At least 57 of the government’s affordable housing units completed so far have been allocated to the KDF soldiers.
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The Ngara project is only 17% complete but has so far generated 650 direct jobs for artisans.
A choir performs during independence day celebrations in Kenya.
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Music has often been used as a political tool to urge Kenyans to forget the sins of colonial and post-colonial regimes.
Increased financing will enable universities in Kenya to make climate change activities a central part of curricula and research output.
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Universities in Kenya should be more sensitive to national policies aimed at addressing the effects of climate change.
Maize grown in a small-scale farm.
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If small-scale farmers can’t afford to grow certified seeds – or can’t find them – food shortages would follow.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commander of Uganda’s land forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s son.
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The plan to replace Museveni with his son has dramatically shifted from rumour to reality in recent months.
Potatoes grown in the Kibirichia area of Mount Kenya.
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Potato productivity in Kenya is declining, this is partly due to potato cyst nematodes - a microscopic type of roundworm that feeds on potato roots.
South Sudanese children play at a refugee camp in northern Uganda.
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Refugee law puts humanitarianism above considerations of state sovereignty.
A Nairobi protest against homophobic statements made by a government minister.
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Kenya’s LGBTI community continues to face the deadly consequences of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
An activist leaves Kenya’s high court after a 2019 ruling refused to scrap laws criminalising homosexuality.
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LGBTI refugees from other countries expect Kenya to be safer but are quickly disillusioned.
A general view shows the Standard Gauge Railway train constructed by the Chinese Communications Construction Company and financed by Chinese government.
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The fear that borrowers’ strategic assets are at risk from Chinese banks continues to fail the test of evidence.
The Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi.
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The country’s courts have already exhibited a significant level of maturity in rulings touching on the executive.
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How can a big infrastructure project benefit marginalised communities?
The state-owned National Oil Corporation should hold adequate reserve fuel to address national shortage.
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Money accumulated as stabilisation fund should be released to oil marketers promptly to avoid artificial shortages.
A vendor selling cereals in Nairobi.
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The Ukraine crisis is significantly increasing political stress and potential conflict throughout Africa.
A man flees from teargas fired by anti-riot police in Nairobi after Kenya’s 2017 elections.
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To predict - and prevent - election-related violence, it’s important to first understand the key drivers of conflict.
Livestock buyers and sellers should co-design markets to address common needs.
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A functioning market eases pressure on rangelands, lowers animal mortality, and stabilises prices.
Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the recently deceased third president of Kenya
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Kibaki gave Kenya’s higher education sector a free market capitalistic orientation, endearing him to the World Bank and the IMF
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Kibaki’s goals were to expand access to education, and to make universities more efficient and self-sustaining.
Kenya is expected to import 700,000 tonnes of maize for 2022/23.
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Changes in maize production could create complications for Kenya, sub-Saharan Africa’s major importer, because of its policy on genetically modified maize.
Mwai Kibaki.
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He will be remembered as the leader who plunged the country into unmitigated chaos