Under the leasing agreement, KPC will manage KPRL’s existing storage facilities with the two state companies lending their technical expertise and assets towards the realization of the government’s early oil program. Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter said the lease agreement will enable the country shore up its strategic petroleum reserves from the current low of 12 days to 30 days with plans underway to increase the reserves to three months.
Category: Kenya
Kenya Power begins construction of additional substations
Kenya Power County Manager in Kisii Christopher Omwenga says construction of step-sown sub-stations will ensure constant supply of electricity even in times when a glitch occurs on the main lines. The government has been implementing the Last Mile Connectivity Project that aims at ensuring more homes are connected to power as well as drive a 24 hour economy which largely depends on reliable electricity supply.
Three Wajir MP’s join Jubilee
Three Wajir ODM Members of Parliament have led the Degodia community to the Jubilee Party saying they can longer continue being in the opposition. The leaders who included 15 Wajir County MCA’s led by their speaker Bishar Omar said their decision to join the ruling party has been informed by the development agenda being implemented by the government through-out the country.
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Vadodara, March 5: The Kenyan cricket team, here to play four build up games against Baroda, is banking on India to develop the sport’s infrastructure in the African nation and eventually realise its dream of playing Tests. The 14-member Kenyan team is in the city till March 9 before travelling to Nepal, where it will play two matches against the home side.
Desperate herders lose animals, hope amid drought in Kenya
Loko Kalicha Junno says she trekked for a week to save her 10 cattle from dying of thirst and hunger. But none survived.
Desperate herders lose animals, hope amid drought in Kenya
Camel herders scoop up water in plastic buckets from one of the few watering holes in the area, to water their animals near the drought-affected village of Bandarero, near Moyale town on the Ethiopian border, in northern Kenya, Friday, March 3, 2017.
Nurses at Zimbabwe’s state hospitals go on strike over pay
Thousands of nurses in state hospitals in Zimbabwe have gone on strike over a lack of bonus payments, straining an already dire situation at the poorly resourced hospitals. FILE – In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 file photo, Kenyan nurses and other health-workers on strike demonstrate over low pay at Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya.
Authoritative and Volunteered Geographical Information in a…
With volunteered geographic information platforms such as OpenStreetMap becoming increasingly popular, we are faced with the challenge of assessing the quality of their content, in order to better understand its place relative to the authoritative content of more traditional sources. Until now, studies have focused primarily on developed countries, showing that VGI content can match or even surpass the quality of authoritative sources, with very few studies in developing countries.
’24:Legacy’ producers apologize for using Kenya attack video
The executive producers of the new Fox series “24: Legacy” are apologizing for using footage from a terror attack at a Kenya mall that killed 67 people. A statement Thursday from Evan Katz and Manny Coto says “we regretfully included news footage of an attack in Nairobi.
First Ladies root for women empowerment
On her part, Madam Brigitte commended the Kenyan First Lady for spearheading the Beyond zero campaign to reduce maternal and child mortality, saying she is a true model of African motherhood. The Central African Republic First Lady is a champion of Merc More than a Mother, an organization which supports women facing stigma because of infertility.
Kenyan police arrest two IS suspects deported from Turkey
File photo shows Kenyan security officers inspecting the scene where a hand grenade was found at church compound in Mombasa in 2014. police on Saturday morning arrested two IS suspects in the coastal city of Mombasa during a major operation to nab youth who had joined foreign radical groups.
Kenyan pastors offer young people a token of love
The Rev. Geoffrey Wanjala Munialo hands a rose and gift to Mary Mutua, a youth living with HIV, on Valentine’s Day in Nairobi, Kenya, on Feb. 14, 2017.
Enlist as voters to determine your future, President to young people
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the youth to enlist as voters in large numbers, saying their vote will shape the country’s future. President Kenyatta said young people who constitute the largest percentage of the Kenyan population have the ability to determine the quality of leaders the country will have if they register as voters and participate in the coming general election.
In Somalia’s Historic Presidential Election, A Surprise Victor Declared
A surprise winner has been declared in Somalia’s presidential election – Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a former prime minister and the popular favorite who was running against the incumbent president. Somali lawmakers cast their votes in a heavily fortified airport in a country plagued by regular militant attacks.
.com | Wary Somali refugees pack for trip to US … again
When Aden Bare Farah, 23, first boarded a bus taking him away from the bleak rows of dust-coloured tents where he was born and raised a refugee, there was no looking back. This time around, he can barely summon the enthusiasm to believe he is finally leaving the ochre sands of Dadaab in arid eastern Kenya, the world’s largest refugee camp, for Pennsylvania in the United States.
140 Somali refugees set to leave for US sent back to camp
About 140 Somali refugees whose resettlement in the United States this week was stopped by President Donald Trump’s executive order have been sent back to their refugee camp instead, one of the refugees said Saturday. It was not clear why they were sent back a day after a U.S. court order blocked Trump’s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including Somalia.
The Latest: About 140 Somali refugees sent back to camp
The Latest on the reaction to a court order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries : A Somali refugee says about 140 refugees whose resettlement in the United States was blocked by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration have been sent back to their refugee camp. Nadir Hassan says the group of Somali refugees was relocated to Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya on Saturday.
15,000 Somalis ‘heartbroken’ by Trump refugee ban
Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jSsoTC This file photo taken April 28, 2015, shows an aerial view of part of the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, north of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. NAIROBI, Kenya – Nearly 15,000 Somalians who planned to flee their war-torn country for the United States are now stuck in the world’s largest refugee camp because President Trump suspended the U.S. refugee program.
In Kenya, Reproductive Clinics Fear Trump Policy’s Detrimental Effects
President Trump’s Mexico City policy will harm nonprofits providing healthcare for women. A USAID-funded clinic in Nairobi is afraid it will prevent it from helping Kenyan women in need of abortions.
Fallen KDF soldiers from Kulbiyow attack buried
Six of the fallen KDF soldiers who were killed by Al-shabaab at their Kulbiyow base in southern Somalia were buried Sunday in Isiolo,Tana River and Marsabit Counties amid calls for the withdrawal of KDF soldiers from Somalia. The bodies of five KDF soldiers killed by al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia on Friday, arrived in Isiolo airport on Sunday.
U.S. warns citizens to avoid Kenya-Somalia border over terror attacks
Kenya Defence Forces soldiers beef up security in Mandera, Kenya, July 8, 2015. The town’s proximity to Somalia makes it an easy target for Al-Shabaab militants to carry out its attacks.
Kenya: Nowhere to Go for Pregnant Women As Strike Cripples Pumwani
Within the 20 minutes we camped outside the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi, some 10 pregnant women were turned away by security guards at the main entrance. “Anyone who walks in here to give birth, we have to turn them away because there are no doctors.
Danish man Thor Pedersen is travelling the world by container ship
From a curious polar bear cub to an excitable puppy: Adorable footage of animals seeing snow for the first time is sure to make your heart melt From spectacular waterfalls to sensational samba dances: Discovering the enticing rhythm of Argentina and Brazil on a trip-of-a-lifetime tour These really are pop-up hotels! Tourists can stay in one-off glamping cabins installed in Wales’ secret beauty spots which disappear after they visit Meet the man who’s travelling on CONTAINER SHIPS in an attempt to see every country in the world… without flying Make 2017 a roaring triumph: From dinosaurs and rock gods to a Far Eastern tropical idyll, this year’s top destinations revealed Bring the bambino: Newsreader Emma Crosby proves a tour of Tuscany with a toddler CAN still be child’s play Planet Earth – the live show: Head to Namibia for the best seat in the house at this spectacular African safari … (more)
Damani win Nakuru Series
Aziz Damani have more than just one reason to pop the champagne as the world gears up for the New Year celebrations PARTNERSHIP. Damani top order batsman Arnold Otwani steers a delivery off the bowling of Zaid Abbas to the leg-side in his fifth-wicket stand of 83 runs with all-rounder Brian Masaba at Greensteds International School in Nakuru, Kenya on December 27. Otwani’s solidity throughout the tour helped Aziz Damani clinch the series against Rift Valley Sports Club.
Calf of rare giraffe species born in UK zoo
A British zoo was celebrating after the birth of a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, whose number has dwindled to fewer than 1,600 in its native Kenya and Uganda. “First-time mum, Tula, delivered the most precious Christmas gift on Boxing Day,” said Chester Zoo in a message posted on its Facebook page, along with a picture of the mother and her six-foot calf standing between her legs.
Kenya stops US election education program ahead of polls
Kenya’s government has terminated operations of a U.S.-funded project to educate voters, just months before this East African country holds its next presidential election. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta last week claimed that money coming into the country in the guise of civic education is being used to influence Kenyans’ electoral decisions.