Kenya News Journal
Kenya: Growth Depends On Peaceful Polls - USAID
[The Star]Visiting USAID assistant administrator for Africa, Earl Gast says Kenya is on the path of rapid economic development, but it all depends on peaceful elections.
Kenya's difficult road to justice
Kenyans are preparing to go the polls with a presidential hopeful and his running mate facing charges at the ICC. Rights activists say the post-election violence of 2007/2008 is still unfinished business in Kenya.
Kenya Shilling Snaps Two-Day Rally After Inflation Accelerates
Kenya’s shilling depreciated the most in more than a week, snapping a two-day rally, after the country’s inflation rate rose for the first time in 14 months.
Kenya inflation seen ticking higher in months ahead
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's year-on-year inflation rate rose for the first time in thirteen months in January and analysts said it could rise further in the months ahead due to currency weakness and election-related spending. Inflation rose to 3.67 percent in January from 3.20 percent in December, the east African nation's statistics office said on Thursday, adding the increase was broad-based ...
Kenya inflation rises in Jan but still on target
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's year-on-year inflation rate rose for the first time in 13 months to 3.67 percent in January from 3.20 percent in December, the national statistics office said on Thursday. It said the increase was broad-based. The rate was still well within the government's medium-term target of 5 percent, plus or minus two percentage points. The central bank began cutting the country ...
Kenya Shilling Weakens as Businesses Buy Dollars Before Vote
Kenya’s shilling weakened, reversing gains made this week, as importers accumulated dollars ahead of elections.
Kenya: Will Geothermal Energy Bring Power to the People?
[ThinkAfricaPress]Kenya is investing lots of hope and money in the Bogoria-Silali geothermal energy complex which it hopes will boost industry and encourage clean energy consumption.
Troubled Kenya car retailer CMC swings to year profit
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's CMC Holdings swung to a pretax profit of 231 million shillings in its year through September, from a loss in the previous year, the group said on Thursday. Shares of CMC, which has exclusive distribution contracts for brands like Land Rover and Ford in local and regional markets, were suspended from trading in September 2011 due to a boardroom row. It attributed the ...
Kenya to face Libya without Mariga
Nairobi, Jan 31 (IANS) Kenya will play Libya in Tunis next week minus their midfield maestro McDonald Mariga of Inter Milan.
Kenya: New Electoral System Could Cut Violence
[ThinkAfricaPress]Kenyan elections have often led to ethnic violence, but alternative voting systems could foster greater tendencies towards coalitions and broad-based appeals.
ICC suspect listed as Kenya presidential candidate
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The two top contenders and their running mates in Kenya's presidential race, including two politicians facing crimes against humanity charges at an international court, have been officially registered by Kenya's electoral authority.
Kenya gov't issues stern warning to int'l media
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's government spokesman appeared to make a veiled threat against international journalists while announcing a tough stance on information deemed divisive surrounding nationwide elections March 4.
Kenya's top coffee prices rise at latest auction
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The top price of Kenya's benchmark grade AA coffee rose to $342 per bag this week from $336 previously, the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) said on Wednesday. While the east African nation is a relatively small grower compared with Brazil and Vietnam, roasters prize its speciality beans for blending with those from other countries. During the auction, 22,388 bags of coffee were ...
Kenya crash cover-up: School launches inquiry
A private investigator may fly to Africa to establish who knew that an 18-year-old was behind the wheel of a minivan that crashed, killing three New Zealanders and a Kenyan man.An independent inquiry launched by Tauranga's Bethlehem...
Kenya braces for election bloodletting
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Kenya is bracing for bloodshed during its March 4 election, which is feared to match the horrors of ethnic violence in December 2007 that killed 1,500 people.
