Kenya risks being thrown out of a list of countries that will next year trade with the US on concessionary terms contained in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), analysts warned, citing a raging diplomatic row between the two

The government's plan to regulate the country's fledging co-operative movement through a central authority has to be lauded as it sets the stage for proper regulation of a sector that is too critical to the economy.

Kenyan taxpayers pay retired British civil servants Sh79 million every month, the Star has learnt.

Kenya risks being thrown out of a list of countries that will next year trade with the US on concessionary terms contained in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), analysts warned, citing a raging diplomatic row between the two

The government's plan to regulate the country's fledging co-operative movement through a central authority has to be lauded as it sets the stage for proper regulation of a sector that is too critical to the economy.

After days of heavy rain, flash floods in Kenya's coastal Magarini district have displaced at least 500 families, sweeping away houses and livestock, officials said.

Maina Njenga yesterday warned that he may not be in full control of the sect as a new leader might emerge to replace him.

Kenyan taxpayers pay retired British civil servants Sh79 million every month, the Star has learnt.

As Uganda's national elections draw ever closer, IWPR is playing an increasingly important role in fostering debates on some crucially important issues in the country.

IWPR senior reporter, Simon Jennings, travelled to Gulu in northern Uganda along with IWPR's Uganda programme coordinator, Wairagala Wakabi, to train a group of broadcast journalists on how to report on justice and human rights issues.

Sixty-year-old Alice Nabulobi is perhaps one great grandmother whose family is haunted by maternal mortality through the generation.

A crisis is looming over the small-scale farms of Africa. Experts agree that climate change is manifesting itself in the form of prolonged drought in many parts of Africa. This is having a devastating impact on millions of resource-poor, small-scale

HUNDREDS of Somali nationals yesterday flocked Kisenyi, a Kampala suburb, for registration.

The First Lady officiates at the ground breaking ceremony of Hydraform housing in Moroto

Uganda's economy seems to be recovering faster than other nations in the region, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The National Social Security Fund has failed to declare its financial performance and interest on the workers' savings almost a month after the stipulated deadline.

Even as he is being dragged to court, city businessman Karim Hirji insists he will not refund the Shs3 billion advanced to him ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2007.

Alleged corrupt staff at Kyambogo University are reportedly threatening the life of vice chancellor, Prof. Isaiah Ndiege, because he has launched a drive to stamp out graft and laziness in the institution, a security officer has said.

Efforts behind a proposed law against homosexuality run counter to the Uganda Police's interest in the offence, official records show.

Business along Kampala - Bombo road was today morning brought to a halt following a bomb scare.