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

Probe reveals more Kenyan graft

Thursday, April 20th 2006, 8:10

An official Kenyan audit says officials have paid hugely inflated prices for military and security equipment.
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Kenyan MPs back graft crackdown

Wednesday, April 19th 2006, 9:53

Kenyan MPs approve a report urging the prosecution of the vice-president and others over a corruption scandal.
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Kenya 'gulag' book wins US prize

Tuesday, April 18th 2006, 15:35
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

A book about alleged British atrocities against Kenyan independence fighters wins a Pulitzer Prize.
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Kenya police move against raiders

Tuesday, April 18th 2006, 10:28
related countries: Ethiopia

Kenya deploys extra security forces along its border with Ethiopia following several deadly cattle raids.
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Kenyans mourn air crash victims

Tuesday, April 11th 2006, 17:12

Kenya begins three days of mourning after a plane crashed killing several prominent politicians.
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Air crash kills Kenya politicians

Monday, April 10th 2006, 17:18

A Kenyan aircraft crashes in bad weather in the north of the country, killing three prominent politicians.
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Kenya swoops on 'ivory gang'

Friday, April 7th 2006, 13:11

The Kenya Wildlife Service arrests 14 people accused of dealing in ivory and other illegal animal products.
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Heavy rain in drought-hit Kenya

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 19:19

Heavy rain brings some relief to drought-hit Kenya but the problem of severe food shortages remains.
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Blast as Kenya burns cocaine haul

Friday, March 31st 2006, 12:26

An incinerator, where one of Africa's biggest hauls of narcotics is being burnt in Kenya, explodes.
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Kenyan MPs call for trial of VP

Thursday, March 30th 2006, 16:17

An MPs report into a major corruption scandal says Vice-President Moody Awori is involved and should be tried.
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Experts start Kenya cocaine tests

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 11:32

Some 1.1 metric tons of cocaine is tested in Kenya, amid fears that some may have been stolen.
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Kenyan schoolgirls raped on march

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 9:08

At least 15 schoolgirls in Kenya are raped after storming out of the school in the middle of the night.
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Kenya stalls cocaine incineration

Friday, March 24th 2006, 11:14

The destruction of Kenya's biggest cocaine haul is delayed to allow monitors to oversee the operation.
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Kenya leader promises graft fight

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 16:44

Kenya's president opens parliament promising to fight the corruption that has shaken his administration.
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Six charged in Kenya gold scam

Friday, March 17th 2006, 17:45

Six people including an ex-spy chief and an ex-central bank governor are charged over Kenya's biggest fraud.
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Kenyans protest at media raid

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 11:21

Thousands demonstrate in Kenya's capital against last week's police raid on a media company.
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Time short in Kenya food 'crisis'

Sunday, March 5th 2006, 15:48

The UN says immediate food aid is needed for 3.5m Kenyans to prevent many more starvation deaths.
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Raided Kenya paper back on street

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 10:49

Kenya's Standard newspaper comes out as normal a day after its offices were raided by armed police.
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Armed Kenya media raid condemned

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 17:42

Diplomats and Kenya's opposition and press condemn the raid by armed, masked police on a media group.
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Kenya admits raids on paper

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 12:38

Kenya's government says a series of raids by masked gunmen on media offices were to safeguard state security.
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Police arrest Kenyan journalists

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 16:48

Kenyan police detain three journalists for claiming the president met a sacked cabinet minister in secret.
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Reprieve for disabled Kenyan

Friday, February 24th 2006, 17:46
related countries: United Kingdom

A Kenyan disability rights campaigner - threatened with deportation from the UK - is released from detention.
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Kenyan VP passes buck over graft

Wednesday, February 22nd 2006, 12:45

Kenyan Vice-President Moody Awori blames civil servants when grilled by MPs over a huge corruption scandal.
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Kenyan VP dodges graft questions

Tuesday, February 21st 2006, 10:54

Kenyan Vice-President Moody Awori avoids explaining his actions over a corruption scandal to a panel of MPs.
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Kenyans demand more graft scalps

Friday, February 17th 2006, 11:18

Police deploy in Kenya's capital as anti-graft protesters stage a banned demonstration seeking resignations.
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'Corruption reshuffle' in Kenya

Wednesday, February 15th 2006, 10:06

Kenya's under fire vice-president keeps his post in a reshuffle as the World Bank praises anti-corruption moves.
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Kenyan MPs call for fresh sacking

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 18:27

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki should sack his vice-president over allegations of corruption, scores of MPs say.
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Travel ban in Kenya scam inquiry

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 12:10

Kenyan police order some 20 top figures not to leave the country, as corruption investigations continue.
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Kenyan 'graft' ministers resign

Monday, February 13th 2006, 17:51

Two Kenyan ministers linked to separate corruption allegations step down, the president says.
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Githongo reassured after meeting

Monday, February 13th 2006, 1:30

An exiled Kenyan former graft investigator says he is reassured after a meeting with MPs over his findings.
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Graft evidence stuns Kenyan MPs

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 22:50
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Kenyan MPs are "amazed" by evidence of alleged government graft given by an exiled former investigator.
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Kenyan minister 'not resigning'

Friday, February 10th 2006, 13:55

The Kenyan minister allegedly taped trying to block a corruption inquiry says he will not resign.
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Kenya asks for 'corruption' tape

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 18:59

Kenya urges a former anti-corruption tsar to submit a tape which allegedly incriminates a minister.
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'Taped evidence' in Kenya scandal

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 10:59

The BBC obtains new evidence in a corruption scandal in Kenya threatening to topple the government.
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Owner of Kenya building arrested

Wednesday, February 8th 2006, 9:29
related places: Nairobi

Kenyan police arrest the owner of a building that collapsed in Nairobi last month, killing at least 20 people.
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New appeal to save Kenyan lives

Wednesday, February 8th 2006, 8:57

The Kenyan government issues a new appeal for help in feeding millions threatened by drought after a new assessment.
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Kenya gold scam charges delayed

Tuesday, February 7th 2006, 13:03

Kenyan officials say an inquiry into the $600m Goldenberg fraud will not necessarily lead to prosecutions.
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Kenya drought 'worsens conflict'

Monday, February 6th 2006, 9:20

The drought in northern Kenya is increasing conflict between the area's nomadic groups, an aid agency warns.
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Moi 'knew about' Kenya gold scam

Friday, February 3rd 2006, 16:53

Kenya's ex-President Moi must have been aware of a scam which cost some $600m, according to a report.
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Kenyan deputy refuses to resign

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 17:03

Kenya's Vice-President Moody Awori refuses to resign after being linked to a corruption scandal.
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Kenyan 'graft' minister resigns

Wednesday, February 1st 2006, 17:51

Kenya's finance minister resigns after being linked to a corruption scandal that has shaken the government.
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Kenya rejects aid of 'dog food'

Tuesday, January 31st 2006, 10:14
related countries: New Zealand

Kenya's government is not impressed with an offer of food aid from a New Zealand dog food manufacturer.
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'Pirates' to face Kenya charges

Monday, January 30th 2006, 10:58
related countries: United States
related places: Mombasa

Ten Somalis arrested by the US navy are flown to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, where they are to be charged.
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Kenya campaigner 'could return'

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 15:22

Kenya's former anti-corruption czar considers whether to return home to testify about his latest allegations.
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Kenya 'safe' for anti-graft czar

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 18:09

Kenya's government says former anti-corruption czar John Githongo can return and he will be safe despite death threats.
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Hopes fade after Kenya collapse

Wednesday, January 25th 2006, 11:22

Rescuers lose contact with people thought to be alive in the ruins of the Kenyan building that collapsed on Monday.
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More trapped Kenyans pulled out

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 17:23
related places: Nairobi

At least three people are rescued a day after a building collapsed in Kenya's capital, but the death toll rises.
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