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Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe bulldozers moved in at dawn, two weeks after eviction notices were served The homes of about 30,000 people have been demolished in a Kenyan slum to make way for a new $20m (£15m) dual carriage way in the capital Nairobi. The residents, living in part of the city’s largest slum, Kibera, were… Continue reading Kenyan 30,000 slum houses demolished to make way for road

​ Share this with Twitter   Share Image copyrightAFPImage captionKenya has the highest number of mobile money users in the world Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts – some people keep all their savings on their phone – and fraudsters are trying to hack into them to steal the money. Sammy Wanaina received… Continue reading Phone scam: How Kenyans are losing money

​​ It sounds like the plot to a bad film. As the court hears a case against 14 senior officials from Kenya’s state-run electricity provider – with charges including conspiracy to defeat justice – the power goes out. Only, it isn’t the plot to a bad film. It actually happened this morning in Milimani Law … Continue reading Lights go out during Kenya power officials court case

​​ It sounds like the plot to a bad film. As the court hears a case against 14 senior officials from Kenya’s state-run electricity provider – with charges including conspiracy to defeat justice – the power goes out. Only, it isn’t the plot to a bad film. It actually happened this morning in Milimani Law … Continue reading Lights go out during Kenya power officials court case

​​ It sounds like the plot to a bad film. As the court hears a case against 14 senior officials from Kenya’s state-run electricity provider – with charges including conspiracy to defeat justice – the power goes out. Only, it isn’t the plot to a bad film. It actually happened this morning in Milimani Law … Continue reading Lights go out during Kenya power officials court case

​ Image copyrightMILLICENT OMANGAImage captionSenator Millicent Omanga attended the Croatia-England semi-final Kenyans have reacted furiously to news that 20 MPs have travelled to watch the World Cup at the taxpayers’ expense. They are watching four games, including the final, in a two-week trip to Russia estimated to be costing hundreds of thousands of US dollars. … Continue reading World Cup 2018: Kenya citizens outrage at MPs’ trip to Russia

​ AFPCuban doctors can now begin to work in hospitals across the country A Nairobi court has dismissed a case that challenged the right of Cuban doctors to work in Kenya. The Employment and Labour Relations Court has ruled that there is no proof that doctors’ rights have been infringed by the decision to hire … Continue reading Cuban doctors can work in Kenya, court rules

A 90-year-old Kenyan woman who goes to class with six of her great-great-grandchildren is believed to be the oldest primary school pupil in the world. Sitting at the front of class four in her school uniform, Priscilla Sitienei listens intently while she writes the English names of animals in her notebook. She joined Leaders Vision Preparatory School five years ago and has also served her village of Ndalat in the Rift Valley as a midwife for the last 65 years.