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News: Kenya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Kenya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Kenya: news

Kenyan leader seeks re-election

Monday, October 1st 2007, 14:37

Kenya's president launches his re-election campaign with the strengthening economy at centre-stage.
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Kenya graft 'amnesty bill' halted

Friday, September 28th 2007, 8:40

Kenya's leader rejects a law passed by MPs that could have stopped probes into corruption before 2003.
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Twelve shot dead by Kenyan police

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 9:44

Kenyan police shoot and kill what they say were 12 criminals - including three members of an outlawed sect.
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Bombs found after Kenya explosion

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 9:01

Kenyan investigators find the remnants of bombs at a factory where a blast killed five people on Monday.
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Gay bishop move rejected by Kenya

Wednesday, September 26th 2007, 16:54
related countries: United States United States

The head of Kenya's Anglican Church rejects a compromise over gay bishops by US Episcopal Church leaders.
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Kenya graft probes 'undermined'

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 15:55

Kenya's Anti-Corruption Commission says its ability to investigate corrupt politicians has been sabotaged
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Sect 'beheads' policeman

Monday, September 17th 2007, 9:37

Kenya's banned Mungiki gang is blamed for the beheading of a police officer north-east of the capital, Nairobi.
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Kenya president eyes re-election

Sunday, September 16th 2007, 15:22

Kenya's president says he will stand for re-election in December as a candidate for a new political alliance.
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Ex-rival backs Kibaki re-election

Friday, September 14th 2007, 8:43

Kenyan opposition leader Uhuru Kenyatta will not contest December's poll but will back President Kibaki.
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Kenyan MPs torpedo graft probes

Thursday, September 13th 2007, 12:40

Investigations of massive corruption scandals in Kenya like Anglo Leasing will be curtailed by a new law.
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Anger as Kenya MPs get huge bonus

Friday, September 7th 2007, 9:51

Kenyan MPs vote to give themselves a $22,000 bonus each, despite public condemnation.
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Ex-minister seeks Kenya's top job

Friday, August 31st 2007, 15:59

One of Kenya's main opposition parties names ex-Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka as its candidate in this year's poll.
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Kenya dismisses Moi graft claims

Friday, August 31st 2007, 12:00
related places: Moi

The government rejects a leaked report which allegedly says Kenya's former president stole millions of dollars.
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US Anglicans join Kenyan Church

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 14:46
related countries: United States United States

Kenya's Anglican Church consecrates two American bishops, after a row over homosexuality.
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Moi throws weight behind Kibaki

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 13:14
related places: Moi

Ex-Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi comes out in support of his successor Mwai Kibaki's re-election bid.
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Kenya's leader rejects media bill

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 22:12

Kenya's president refuses to sign into a law a bill which has been condemned as an attempt to muzzle the media.
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Kenya police still most corrupt

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 17:27

A report by says Kenya's police force is the country's most corrupt department six years running.
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Malaria drugs recalled in Kenya

Friday, August 17th 2007, 14:02
related countries: China China

A Chinese firm is to recall anti-malarial drugs supplied to Kenya after discovering a counterfeit syndicate.
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Sudan lifts a rebel's travel ban

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 9:54
related countries: Sudan Sudan

Sudan is to allow a sick Darfur rebel chief on its wanted list to travel to Kenya for treatment, the UN says.
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Kenya's media in gagged protest

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 12:53

Kenyan journalists march silently through the capital wearing gags in protest at a controversial media law.
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Opposition in Kenya splits in two

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 9:51

Kenya's main opposition coalition, viewed as the president's greatest challenge to re-election, splits.
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Hunt for Kenya mudslide victims

Sunday, August 12th 2007, 17:13

Villagers and officials search for survivors and bodies buried in mud during landslides in Kenya.
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Kenya churches fight media bill

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 15:49

Kenyan churches urge the president not to sign a media bill that requires journalists to disclose their sources.
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Fish 'fight malaria mosquitoes'

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 23:03

A fish is being hailed by Kenyan researchers as the latest weapon in the battle to curb the spread of malaria.
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Finds test human origins theory

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 17:05

Two hominid fossils discovered in Kenya are challenging a long-held view of human evolution.
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Kenyan women push for MPs quota

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 10:45

A petition is launched in Kenya calling for 50 parliamentary seats to be reserved for women.
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Kenya minister's arrest illegal

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 13:05

Kenyan Health Minister Charity Ngilu is freed from police custody after a court rules that her arrest was illegal.
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Kenya minister fights with police

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 10:18

Kenyan Health Minister Charity Ngilu clashes with police for arresting a women's rights activist.
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Aristocrat has 'case to answer'

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 14:55
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A UK aristocrat accused of murdering a man poaching on his Kenyan estate has a case to answer, a court rules.
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Kenyan panic after more tremors

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 9:09
related places: Nairobi

Some office workers refuse to enter high-rise buildings in Nairobi after a series of tremors despite reassurances.
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East Africa quake felt in Nairobi

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 16:44
related countries: Tanzania Tanzania
related places: Nairobi

A strong earthquake strikes northern Tanzania, with aftershocks felt as far away as the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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Public smoking ban hits Nairobi

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 10:22
related places: Nairobi

A ban on smoking in public places is being enforced in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, for the first time.
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Uganda admits border deaths

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 8:36
related countries: Uganda Uganda

Uganda's army admits killing eight herdsmen, but denies they crossed the border into Kenya.
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Kenya probes rocket deaths

Wednesday, July 4th 2007, 14:40
related countries: Uganda Uganda

Kenya investigates claims that scores of people were killed with rockets fired by the Ugandan army.
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