The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday announced an immediate ban on adoption of children by foreign nationals . A special cabinet meeting chaired by President Kenyatta directed the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection to formulate a new policy document to regulate the adoption of children by foreign nationals in Kenya . The meeting also directed […]
Earlier accusations that Kenya soldiers were involved in illegal charcoal trade in Somalia returned to haunt Nairobi’s bid to have militant group Al-Shabaab listed as a terrorist group. On Thursday, Kenya was fuming after the UN Security Council rejected its proposal to place the group in the same league as Al-Qaeda and ISIS, with Somalia […]
MORE than 15 000 homes in Kenya are set to receive fibre connectivity in the next two months. Safaricom will connect the homes following its embarking on a move to grow the uptake of its Home fibre service. The service currently reaches more than 300 000 homes across the country, with more than 107 000 […]
She had been admitted at the facility’s ICU last week after her arrival from India where she was receiving treatment. Laboso had left the country on May 29 for the United Kingdom (Royal Madden NHS hospital) where she stayed before being transferred for further treatment in India. She had been put on full bed rest […]
At least over 300 refugees with eye problems received free surgeries in Garissa, Kenya. The residents of Dadaab refugee camp underwent operations that will allow them to see in a short time courtesy of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Hayarat Foundation and the UN refugee Agency reports Anadolu agency. Many people in Garissa […]
Kenya formally launched Africa’s biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project in a gusty stretch of wilderness that already provides nearly a fifth of the country’s energy needs. The $680-million (600 million euro) scheme, a sprawling 365-turbine wind farm on the eastern shores of Lake Turkana, is delivering 310 megawatts of renewable power to the […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been blamed for the wrong direction the country is taking. The findings in an Infotrak poll conducted by Infotrak Research and Consulting between June 22-23 say some 26 per cent of Kenyans point an accusatory finger at Uhuru. But Jubilee is still the most popular party, followed by ODM.The poll sample […]
A Kenyan MP has been arrested after saying he would beat up foreign traders if they did not leave the country. Charles Njagua Kanyi said in a video that Tanzanian and Ugandan traders were taking Kenyan business and “enough is enough”. A diplomatic row erupted and Tanzania’s prime minister summoned the Kenyan high commissioner for […]
Silverstone Air has introduced two daily return flights on the Nairobi-Eldoret route. The carrier, which operates two Dash 8-100s, one Dash 8-300s, a cargo plane as well as two Fokker 50s, made its maiden flight on Friday from Wilson Airport, Nairobi to Eldoret International Airport in Uasin Gishu County. According to officials of the company, […]