London, August 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-In Kenya’s Kibera, where government ambulance teams daren’t go, a local has taken matters into her own hands No day is the same for Evalyne Nyangweso, entrepreneur and owner of an ambulance service dedicated to an unforgiving community prone to poor health, disease and high crime rates. Operating in Kibera, Africa’s ...

London, August 8, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The British government has launched two UK funded programmes that will support and assist persons with disabilities access employment opportunities in Kenya The programmes, the Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) programme and The Inclusion Works! Programme will help break down the barriers that have curtailed access to various opportunities for persons with ...

London, July 31, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has successfully added 79 megawatts (MW) of power to the national grid following the completion of Unit 1 of Olkaria V Geothermal Power Plant. The Unit was first synchronized to the grid on the 28th of June 2019 and thereafter subjected to commissioning tests. It was ...

London, July 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Director of Public Prosecution in Kenya Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his wife Susan Wangari Ndung’u over alleged embezzlement of Ksh. 588million public funds. The DPP said he was satisfied with evidence against Waititu and 12 other suspects linked to irregular procurement for ...

London, July 25, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Kenya is expected to begin oil exports in the third quarter 2019, British firm Tullow oil said on Wednesday. Mark MacFarlane, executive vice president for east Africa of Tullow Oil, said in a statement that in May the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) production was increased from 600 barrels of oil ...

London, July 22, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Kenya’s minister for finance Henry Rotich surrendered himself to the Directorate of Criminal-DCI Investigations a few hours after the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji approved his arrest Monday in connection with corruption claims. Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m (£405m) for the ...

TAIWO ADELU London, July 22, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Two Nigerian states, Osun and Kano states have established partnership with the government of Kenya with a view to to understudying its agriculture revolution as well as replicate such at home Agriculture is the largest contributor to Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP). The country is a leading producer of tea and ...

London, July 21, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Three Kenyan fishermen are reportedly being detained by Ugandan authorities for allegedly trespassing. The fishermen were arrested while on a fishing expedition in Lake Victoria and were taken to Hama Island in the neighboring country where they are currently being held. Speaking to Citizen Digital, a popular Kenyan news website, Suba South sub-county ...

London, July 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Kenya is set to commission Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) in Marsabit County, dubbed as the largest wind farm in Africa Construction of the mega wind power farm was completed last year but could not produce power since the Spanish firm contracted to develop the transmission line filed for bankruptcy. However, ...

London, July 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A 40-year-old Kenyan man is due to appear before a court on Tuesday after police arrested him for allegedly marrying a 10-year-old girl. According to Joshua Kaputa, a Narok peace ambassador who rescued the girl, the minor was secretly married to the man at Olooltoto village in Narok North sub-county a week ago and ...