Kenya News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 03 Aug 2024 07:57:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Kenya News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Devastating Fire Destroys Toi Market, Millions in Losses https://www.theinfostride.com/devastating-fire-destroys-toi-market-millions-in-losses/ https://www.theinfostride.com/devastating-fire-destroys-toi-market-millions-in-losses/#respond Sat, 03 Aug 2024 07:57:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=386274 This morning, A catastrophic fire devastated Toi Market in Kibra, Nairobi, resulting in extensive property damage valued at millions of shillings. The blaze erupted early in the day, rapidly engulfing the market and obliterating stalls and goods. Despite the valiant efforts of residents and traders to control the flames, the fire proved too powerful, leading [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/devastating-fire-destroys-toi-market-millions-in-losses/feed/ 0 Pastor Sentenced to 140 Years Imprison for Impregnating His 2 Daughters https://www.theinfostride.com/pastor-sentenced-to-140-years-imprison-for-impregnating-his-2-daughters/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pastor-sentenced-to-140-years-imprison-for-impregnating-his-2-daughters/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:59:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=281611 Kenyan pastor identified as John Gichira has been sentenced to 140 years in prison after he allegedly impregnated his two teenage daughters. John Gichira, 51, impregnated both his daughters; aged 14 and 16 in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrates, Anthony Mwicigi of Baricho High Court on Thursday, January 14; the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pastor-sentenced-to-140-years-imprison-for-impregnating-his-2-daughters/feed/ 0 28-Year-Old Man Nabbed After Sexually Assaulting Dog https://www.theinfostride.com/man-nabbed-after-sexually-assaulting-dog/ https://www.theinfostride.com/man-nabbed-after-sexually-assaulting-dog/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:45:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=269958 Following his act of sexual assault with a dog that had recently given birth, a Kenyan man known as Dickson was arrested. The 28-year-old Kenyan man was nabbed on Tuesday, September 30, committing animal bestialism. The incident took place in Kakamega District , Kenya, in Mulitu Village in Lumakanda, Lugari Constituency. “I had gone to [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/man-nabbed-after-sexually-assaulting-dog/feed/ 0 Cholera Outbreak: Kenyan Government shuts Two Hotels https://www.theinfostride.com/two-hotels-shut-over-cholera-outbreak/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:49:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173543 Two major hotels in Nairobi, Jacaranda and San Valencia, have been closed down indefinitely in the wake of cholera outbreak. According to Africa Review, Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Cleopa Mailu on Wednesday announced the closure of the hotels. The two hotels are said to have offered catering services at events where participants were later [...]

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]]> Total and Worldline set to Support the Deployment of the Guichet Unique solution in eight African Countries https://www.theinfostride.com/total-and-worldline-set-to-support-the-deployment-of-the-guichet-unique-solution-in-eight-african-countries/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:35:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173720 Total and Worldline Partner with African Fintech InTouch to Support Deployment of Guichet Unique, an Innovative Digital Solution for Retail Networks Total and Worldline signed binding technological, commercial and financing agreements with African fintech InTouch on July 13, 2017. Under the agreements, Total and Worldline will support the deployment of the Guichet Unique solution in [...]

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]]> Kenya’s STEM Education to be Boosted with Burhani Engineers’ Computer Programme https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyas-stem-education-to-be-boosted-with-burhani-engineers-computer-programme/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:51:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173492 The partnership to boost STEM education in Kenya was signed between Burhani Engineers Limited represented by the Managing Director Mr. Zoher Pirbhai, Kibera sub-county Directorate of Education, represented by Mrs. Lydia Mutegi and the Kibra MP’s Office represented by Ann Ithara. This will see at least 10 schools receive 10 computers in the first round. [...]

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]]> SAP Skills for Africa: First East African Chapter launched with Participation from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda https://www.theinfostride.com/sap-skills-for-africa-first-east-african-chapter-launched-with-participation-from-ethiopia-kenya-rwanda-and-uganda/ Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:46:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=172598 SAP Skills for Africa today, 19th July 2017 launched its first-ever East African programme at an event held in Nairobi, Kenya. Skills for Africa is a skills development initiative between SAP Africa, its customers, and various public and private sector partners. It focuses on training and certifying graduates in a broad spectrum of SAP software [...]

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]]> Tobacco Regulation In Kenya https://www.theinfostride.com/tobacco-regulation-in-kenya/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115066 The British parliament, last year, despite fierce lobbying from tobacco companies, decided that from May 2016 cigarettes would be sold only in plain packaging in the UK. Anti-smoking campaigners in that country were quick to declare it as the latest nail in the coffin of an industry that has seen consumption of its products shrink [...]

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]]> Bus Passengers Killed In Kenya Ambush Near Somalia Border https://www.theinfostride.com/bus-passengers-killed-in-kenya-ambush-near-somalia-border/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:16:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114372 Not less than two people have been killed in an ambush on a passenger bus in Kenya’s northeast near the border with Somalia, an official and residents said. The bus was believed to be carrying more than 50 passengers when it was attacked between Kutulo and Daba village in Mandera county early on Sunday, Mohamud Saleh, [...]

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]]> Kisilu: The Climate Diaries – Groundbreaking Portrait Of A Kenyan Family https://www.theinfostride.com/kisilu-the-climate-diaries-groundbreaking-portrait-of-a-kenyan-family/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:57:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110134 Climate change is affecting all regions of the globe, but some places are more vulnerable than others. Parts of East Africa are already seeing the effects of climate instability, with those dependent on farming for their livelihood among some of the hardest hit. Refusing to fall victim to the weather, Kisilu, a Kenyan smallholder farmer, [...]

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]]> Kenyan Police blame Nairobi university for failed Terror Drill https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyan-police-blame-nairobi-university-for-failed-terror-drill/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:45:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109972 Kenyan police have blamed a Nairobi university for failing to gain the appropriate authorisation from authorities prior to holding a simulated “terror” drill that led to the death of a staff member. Strathmore University apologised “unreservedly” on Tuesday for the incident a day earlier, where local police helped the school test its emergency procedures by [...]

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]]> Mass Panic among Staff and Students as Kenyan university stages Terror Drill https://www.theinfostride.com/mass-panic-among-staff-and-students-as-kenyan-university-stages-terror-drill/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:56:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109780 A security drill at a Nairobi university has caused mass panic among staff and students after security forces used what many thought was live ammunition to stage a pretend attack on the school. Social media went into overdrive on Monday afternoon as security forces simulated an attack against Strathmore University’s Madaraka campus in the Kenyan [...]

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]]> Kenya’s Enemy Within: Construction of 700km-long Wall along porous Border with Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyas-enemy-within-construction-of-700km-long-wall-along-porous-border-with-somalia/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:35:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109693 Kenya has started construction on a 700km-long wall along its porous border with Somalia, in an attempt to shield itself from the armed group al-Shabab. The ambitious project, which consists of brick walls, fences and observation posts, will stretch from the town of Mandera in the north to Kiunga in the south. The goal is [...]

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]]> Kenyan Government arrests two men linked to Iranian Spy Network https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyan-government-arrests-two-men-linked-to-iranian-spy-network/ Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:27:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109536 Kenya has arrested two men it says are connected to an Iranian intelligence network that was planning an attack inside the country. A Twitter account run by the Kenyan interior ministry said the men were planning a “terror attack” in the capital Nairobi and had travelled to Iran last month. The men were identified as [...]

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]]> Pope Francis condemns Ivory Poaching in Kenya https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-francis-condemns-ivory-poaching-in-kenya/ Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:17:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109211 Pope Francis has urged global action against the illegal trafficking of blood diamonds, ivory and other natural resources, in the second day of his landmark three-nation Africa trip. In a speech in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Thursday, the pope said the illegal trade in precious stones and ivory fulled political instability and organised crime. [...]

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]]> Pope Francis kicks off Africa Trip with Peace Message https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-francis-kicks-off-africa-trip-with-peace-message/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:21:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108985 Pope Francis has called for ethnic and religious reconciliation after arriving in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, at the start of his landmark three-nation Africa tour. In what is his first official trip to the continent, the pope called all Kenyans on Wednesday to work for peace and forgiveness and warned of the need to address [...]

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]]> Religious Tolerance: Pope set for Africa visit amid High Expectations https://www.theinfostride.com/religious-tolerance-pope-set-for-africa-visit-amid-high-expectations/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108418 All signs are that Pope Francis will receive a rock-star welcome as he prepares for his first visit to Africa. Millions of people across Central and East Africa are already talking about the “historic visit” to the continent, and hundreds of thousands more are expected to turn out to catch a glimpse of the pontiff [...]

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]]> Recycling: Kenya Turns Rubbish Into Cash https://www.theinfostride.com/recycling-kenya-turns-rubbish-into-cash/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:21:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108379 Nairobi – Used plastic is being given a new lease on life in Kenya. It is melted and then used to make poles for construction and road signs. The concept is still new in Kenya – and expensive given the manufacturing costs – but the poles are slowly changing the landscape. http://bc05.ajnm.me/665003303001/201511/276/665003303001_4626741965001_20151122-KenRecycle-HMU-nostraps.mp4 By Haru Mutasa [...]

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]]> The day they came to kill me – Abdalle Mumin https://www.theinfostride.com/the-day-they-came-to-kill-me-abdalle-mumin/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:53:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=105035 Nairobi, Kenya – Abdalle Mumin is still looking over his shoulder, even after months spent in what he calls “exile”. The Somali journalist rarely leaves his safe house. He checks his phone constantly. Sometimes he turns it off or switches sim cards, just to make sure. Sitting stone-faced in a darkened office – blinds drawn [...]

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]]> Human Waste, Source of Energy for Kenyan Homes https://www.theinfostride.com/human-waste-source-of-energy-for-kenyan-homes/ Sun, 01 Nov 2015 20:54:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=104993 Environmental activists in Kenya are trying to make their community more energy efficient. Naivasha is known for its flower farms which earn the government millions of dollars from export. But it is also a sanitation hazard. There are not enough toilets and no proper waste disposal system. So, most of the waste here is dumped [...]

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]]> Facts & Figures: Kenya’s Water Women [INFOGRAPHIC] https://www.theinfostride.com/facts-figures-kenyas-water-women-infographic/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:52:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100498 Check this infographic by Alia Chughtai about Kenya’s Water Women. The following are induced: Globally,one child dies every 60 seconds from a water-related disease. UNICEF estimates that poor water and sanitation leads to a loss of 0.9% or $234m per year in GDP. Over 10,000 Kenyan children die every year from Diarrhoea. In Africa, just [...]

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]]> #Documentary > Kenya’s Water Women https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-kenyas-water-women/ Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:40:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/africa-kenyas-water-women/ Across the world, almost 1.2bn people live in areas where water is physically scarce and this has an enormous impact on the quality of life. Without clean water, communities suffer from recurrent diarrhoea and other debilitating or fatal diseases which, together with the time spent going to collect it, means a significant amount of time [...]

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]]> Beijing 2015: Kenya’s Olympic Champion David Rudisha Clinches 800m Gold as Team Nigeria Woes Continue | #Sports https://www.theinfostride.com/beijing-2015-kenyas-rudisha-clinches-800m-gold-as-team-nigeria-woes-continue-sports/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:40:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/beijing-2015-kenyas-rudisha-clinches-800m-gold-as-team-nigeria-woes-continue-sports/ Kenya’s Olympic champion David Rudisha was in absolute control on his track to winning his 2nd world title in the men’s 800m final in Beijing on Tuesday. The 26-year-old, whose first World Championships medal in the same event came four years ago in Daegu, commanded much of the race and cranked up his speed in the [...]

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]]> Kenya Tribe uprooted by Al-Shabab Conflict https://www.theinfostride.com/kenya-tribe-uprooted-by-al-shabab-conflict/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/kenya-tribe-uprooted-by-al-shabab-conflict/ By Al Jazeera For one tribe in Kenya, it has been their home for centuries. But now a forest on the border with Somalia has become a main hideout for fighters from al-Shabab, the Somalia-based armed group that says it is at war with the Kenyan government. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from the Boni [...]

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]]> Obamania and Start Ups Growth in Africa https://www.theinfostride.com/obamania-start-ups-growth-africa/ Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:21:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=90377 Obamania has gripped Kenya as the 44th U.S. President lands in Nairobi, the country’s capital, for a visit. From t-shirts, mugs, and caps with Barack Obama’s name and image to “Obama themed ringtones,” (“Yes we can!”) it will not be hard for the U.S. president to find entrepreneurs in Kenya. Among East African countries Kenya, [...]

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]]> Trending Kenya: Potus Returns Home https://www.theinfostride.com/trending-kenya-potus-returns-home/ Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:44:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=90269 Trending presently on twitter is Potus return to home. It seems the whole of Kenya is thirsty of his return as different renovations are going on to give the Number One President a hearty welcome.United States President, Barack Obama, will be visiting Kenya shortly for the upcoming 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). During his visit, [...]

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]]> UN expresses outrage at heinous Al Shabaab attack on Kenyan university https://www.theinfostride.com/un-expresses-39outrage39-at-39heinous39-al-shabaab-attack-on-kenyan-university/ Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:35:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/04/un-expresses-39outrage39-at-39heinous39-al-shabaab-attack-on-kenyan-university/ 4 April 2015 – The United Nations has condemned the terrorist attack carried out by Al Shabaab in Garissa, Kenya, in the strongest terms, with the Security Council members stressing their “outrage” at what the President of the General Assembly called a “heinous” attack. The Secretary-General, who had previously condemned the attack in a statement [...]

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]]> Minister Nicholson Condemns Attack in Kenya https://www.theinfostride.com/minister-nicholson-condemns-attack-in-kenya/ Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:23:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/04/minister-nicholson-condemns-attack-in-kenya/ OTTAWA, Canada, April 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “Canada is appalled by today’s terrorist attack at Garissa University College in Kenya, which has claimed the lives of many innocent students. “On behalf of all Canadians, [...]

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]]> President Goodluck Jonathan commiserates with Kenya over death of 147 people in Al-Shabaab attack https://www.theinfostride.com/jonathan-commiserates-with-kenya-over-death-of-147-people-in-al-shabaab-attack/ Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:15:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/04/jonathan-commiserates-with-kenya-over-death-of-147-people-in-al-shabaab-attack/ President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the government and people of Kenya and to the families of those who died today in the barbaric attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists at the Garissa University College in Kenya. “President Jonathan utterly condemns the deliberate targeting of innocent persons, schools and other soft targets by terrorists as such atrocious, [...]

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]]> Africa: New report raises concerns about the pace of reform and possible implications for security in Kenya https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-new-report-raises-concerns-about-the-pace-of-reform-and-possible-implications-for-security-in-kenya/ Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:16:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/africa-new-report-raises-concerns-about-the-pace-of-reform-and-possible-implications-for-security-in-kenya/ LONDON, United-Kingdom, August 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The latest report from Think Security Africa (TSA) (http://www.thinksecurityafrica.org): National Security Profile on the Republic of Kenya, raises concerns about the pace of reform in Kenya, and the need to ensure that existing security challenges do not negatively interact with changes in Kenya’s new political and [...]

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]]> Big dream fires up wanyama, harambee stars https://www.theinfostride.com/big-dream-fires-up-wanyama-harambee-stars/ Thu, 29 May 2014 11:10:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/big-dream-fires-up-wanyama-harambee-stars/ The last time Kenya competed at the Africa Cup of Nations finals 22 years ago, their present captain Victor Wanyama was only a one year old toddler. This Friday 30th May, when Kenya takes its first round first leg 1-0 lead to the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros in an attempt to get to [...]

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]]> Kenyan police and Muslim youth clash in Mombasa https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyan-police-and-muslim-youth-clash-in-mombasa/ Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:50:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33114 Kenyan police and Muslim youths clashed in Mombasa following Friday prayers, witnesses said, days after a firebrand Islamist cleric was gunned down in the port city. Security was tight and tensions high around the Musa mosque, seen by Kenyan authorities…

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]]> Hardline Kenyan Muslim cleric shot dead https://www.theinfostride.com/hardline-kenyan-muslim-cleric-shot-dead/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:11:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32394 A prominent hardline Muslim cleric in Kenya was shot dead in Mombasa on Tuesday, amid worsening religious tensions in the strategic port city and gateway to East Africa. Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, better known as Makaburi, was a vocal supporter of Osama…

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]]> Kenya police arrest more than 650 after bomb blasts https://www.theinfostride.com/kenya-police-arrest-more-than-650-after-bomb-blasts/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:35:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32269 Kenyan police have arrested more than 650 suspects a day after six people were killed in bomb attacks in the capital Nairobi, the interior minister said Tuesday, in a crackdown on suspected Islamist insurgents. "This act of cowardice perpetrated against…

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]]> Gunmen kill four in attack on Kenyan church https://www.theinfostride.com/gunmen-kill-four-in-attack-on-kenyan-church/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:11:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30244 Attackers shot dead four worshippers on Sunday when they burst into a church service near the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, spraying the congregation with bullets, police said. The attack, which also left about 17 people wounded, came amid heightened…

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]]> Kenyan police arrests two from explosives-laden car https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyan-police-arrests-two-from-explosives-laden-car/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:09:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29188 Kenyan police said Monday they arrested two men who were driving a vehicle packed with explosives in the Indian Ocean resort city of Mombasa. "We have not established where the target was, but we have detained two terror suspects who were in the vehicle…

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]]> ’12 Years A Slave’ actress Nyong’o in line for Bafta https://www.theinfostride.com/12-years-a-slave-actress-nyongo-in-line-for-bafta/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:24:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8961 Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o was nominated on Monday for Bafta's Rising Star Award for her role in "12 Years A Slave", in a further sign that it is heading for Oscar glory. Nyong'o is considered the frontrunner for the British Academy of Film and Television…

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]]> Bomb blast wounds one in Kenyan capital https://www.theinfostride.com/bomb-blast-wounds-one-in-kenyan-capital/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:57:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7975 One person was wounded Saturday when an improvised bomb exploded in the Kenyan capital, police said, in a shop in Nairobi's mainly ethnic Somali district Eastleigh. The attack is the latest of a series of bomb or grenade blasts in Kenya. "One person…

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]]> The African Union strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Nairobi https://www.theinfostride.com/the-african-union-strongly-condemns-the-terrorist-attack-in-nairobi/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:05:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/the-african-union-strongly-condemns-the-terrorist-attack-in-nairobi/ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has learnt with shock and grief about the attack on a mini-bus in Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb, which took place on Saturday, 14 December 2013, and claimed the lives of a number of [...]

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]]> Trauma, broken dreams as Africans endure wave of Islamist attacks https://www.theinfostride.com/trauma-broken-dreams-as-africans-endure-wave-of-islamist-attacks/ Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:49:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5029 It was supposed to be a regular shopping trip to a Kenyan mall until Faith Wambua found herself playing dead for bullet-spraying militants, in an ordeal that capped a year of Islamist violence across the continent affecting countless ordinary Africans…

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]]> Key Indicators: How has Kenya changed since independence? https://www.theinfostride.com/key-indicators-how-has-kenya-changed-since-independence/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:33:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=4449 As Kenya marks half a century of independence, celebrations are tempered by concern about the future. How have things changed since 1963 – and what does the future hold?

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]]> Dozens killed in north Kenya inter-ethnic fighting https://www.theinfostride.com/dozens-killed-in-north-kenya-inter-ethnic-fighting/ Sat, 07 Dec 2013 14:19:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3911 Dozens of people have died in northern Kenya in a week of fierce clashes between rival ethnic groups, aid sources and reports said on Saturday. The unrest, centred around the town of Moyale in Marsabit county on the frontier with Ethiopia, has seen…

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]]> Kenya denies bail to four charged over mall massacre https://www.theinfostride.com/kenya-denies-bail-four-charged-mall-massacre/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:02:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3404 A Kenyan court denied bail Wednesday to four men facing trial in connection with Kenya's Westgate mall massacre in September in which at least 67 people were killed. Magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie told the accused in court in Nairobi their bail applications…

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]]> Kenya launches $13.8 bn China-built railway to boost trade https://www.theinfostride.com/kenya-launches-13-8-bn-china-built-railway-boost-trade/ Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:55:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=2673 Kenya launched construction of a Chinese-funded 13.8 billion dollar (10-billion euro) flagship railway project on Thursday, hoping to dramatically increase trade and boost Kenya's position as a regional economic powerhouse. The key transport link, to…

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]]> In just four days, Nairobi will be the East African capital of the food processing and packaging industry https://www.theinfostride.com/in-just-four-days-nairobi-will-be-the-east-african-capital-of-the-food-processing-and-packaging-industry/ Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/in-just-four-days-nairobi-will-be-the-east-african-capital-of-the-food-processing-and-packaging-industry/ NAIROBI, Kenya, November 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In just four days, Nairobi will be the East African capital of the food processing and packaging industry. From the 26th to 28th of November the KICC will be the venue for the first Food Processing & Packaging Exposyum – FPPE 2013 (http://www.fppe-ke.com). Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/banniere.png Download [...]

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]]> AfDB Board approves US120 million financing for Nairobi’s outer ring road https://www.theinfostride.com/afdb-board-approves-us120-million-financing-for-nairobis-outer-ring-road/ Tue, 19 Nov 2013 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/apr/2013/11/19/afdb-board-approves-us120-million-financing-for-nairobis-outer-ring-road/ NAIROBI, Kenya, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) on Wednesday November 13th approved US$120 million financing for the Nairobi Outer Ring road project which involves the improvement of the existing single carriageway road to a 2-lane dual carriageway complete with service roads, grade separated intersections, pedestrians–foot-over [...]

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]]> DHL and Engen announce major African retail partnership https://www.theinfostride.com/dhl-and-engen-announce-major-african-retail-partnership/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 07:36:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/apr/dhl-and-engen-announce-major-african-retail-partnership/ CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, November 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ —    Two significant multinationals join forces to increase consumer access in Africa   DHL Express (http://www.dhl.com), the world’s leading international express services provider and Engen, Africa’s leading multinational fuel retailer and provider of convenience services, have signed a retail partnership, in a bid to provide [...]

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]]> Five inspirational organisations from Malawi, Mali, Kenya, Bangladesh and Colombia recognised by GSK and Save the Children https://www.theinfostride.com/five-inspirational-organisations-from-malawi-mali-kenya-bangladesh-and-colombia-recognised-by-gsk-and-save-the-children/ Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:16:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/apr/five-inspirational-organisations-from-malawi-mali-kenya-bangladesh-and-colombia-recognised-by-gsk-and-save-the-children/ LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — – First initiative to be delivered in partnership between GSK and Save the Children that aims to save a million children’s lives. A simple low-cost device that helps newborn babies to breathe and has the potential to transform the life chances for thousands of African babies [...]

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