... READ MORE

14th February, 2016 198

'I WAS ALMOST THE MARATHON WORLD CHAMPION'


I'm here to meet the school director, Simon Biwott... READ MORE

21st August, 2015 196

HOW A TINY MOSQUITO BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S 'MOST EFFICIENT KILLERS'


Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are aggressive daytime biters, especially around dawn and dusk... READ MORE

19th February, 2016 122

WHAT WILL THE NEXT EPIDEMIC BE? WORLD NOT PREPARED FOR ANOTHER DISEASE LIKE EBOLA OR ZIKA, STUDY FINDS


A study published Monday in the medical journal BMJ concluded that the world is collectively grossly underprepared for future disease outbreaks... READ MORE

23rd February, 2017 121

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DROPS CASE AGAINST KENYAS WILLIAM RUTO


The case against Mr. Ruto, like that of Mr. Kenyatta, was exceptional for several reasons, not least because sitting leaders were facing criminal prosecution... READ MORE

5th April, 2016 107

KENYATTA LEADS IN FIERCELY CONTESTED KENYAN ELECTION


President Kenyatta is widely seen as the candidate of the Kikuyu people, the country's largest ethnic group... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 85

ELDORET: THE KENYAN TOWN TRYING TO 'RUN AWAY FROM POVERTY'


While its elite athletes can earn millions, there are thousands of others in Eldoret making a tough living from running... READ MORE

2nd August, 2016 81

CONSERVATIONIST KUKI GALLMANN SHOT BY HERDERS AT KENYAN RANCH


The Laikipia Farmers Association says when the military and police drive herders from one ranch, they move into another... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 76

COMMENT: HERES WHY KENYA KEEPS DOMINATING THE WORLD OF ATHLETICS


At the Boston Marathon for example Kenyan athletes are so dominant that the race is now jokingly referred to as the Kenyan Intramural Championships... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 42

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ABANDONS CASE AGAINST WILLIAM RUTO


ICC prosecutors originally charged six Kenyans with crimes linked to the post-election violence... READ MORE

6th April, 2016 39

GUNMEN STORM KENYAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT'S HOME, GUNSHOTS FIRED


Gunshots were heard from the house minutes before the arrival of police reinforcement who engaged the gunmen, the report added... READ MORE

30th July, 2017 21

KENYA POLICE KILL ASSAILANT AT DEPUTY PRESIDENT RUTO'S HOME


Security forces had early on Sunday sent reinforcements to the DP's home in Sugoi... READ MORE

30th July, 2017 9

COMMENT: DOPING HAS DESTROYED THE GOD-LIKE STATUS OF KENYAN ATHLETES


Athletics Kenya did not respond to requests for an interview or statement about Ade's story... READ MORE

2nd August, 2016 5

TOP CONSERVATIONIST KUKI GALLMAN WOUNDED IN KENYA GUN ATTACK


Gallman also ran a luxury lodge in her reserve but it was burned down by cattle raiders in March... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 2

POLITICS NOT PASTURE DRIVES VIOLENCE IN KENYA'S HEART


Tit-for-tat cattle raids are common between the Ilchamus and Pokot... READ MORE

14th July, 2017 1

KENYAN STAR KIPCHOGE PREPARES 'CRAZY' SUB-2 MARATHON BID


Kipchoge, a former world 5,000m champion, ran the world's third fastest marathon time of 2 03.05 when he successfully defended his London marathon title last April... READ MORE

3rd April, 2017 0

KENYAN POLICE END SIEGE AT HOME OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT


The attack occurred despite the round-the-clock presence of GSU guards at the property, near the town of Eldoret, some 300 kilometres 200 miles northwest of the capital Nairobi... READ MORE

30th July, 2017 0

KENYAN POLICE END SIEGE AT HOME OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT


The attack occurred despite the round-the-clock presence of GSU guards at the property, near the town of Eldoret, some 300 kilometres 200 miles northwest of the capital Nairobi... READ MORE

30th July, 2017 0

KENYANS CHOOSE NEXT PRESIDENT IN FIERCELY CONTESTED VOTE


President Kenyatta and challenger Odinga also faced off in the 2013 election... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 0

KENYANS VOTE TO CHOOSE NEXT PRESIDENT AMID FEARS OF VIOLENCE


This is a positive feedback for us, polling official James Njaya said of the high turnout in Kibera, a poor area in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 0

KENYANS CHOOSE NEXT PRESIDENT IN FIERCELY-CONTESTED VOTE


President Kenyatta and challenger Odinga also faced off in the 2013 election... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 0

KENYA POLLS CLOSE PEACEFULLY AS VOTE COUNTING BEGINS, INCUMBENT KENYATTA SEEN IN LEAD


I feel positive because we ran a positive campaign, Kenyatta, who seeks a second term, said after voting in his birthplace of Gatundu, north of Nairobi... READ MORE

9th August, 2017 0

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