President Mwai Kibaki on Friday declared August 4, the referendum date, a public holiday to allow Kenyans to fully take part at the referendum on the draft law.
Government spokesman, Alfred Mutua told reporters in Nairobi that “it is important that all Kenyans come out and vote for this historic moment that will define the development [...]

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal of Kenya on Friday in Nairobi declared unconstitutional the application of a mandatory death sentence on all prisoners convicted of murder.
In their unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal in a historical judgment ruled that the automatic nature of the death penalty in Kenya for murder violates the [...]

Kenya must change its foreign policy if it is to benefit from international trade.
Ministry of foreign affairs permanent secretary Thuita Mwangi says Kenya must put in place an international business strategy that will encourage foreign investments as well as make it easy for local investors to sell their products.
There has been concern that the country [...]

President Mwai Kibaki on Wednesday officially opened the historic first World Scout Moot to be held in Africa.
Speaking in Nairobi during the official opening of the moot that brought together over 1,600 scouts from 66 countries across the world, Kibaki said the Government is doing everything possible to prepare the country’s youth for a responsible [...]

The World Bank on Wednesday said it has approved a credit of US$35 million to help Kenya promote environmentally sustainable management of its coastal and marine resources.
The Kenya Coastal Development Project approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors will also benefit from a US$5 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant to strengthen conservation [...]

Experts have raised the alarm over deteriorating network quality of service from mobile phone operators in the rapidly growing telecoms industry.
Despite cut-throat competition, a majority of operators in Kenya and many African countries are yet to meet the minimum thresholds for quality.
Participants attending the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) meeting in Nairobi say part of the [...]

The Japanese government on Monday extended to Kenya a Loan Aid amounting to 12 billion shillings ($147 million) for the Mwea Irrigation Development Project located 100 Km South East of Nairobi.
The Japanese government also have Kenya an additional 2 billion shillings ($24 million) for the Project for Improvement of the Water Supply System in Embu [...]

The outgoing Chinese envoy to Malawi Lin Songtian said Malawi is a country of abundant natural resources that can transform lives of its people but the marketing system is very poor.
“Most Malawians are poor not that they are not hardworking, it is the marketing problem that is pulling them down. The system needs to be [...]

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Malawi’s telecommunications regulator, the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has slapped a third licensed cell phone operator G Mobile with a penalty of $6.9 million (about K1.2 billion) for failing to roll out its network.
The regulatory body imposed the penalty on May 20 this year and gave the firm 30 days to pay.
Malawi has currently [...]