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Kenya is heading for a change. President Mwai Kibaki is on the verge of defeat to a former political ally and leader of the Orange Democratic Movement(ODM), Raila Odinga. Early election results suggest that Mr.Odinga is leading President Kibaki by a comfortable margin and although there are still some results yet to be declared, it [...]

Kenya, one of the prosperous nations in the war ravaged African continent, is on the verge of being embroiled in a land war of wider scale. According to the UNICEF, women and children are suffering the most in a bitter conflict over a proposed land distribution scheme in the fertile Mt.Elgon region. The world might [...]

Kenya, one of the prosperous nations in the war ravaged African continent, is on the verge of being embroiled in a land war of wider scale. According to the UNICEF, women and children are suffering the most in a bitter conflict over a proposed land distribution scheme in the fertile Mt.Elgon region. The world might [...]

Kenya has given the sporting world some of its best distance runners. The Kenyan marathon runners, the overwhelming majority of them, come from impoverished families. In due course of their success as massive wealth comes pouring in their kitty as is common with all international athletes they began investing in farmlands and real estates commanding [...]

It does not seem that the violence in Kenya will end some time soon. People in the streets are attacked and lynched to death. According to the International Crisis Group, armed groups on both the opposition and government sides are mobilizing for fresh attacks. For those not aware, the roots of this ongoing Kenyan violence [...]

Kenya seems to have been saved from the brink of civil war. The two main parties PNU and ODM have decided to merge. Kibaki will remain president and Raila Odinga will sit on the newly created prime ministerial chair. In short the two main parties (or tribes) will share power. Odinga seems happy now. He [...]

With Kenya’s post-election violence still underway, it is a saddening reality that families are being broken due to several abductions, burning of houses and other human rights violations. It seems Kenya remains in a desperate situation and its government hopeless in respondiing to the needs of the people. What’s making things worse, many officials are [...]

Kenya is in troubled waters again with the collapse of the Kofi Annan-brokered political truce between the government and the opposition. Despite the best efforts of Mr.Annan, the former UN secretary-general, it seems President Mwai Kibaki and his bitter opposition rival Raila Odinga cannot trust each other when it comes to sharing power in Nairobi. [...]

Kenya is one country which faced whole lot of troubles before putting together a cobbled up coalition government in parliament. The elections were controversial with reports of irregularities by those in power; results were controversial, there was much post election violence and finally, with intervention of former United Nations secretary Kofi Annan, a power sharing [...]