A police officer was killed and three others seriously injured when explosive hit a police vehicle in Dagahaley refugee camp...Full Story
Mohamed Ali, of KTN, has been arraigned in court over allegations of handling a stolen mobile phone...Full Story
News 14 May 2012
Privately armed patrol boats aimed at deterring Somali pirates could be up and running by as early as next month...Full Story
Raila Odinga rejected Kibaki's list of county commissioners which favours Mt Kenya region ...Full Story
News 12 May 2012
If County Commissioners will be in charge of security, facilitate conflict management and peace building, what will be the role of Governors?...Full Story
THE Law Society of Kenya has summoned its council to discuss the conduct of Judicial Service Commission member Ahmednasir Abdullahi ...Full Story
News 10 May 2012
A day after Easlteigh residents decry rising insecurity, police raided the area and arrested ten somalis ...Full Story
The national intelligence service agency has warned the government of the possibility of violence as the country heads to elections ...Full Story
News 09 May 2012
Construction of a modern export livestock slaughter house at a cost of 150 million shilling at Wajir County is underway. ...Full Story
A Nairobi debt collector wants lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi struck off from the roll of advocates for alleged professional misconduct. ...Full Story
News 07 May 2012
KDF is aiming to build a political consensus among the various clans and militias around Kismayu before it takes the city ...Full Story
Schools countrywide open for their second term this year with no funds to run the free learning programme...Full Story
Martha Karua has urged the government to listen to the grievances raised by the outlawed Mombasa Republican Council....Full Story
News 05 May 2012
The Kenyan security forces have committed widespread human rights abuses against ethnic Somalis with total impunity...Full Story
Raila has warned that the emergence of ethnically-based political groups could spell doom in elections due next year...Full Story
News 03 May 2012
Police in Lamu have arrested two foreigners suspected to be members of the Al-Shabaab terror group...Full Story
The Government has announced fresh plans to engage the outlawed Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) in dialogue to resolve their grievances ...Full Story
Under Kibaki Presidency, Ethiopia join Uganda and South-Sudan to claim part of Kenyan territory in the name of boundry re-demarcation...Full Story
News 01 May 2012
Lawyer Godana Doyo has been endorsed to run for Isiolo county governor by a section of the community in Isiolo ...Full Story
Former powerful Attorney General and Constitutional Affairs Minister Charles Njonjo and retired Anglican Archbishop David Gitari told the Kikuyu community to forget about producing the next President ...Full Story
News 30 April 2012
Sh55 Million has been rolled out to reverse the severely degraded environment in Daadab district ...Full Story
A warning has once again been isued to security officers in North Eastern province to be on alert over possible attacks by the al Shabaab militia...Full Story
News 25 April 2012
In Mombasa, a confrontation between Police and members of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) ended with the death of a man...Full Story
After decades of under-development at all front, North Eastern is among those regions to get the newly created University Colleges....Full Story
News 21 April 2012
A row between Kenya and Somalia over their maritime border may deter multinational oil companies from exploring for oil and gas offshore east Africa, and a Somali official warned that the argument could escalate...Full Story
Members of Parliament have passed a Bill that will allow them to be paid Sh3.72 million each as gratuity at the end of the term of the 10th Parliament....Full Story
News 16 April 2012
A former Al Shabaab militant has confessed how he joined and fought alongside the Somali insurgents...Full Story
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers Narok have arrested three Somalis they accuse on elephant poaching in the country ...Full Story
News 14 April 2012
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda allied Shabaab have urged followers to open a new front in the northern breakaway region of Puntland...Full Story
Horn of Africa aid agencies have warned that young children and lactating mothers could suffer malnutrition due to lack of access to basic needs...Full Story
News 12 April 2012
Raila tour ended in acrimony after Minister for Northern Kenya Mohammed Elmi and former Wajir West MP Mohammed Khalif engaged in a scuffle that nearly degenerated into blows...Full Story
News 12 April 2012
Raila tour ended in acrimony after Minister for Northern Kenya Mohammed Elmi and former Wajir West MP Mohammed Khalif engaged in a scuffle that nearly degenerated into blows...Full Story
Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture visited Hola and Bura irrigation schemes after allegations of corruption...Full Story
News 11 April 2012
The United Nations requires about Sh83 billion to deal with the refugee crisis in Somalia and Sudan...Full Story
The High Court has frozen the creation of 80 new constituencies in a decision that might affect the General Election..Full Story
Raila Odinga has asked the national examinations council to administer fresh tests for 3,000 candidates whose Form Four results for last year were nullified..Full Story
News 08 April 2012
When Gandhi’s forces did not perform well in 2010, Kenya began to support Ahmed Madobe and his militia, called the Ras Kamboni Brigade..Full Story
Arap Moi said Gema and Kamatusa are retrogressive because they are going against national unity..Full Story
News 05 April 2012
The removal of lawyer Mutula Kilonzo from Justice and Constitutional Affiars Ministry is an attempt to wreck the ICC case against Kenyatta and Ruto..Full Story
The IEBC’s decision to encroach Bula Madina and Alango Arba to the newly created Balambala Constituency is a mischief that might lead to inter clan conflict between the Auliyahan and Abudak ..Full Story
Four students of NEP Girls Secondary School in Garissa have been hospitalised after they were allegedly attacked by students from County High Secondary school..Full Story
Al-shabaab ordered livestock traders in Afgoye town, a major trading centre 30km south of Mogadishu, to stop selling their animals to Kenya..Full Story
News 04 April 2012
The Board of the troubled Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) decided not to renew the contract of the chief executive Hussein Ali which is set to expire in September..Full Story
Police have arrested several suspects, including foreigners, in connection with last weekend’s grenade attacks in Mombasa and Mtwapa..Full Story
News 03 April 2012
Higher Education Minister said we holding important talks with education minister so that the 8-4-4 system of education is retained because the new system would require about Sh340 billion..Full Story
The government will recruit 7,000 police officers to boost security during the next General Election...Full Story
News 15 March 2012
MPs accused the Government of ignoring the country's security and failing to detect and investigate crimes as Kenya Defence Forces pursues Al Shabaab in Somalia...Full Story
Two Somali refugees were shot dead and a third was wounded by gunmen in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp. .. Full Story
News 09 March 2012
Maybe a tactic to woo voters from Raila, Aden Duale and other legislators allied to G7 alliance tabled a dossier they alleged to have been prepared by UK and ICC. ..Full Story
Education Minister Sam Ongeri was put on the spot by MPs over the cancellation of Form Four examination results for 3,000 candidates..Full Story
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has disowned the nomination of Amina Masoud to head the National Police Service Commission..Full Story
Exiled Ethiopian opposition politicians and activists have formed a council against Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government..Full Story
News 01 March 2012
Northern Kenya MPs have called for a fresh audit into the exam irregularities that led to the cancellation the KCSE tests in the area..Full Story
With the 2927 students whose KCSE results have been cancelled, NEP is among the worst affected where 40 schools branded cheats..Full Story
An appeal against a judgment that stopped Kenyan courts from trying piracy cases failed to proceed due to the absence of one judge sitting in the five-judge bench...Full Story
News 26 Feb 2012
Ijara should be considered for extra wards on a special case basis,” the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee declared in its report scheduled for debate on Tuesday...Full Story
Kenya will not negotiate with al-Shabaab militants for the release of two abducted public officials..Full Story
News 25 Feb 2012
The Muslims for Human Rights Forum (MHRF) has protested the deportation of a Canadian Muslim preacher Sheikh Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips...Full Story
Up to eight boats had docked at Kismayu port in the last 48 hours to ferry the foreign fighters to Yemen....Full Story
A District Officer who was abducted alongside an Immigration official from Wajir district in mid January has appeared in a video ....Full Story
News 24 Feb 2012
Kenya expressed its “disappointment” over a decision by donors not to fund its navy, a move that would help it patrol the Somalia coastline....Full Story
Sheikh Bilal Philips was turned away at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport a few hours after he landed, sparking protests from Muslim leader....Full Story
The International Committee of the Red Cross has commissioned a Sh2.85 million water project that will benefit 6,000 people in Marsabit County ....Full Story
News 23 Feb 2012
The leather industry is set for better times, with the changing of Kenya Livestock Development Council (KLDC) into a parastatal, as it seeks more independence to streamline operations....Full Story
The UN Security Council unanimously agreed to increase the African Union force in Somalia from 12,000 to 17,731 troops....Full Story
Life got easier for trader Siad Hussein when Somali Islamist militants pulled out of the capital. He no longer pays a Jihad tax nor does he have to watch mortars kill his customers....Full Story
A major conference on war-ravaged Somalia that has become a global threat for harbouring extremist groups starts in London ....Full Story
News 20 Feb 2012
Gunmen believed to be Somali Al Shabaab insurgents killed a Kenyan policeman at Fafi in Garissa district ....Full Story
Kenyan troops intensified attacks on Al-Shabaab in Somalia with air strikes on a key rebel settlement....Full Story
News 19 Feb 2012
Twelve years later and with six children, I registered as a private candidate and sat my KCSE in a boys’ only school in GarissaFull Story
The military has identified the location of 10 Kenyans, including two soldiers, kidnapped by Al Shabaab fighters....Full Story
Kenya: no rush to enter Kismayu in pursuit of Al-Shabaab until we are satisfied that the areas we captured so far are secure....Full Story
Two suspected Somali pirates were on flown to Mombasa following their arrest by Danish naval forces in the high seas....Full Story
News 16 Feb 2012
In Isiolo militias killed villagers and displaced families around the town as politically tinged flare-ups continue....Full Story
The MPs request for more time means that the implementation of devolved units, which involves setting up of county governments, will delay....Full Story
News 13 Feb 2012
EU’s new Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr Alexander Rondos expressed concern that the entrance of regional armies into Somalia pursuing separate aims could complicate getting a solution to the conflict....Full Story
In Mombasa, scores of Muslim faithful, including the son of a former MP, sustained injuries after opposing groups clashed at a mosque over the conduction of an Islamic celebration...Full Story
Kenyans are set to vote on Monday, December 17 in their biggest ever-General Election, unless President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga ignore the wishes of Cabinet and the national electoral body...Full Story
News 12 Feb 2012
The move by al-Shabaab to join ranks with al-Qaeda will attract more international support to efforts to crush the militants...Full Story
The war in Somalia has now gone beyond being that of KDF and TFG against Al Shabaab, but that of international forces against the Somali militant...Full Story
Nobody should lie to you. The recent clash was between militias from Ethiopia who were fighting on behalf of their kinsmen...Full Story
News 09 Feb 2012
Three people died and 22 others are admitted in hospital in Garissa following clashes between two communities in Fafi, Garissa County...Full Story
Kenya Forces claim to have killed an Al-Shabaab commander named Abu Yahya together with 13 militants in an ambush...Full Story
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near the presidential palace...Full Story
News 08 Feb 2012
Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya has been barred by the High Court from conducting a repeat census in eight districts in Northern Eastern Kenya...Full Story
Moyale legislator Mohamud Mohamed Ali has obtained temporary orders restraining police from arresting him.Full Story
News 07 Feb 2012
With no written contracts drawn to agree on the structure of payments and the nature of investments, many Somali businesses have thrived on an economic model that heavily relies on trust .full Story
Muslim leaders have asked the government to remove the Mombasa Republican Council from the list of illegal groups in order to pave the way for dialogu .full Story
News 06 Feb 2012
In Isiolo security patrols have been put in place and community leaders and chiefs directed to render an all time surveillance of their villages .full Story
For a considerable number of Kenyan voters, the election period is the “season of harvest”. Beware. Things have changed.full Story
News 04 Feb 2012
At Guled hotel in Garissa armed men shot and killed three people while seriously wounding another.full Story
UN declared famine Somalia is over, raising hope that Somali refugees who fled into Kenya to escape hunger could soon be on their way home. full Story
Kenyan gunships have attacked Al Shabaab strongholds in a renewed attacks in Somalia as troops advanced towards Afmadhow. full Story
News 03 Feb 2012
Police in Garissa have arrested a suspect believed to be the coordinator of Al Shabaab militia group in Kenya. full Story
The Government is pointing a finger at three senior politicians and a businessman for instigating inter-community violence in Moyale. full Story
The Pumwani Riyadha Mosque has sued Chase Bank Limited for allegedly releasing confidential information to a United Nations monitoring group linking it to Al-Shabaab. full Story
News 02 Feb 2012
Bomb Blast in Mandera, no confirmed reports of casualities. A number of students and businessmen arrested.
Security agencies have launched investigations over reports that at least three Kenyan officers could have been spying for terrorist group Al-Shabaab.... full Story
Kenya will have four different types of secondary schools if new proposals on education reforms are adopted.... full Story
Kenyan troops captured more key towns in the battle to eliminate Al Shabaab militants in Somalia.... full Story
News 01 Feb 2012
Livestock Development Minister Mohamed Kuti says the situation in Moyale has improved.... full Story
The Japanese government through Japanese International Cooperation Agency has given the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands a grant of Sh870 million.... full Story
The wife of a Muslim preacher facing arms charges was denied a P3 form to enable her take legal action against police officer.... full Story
News 30 Jan 2012
Eastern police boss Marcus Ochola said the Oromo Liberation Front is involved in the violence that has rocked Moyale.... full Story
IGAD Executive Secretary Mahboub Maalim said the organisation is working to facilitate regional and bilateral agreements relating to border crossing relief and recovery assistance.... full Story
Muslim leaders in Mombasa at the weekend stormed the Ministry of Roads office to protest against the poor state of roads..... full Story
News 29 Jan 2012
A key centre used by al-Shabaab to transport arms and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from Kismayu to Kenyan refugee camps through Hosingow was captured this week.... full Story
The ethnic fights in Moyale have shifted to social media even as Government moved to deploy security officers.... full Story
Doctors issued a one week strike notice for failure by the Government to implement a return-to-work formula agreed upon last year.... full Story
News 26 Jan 2012
An international lobby group wants the Kenyan government to find ways of distributing wealth equally as a solution to youths joining terrorist organisations.... full Story
Somalis inside Kenya should not be sent back into Somalia in order to create some sort of a buffer zone.... full Story
A Briton linked to the Al-Shabaab terror group and who is serving a three-year jail term is charged with raiding a police camp in Wajir County.... full Story
News 25 Jan 2012
Kenyan lawyers and MPs reacted sharply to the government's dicision that Uhuru and Muthaura two ICC suspects holding public office will not immediately be required to step aside.... full Story
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in northern Somalia have been freed in an overnight military raid, according to reports...... full Story
News 24 Jan 2012
A good day for Major Ali but four others-including political heavy-weights and presidential hopefuls Uhuru and Ruto to face criminal charges at the ICC...... full Story
The High Court in Eldoret has ordered that chairman Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Isaack Hassan should face contempt proceedings.... full Story
News 23 Jan 2012
Kenya Forces lost two soldiers during a night raid on Al-Shabaab targets in night operation in Delbio and Hosingo...... full Story
Kenya plans to start moving some of the refugees at the Dadaab camp to safe havens in Somalia..... full Story
The proceeds of piracy have generated broad economic benefits in parts of Somalia, giving local residents and political leaders incentives to allow high-seas hijacking to continue..... full Story
The decision by Kenya to join African Union Mission in Somalia is an opportunity for the frontline states to harmonise their disparate interests in Somalia..... full Story
According to a survey released a majority of Kenyans will support only educated candidates and those with a development agenda...... full Story
News 22 Jan 2012
Al Shabaab militia resistance has drastically weakened and the terror outfit may soon be wiped out..... full Story
Kenya dismissed a report by the United Nations exonerating Eritrea from claims that it funded the Al Shabaab militia with both monetary and ammunitions support..... full Story
Since the Kenya Forces launched an operation in Somalia, business has slowed down considerably for everyone in Eastleigh..... full Story
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) said that the Al Shabaab militia had resorted to using women wearing bras fitted with explosives to further their cause..... full Story
News 20 Jan 2012
To demand the safe return of Kenyans held at Gedo region, the government should target the businesses of the clan of those abductees hiding behind al-shabaab and press the elders to facilitate the release of all Kenyans held by al-shabaab claimants..... full Story
Police in Isiolo and Moyale have in the past one week arrested 26 suspects, among them chiefs and civic leaders, for allegedly fanning violence in the area.... full Story
In Garile the clan affliated to Al-shabaab killed Sergent Hassan Barre, police reservist Abdullahi Mohamed Abdi and hijacked Mohamed Deq with his 4x4 car... full Story
The International Committee of the Red Cross has announced a temporary suspension of food aid distribution in southern Somalia .... full Story
News 19 Jan 2012
The troublesome clan that has for long desired to destabilise NEP, released the photos of two Kenyans whom they kidnapped from Garile, Wajir.... full Story
Seven suspected Al-Shabaab members were charged with illegal possession of firearms in circumstances indicating that they had intentions to kidnap.... full Story
News 18 Jan 2012
Two somali doctors suspected to be members of Al-Shabaab have opposed a move by the State to release them.... full Story
Kenya forces killed six Al Shabaab commanders in an attack on the militia’s base in Tatar town.... full Story
Mutula Kilonzo says Uhuru Kenyatta, Francis Muthaura and Maj Gen (Rtd) Hussein Ali should resign should the ICC send them to trial over the 2008 post election violence.... full Story
News 17 Jan 2012
This Ahmad Iman Ali a Kenyan responsible to recruit for shabaab, urging young kenyan muslims to wage jihad inside Kenya and that they don’t have to get permission from their parents.... full Story
USA refused to back Kenyan’s attacks on Al-shabaab, stood on the fence creating excuses of humanitarian disastrous if Kismayu port is shelled. Another headache, UN vindicate Eritrea which is the evil deeds of those opposing operation linda nchi.... full Story
News 16 Jan 2012
Kenya is unwilling to capture the port city of Kismayu without the financial and logistical backing of the international community.... full Story
In the past we used to send elders to go and negotiate for the release of captives, this time we must get a solution to release the four officials being held by Al Shabaab.... full Story
Barclays Bank of Kenya’s chief executive Adan Mohammed is one of the seven short listed for the Commissioner General post .... full Story
News 15 Jan 2012
Two Kenyans who went missing when Al Shabaab militia raided Gerile police post in Wajir have resurfaced .... full Story
Police are still interrogating the 29 Ugandans who were heading for Somalia to join the terror group Al-Shabaab. .... full Story
News 13 Jan 2012
A District Officer, chief and a civilian are still missing more than 12 hours after they were abducted during an attack in Wajir .... full Story
Police have reported a breakthrough in counter-terrorism, following the arrest of a British national in Mombasa.... full Story
News 12 Jan 2012
Al-shabaab killed five people including three Administration Police officers at the Gerile AP camp in Wajir South .... full Story
Al-shabaab turned against three Kenyan Muslims fighting alongside them executing one and the other two placed in custody.... full Story
Seven foreigners including a former US soldier have been arrested in Kenya in the last two weeks over links to Al-Shabaab.... full Story
The U.S. special envoy for Somalia says the United States is pleased with recent progress in the country.... full Story
News 10 Jan 2012
Residents of North Eastern Province have been urged to be on the alert following intelligence reports of an impending suicide bombing attack by Al Shabaab.... full Story
Al-Shabaab has released a propaganda video urging its followers to wage Jihad inside Kenya.... full Story
News 09 Jan 2012
The war in Somalia has led to closer intelligence collaboration between Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda.... full Story
An extremist accused of heading a wave of British recruits to an Al-Qaeda group plotting attacks in Kenya was arrested in the Kenyan coastal.... full Story
Kenyans who were handed over to Ugandan in relation to last year’s bombing incident in Uganda should be returned.... full Story
News 08 Jan 2012
Attackers from Ethiopia are contributing to the security crisis in Moyale said the Internal Security Minister George Saitoti.... full Story
Kenya Defence Forces claim to have killed 700 Al-Shabaab militants since the invasion of Somalia .... full Story
I was actively involved in human rights advocacy and training under the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims and the Muslim for Human Rights.... full Story
News 07 Jan 2012
Kenyan forces killed 50 Al Shabaab militants in one of the heaviest casualty on the group in Garbahare area.... full Story
The African Union has approved a decision to have the Kenya Defence Forces continue their operation against Al-Shabaab in Somalia .... full Story
News 06 Jan 2012
Police found primers used to ignite explosives in a house in Ifo refugee camp and arrested two Somali women living nearby.... full Story
Moyale town and its environs remained deserted for the second day as a chief was injured in a conflict between two rival group.... full Story
News 05 Jan 2012
Six people were killed in fresh tribal violence despite peace talks between warring communities in Moyale.... full Story
Kenya Forces are now within striking distance of Badheere in southern Somalia after capturing two key towns in an intense aerial and ground assault... full Story
News 04 Jan 2012
In Mandera two KRA officials escaped death after their vehicle missed a remote controlled explosive device... full Story
Two Coast leaders have questioned the motives of an outlawed group in its push to secede from Kenya... full Story
News 03 Jan 2012
Fatuma Gedi Ali becomes the first woman to declare candidature for the seat of Women Representative in North Eastern province... full Story
Al-shabaab militants routinely deny their losses, make extravagant claims of victory and exaggerate enemy losses... full Story
Relative calm returned to Isiolo, as hundreds of security personnel patrolled the town’s estates and other hotspots... full Story
Each constituency would be given Sh17 million for completion of projects before the country holds the General Election... full Story
News 02 Jan 2012
Without misdemeanours against the blameless, it’s the duties of the armed forces to sieve the rogue elements who are the enemy within... full Story
Funds allocated for loans to university students will be increased from Sh4.1 billion to Sh5 billion in the next financial year.. full Story
Tension remained high in Isiolo town, a day after bandits killed nine people in a raid on Kambi ya Juu village. .. full Story
News 01 Jan 2012
In Isiolo at least nine people were killed in cold blood after gunmen opened fire at a village and a relief centre... full Story
Police have released the names of 15 men they believe hold key information that could help unravel the Al-Shabaab militia.... full Story
News 31 Dec 2011
Chairman of Hagadera security committee, a Somali refugee is killed for co-operation with security agents in combating crime in the camp.... full Story
Public schools have revised their annual fees by up to 20 per cent, increasing the burden borne by parents seeking to give their children a decent education... full Story
News 30 Dec 2011
The joint military campaign against Al Shabaab received a major boost when 180 Transitional Federal Government (TFG) trainee soldiers joined the army ranks... full Story
Kenya Defence Forces now control most of the strategic Gedo region in Somalia after Al Shabaab militia fled.. full Story
News 29 Dec 2011
Ismail Yussuf a resident of Isiolo District said security officers detained our animals accusing us of trespassed into the abattoir.. full Story
A provincial administrator in Moyale fled into Ethiopia together with 25 police reservists following tribal hostilities in the area.. full Story
News 28 Dec 2011
Being close to Somalia, North Eastern Province is an easy target for the militants to commit bold attacks and head back to Somalia.. full Story
Any Kenyan eyeing the Speaker’s seat come 2013 will need the backing of at least 50 MPs just to get their names on the ballot paper.. full Story
News 27 Dec 2011
When the guns finally went silent, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) had killed five members of the militant group and injured eight.. full Story
British detectives are in Kenya to help track down Al-shabaab militants and dismantle their terror network full Story
Al Shabaab militiamen tried to infiltrate an Administration Police post but were repulsed by the AP officers. full Story
News 25 Dec 2011
Two grenades were hurled at a Ngamia club in Wajir town.. full Story
A Somali businessman is threatening to sue lawyer AhmednasirAbdullahifor defamation, negligence and gross misconduct.. full Story
News 24 Dec 2011
The UDF party is now considering propping Mandera Central MP Abdikadir Mohammed as its leader and probable 2012 presidential elections flag bearer.. full Story
8-4-4 education system to be replaced with two years in Early Childhood Development Education, six years in primary, another six years at secondary, and at least three years at the university (2-6-6-3)... full Story
Six suspected Al-Shabaab militants have been arrested amid reports that the terrorist group planned to carry out attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa... full Story
News 23 Dec 2011
Colonel Warfa Adan said Kenyan forces and their Somalia counterparts have captured great territory and killed foreign fighters including Al Shabaab’s conscripts from Asian and African countries in Gedo.. full Story
KNH ruled out Ebola outbreak after KEMRI and the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) tested the blood smaples of a patient... full Story
News 22 Dec 2011
The Ministry of Internal Security has received information that AlShabaab are targeting Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim and Defence Minister Yusuf Haji... full Story
In Moyale two rival communities on engaged each other in daylight battle, leaving four people dead... full Story
News 21 Dec 2011
An ogaden refugee Fatumo Ahmed Ali, said: "I was arrested and jailed in the barracks. They took off all my clothes, raped and tortured me.... full Story
The first Djiboutian contingent of 200 soldiers landed in war-torn Somalia to battle with Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab... full Story
News 20 Dec 2011
Two people were shot and seriously wounded in Garissa town in what police believe is a new tactic being employed by Al-Shabaab militants’ sympathisers in the area.... full Story
A police officer was killed and two others seriously wounded on Monday following a landmine attack on their patrol vehicle in Hagadera .... full Story
News 19 Dec 2011
We have heard from residents of Afmadow that the Al-Shabaab have vanished from Afmadow in the last few days.... full Story
Ethiopia among those countries threatened with extinction because they have run out of water or energy, will have little choice but to attack those that have a lot of it – and secure future supplies through conquest.... full Story
World and regional powers are now in a big rush to simultaneously tackle three big and intractable East African problems — the Somalia war, the crisis in eastern DR Congo, and the risk of South Sudan imploding.... full Story
News 18 Dec 2011
Four people were injured in two separate grenade attacks on two restaurants in Garissa town in the latest attacks by Al Shabaab militants’ sympathisers.... full Story
We are developing targets in areas of Afgoye, Merka, Barawe and we want to hit deep into their (Shabaab) own areas.... full Story
News 16 Dec 2011
Four people were injured in two separate grenade attacks on two restaurants in Garissa town in the latest attacks by Al Shabaab militants’ sympathisers.... full Story
Since the Kenyans took control of the Burgabo side of the creek, “Al Shabaab has attempted to cross over and cause insecurity... full Story
News 15 Dec 2011
Many Kenyan soldiers expressed their frustration that international aid agencies were not quicker to move into areas declared to be safe... full Story
Kenya’s efforts to send troops to Somalia received a major boost after UN boss Ban Ki-moon asked the Security Council to expand the African Union Mission in Somalia... full Story
News 13 Dec 2011
In the past two days, Al-Shabaab have struck thrice at Kenya’s security personnel based at the border of North Eastern Province with explosives... full Story
Kenya might continue to carry the burden of hosting Somali refugees next year even though the Dadaab camp is crowded... full Story
Garissa leaders criticise the KNCHR for not handling issues of human rights violation in the region in the last two month... full Story
News 12 Dec 2011
A policeman was killed and a military officer injured in three separate explosions in North Eastern towns of Mandera and Wajir... full Story
The Kenyan Defence Forces in Somalia have not made any significant territorial progress over the past one month... Full Story
News 10 Dec 2011
The situation at Jogbaru in Bulla Jogoo, Wajir County, can best be described as appalling. Locals refer to the school that opened its doors to children in 1974 as "the ruins", and it is not difficult to see why... Full Story
Garissa District Hospital has admitted 128 injured TFG solders since Operation Linda Nchi was launched in mid October... Full Story
News 08 Dec 2011
Nearly 200 residents of Mandera County are demanding compensation for alleged mistreatment by the military in an operation to rid the area of Al-Shabaab militia... Full Story
Ministry of planning: the current military operation in Somalia and parts of northern Kenya would not allow them to repeat the census....Full Story
News 06 Dec 2011
More than 100 suspects were arrested at the Dadaab refugee camp following an attack a day earlier that killed a policeman and wounded three other officers...Full Story
A policeman was killed and three people wounded in a explosion in Dadaab refugee camp ....Full Story
News 05 Dec 2011
A top leader of Al Shabaab is in the hands of Kenya Army as as the terrorist group continued to suffer heavy losses ....Full Story
A top leader of Al Shabaab is in the hands of Kenya Army as as the terrorist group continued to suffer heavy losses ....Full Story
News 04 Dec 2011
A top leader of Al Shabaab is in the hands of Kenya Army as as the terrorist group continued to suffer heavy losses ....Full Story
Al-Bashir of Sudan said his country would slap a broad array of sanctions against Kenya, including banning flights by any airline originating from or destined to Kenya....Full Story
News 03 Dec 2011
Defence Minister Yusuf Haji said "I don't know where this objective came from. We have never stated at any time that Kenya was going to Kismayo,"....Full Story
Mandera Central and Lagdera are among eight districts that will receive a larger share of the constituency development funds.... Full Story
News 01 Dec 2011
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has pledged to support Kenya’s incursion in Somalia....Full Story
A political activist has made a complaint against Kenya National Commission on Human Rights’ Hassan Omar....Full Story
News 30 Nov 2011
Over 1.4 million Somalis face starvation after the Al-Shabaab banished 16 humanitarian organisations from Southern Somalia....Full Story
Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) Secretary General Abbas Gullet has maintained that his organisation is blameless ....Full Story
News 28 Nov 2011
Deep misgivings remain in Mogadishu that Kenya’s engagement is likely to shift the power balance in Somalia in favour of the populous Ogaden clan....Full Story
Two youth were beheaded in Afmadow town, by Al-Shaabab militia for allegedly spying for the Transitional Federal Government and Kenya Defence Forces....Full Story
News 27 Nov 2011
Suspected Al Shabaab militants attacked Arabia village and escaped with a G-3 rifle from the local Administration Police station before blowing up a communication mast.. ..Full Story
Businessmen in Eastleigh have obtained temporary orders stopping the Government from demolishing their buildings...Full Story
News 25 Nov 2011
Al-shabaab members killed four people and at least eight injured in separate attacks in Kenya's North Eastern province. ..Full Story
High Court judge Justice Mohammed Warsame said there is need for the court to intervene and protect citizens from losing their property. ..Full Story
News 24 Nov 2011
Kenya National Muslim Advisory Council and the Muslims for Human Rights have said the intervention will complicate Kenya's involvement in the war-torn country. ..Full Story
Kenyan troops have blockaded the port of Kismayu, effectively cutting off Al-Shabaab’s main source of revenue..Full Story
News 23 Nov 2011
In Eastleigh bulldozers tore down several buildings which are seen as a security risk to Kenya Air Force planes taking off and landing at the base..Full Story
The European Union (EU) has backed Kenya’s war against Al Shabaab, as the diplomatic offensive continued to gain support..Full Story
News 21 Nov 2011
Gunmen believed to be Somali pirates staged a daring night attack on a fishing village near Malindi and abducted six fisherm.. .Full Story
Somaliland may be the most peaceful region in Somalia but it is hardly an economic powerhouse.. .Full Story
News 20 Nov 2011
Leaders from Garissa have accused military of using excessive force to flash out al Shaabab militias.. .Full Story
As Minister for Defence in charge of the operation, I can tell you that there is no time when the Kenya Government has decided to contact Isreal.. .Full Story
Police have arrested 60 suspected Al-Shabaab militants who were headed to Somalia to join the terror group.. .Full Story
News 18 Nov 2011
Three sheikhs were arrested at the Hagadera refugee camp over allegations they were sympathisers of Al Shabaab.. .Full Story
Cholera outbreak has been reported in Daadab, which is believed to have started among new arrivals suspected to have acquired it in Somalia... .Full Story
Livestock Minister Mohamed Kuti said the government should investigate the current conflict in Isiolo and legal action to be taken against inciters and rumourmongers...Full Story
News 16 Nov 2011
National Cohesion department secretary in the ministry Michael Ndungu said sections of the society had unfairly condemned their fellow countrymen from the Somali community .. .Full Story
A section of leaders in Wajir county have challenged the appointment and the swearing in of Abdullahi Sharawe .. .Full Story
News 15 Nov 2011
Gunmen believed to be sympathisers of Al Shabaab opened fire at Ifo police post for about five minutes before they were repulsed by local police on duty... .Full Story
An outlawed group (Mombasa Republican Council) at the Coast has pulled out of mediation talks with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission.... .Full Story
News 13 Nov 2011
Al-Shabaab militia have changed tack and returned to guerrilla tactics, an indication that Kenya’s engagement in Somalia is likely to be lengthy... .Full Story
The Kenya police has given amnesty to more than 30 young men who have had links with the Al Shabaab... .Full Story
News 12 Nov 2011
Muslim clerics in Mombasa have demanded the immediate transfer of Coast PC Ernest Munyi and his entire security team... .Full Story
The Somalia militia Al-Shabaab is fast losing its grip in Kenya following crucial information in the hands of the police... .Full Story
News 11 Nov 2011
Somalis living in America have appealed to the US to help stabilise their country as concerns continue to mount over insecurity... .Full Story
Air Force jets and helicopter gunships will only target Al-Shabaab bases and not civilians... .Full Story
News 09 Nov 2011
A vehicle ferrying Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination papers was attacked in Damajale near the Liboi Kenya/Somalia border ... .Full Story
Abdullahi Mohamed alias Saiful Mujahid, who is Al Shabaab’s head of social services in Burdubo town defect and join Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government ... .Full Story
News 08 Nov 2011
Nearly one million North Eastern residents risk being excluded in the allocation of national resources, a court heard... .Full Story
Mr Wetangula said the operation against Al Shabaab insurgents on Somali soil by Kenyan forces is not disrespect to the country’s Transitional Federal Government . Full Story
News 07 Nov 2011
A politician in Isiolo has been arrested in connection with violence that rocked the county... .Full Story
CIA is also squirming at the prospect that opening up Jubaland might shine too much light on its activities.. Full Story
News 06 Nov 2011
Al Shabaab attack a church in Garissa town killing two.Full Story
Garissa County governorship aspirant Ali Korane faults PNU's decision to deploy staff to counties before the necessary legal instruments defining the relationship between the two levels of Government are enacted. Full Story
Hagadera:Police and aid workers narrowly escaped death when a truck they were traveling in ran over a landmine. Full Story
On Friday, Kenya navy sunk a vessel that turned out to belong to fishermen from Mombasa, killing all the occupants . Full Story
News 05 Nov 2011
Al-shabaab refused humanitarian agencies to operate in Somalia, therefore US excuses and stands on Kismayu port blockade was astonishing but more surprising, US withholds its military support to Kenya refering to incidents that occurred nearly four years ago in Mt Elgon. Sceptics believe that this is a move to deny resources to Kenyan's military operations in Somalia Full Story
The month-long conflict pitting the Borana against the Somali and Turkana in Isiolo has been attributed to land and politics. Full Story
Security officers in North Eastern have arrested 50 people suspected to be Al Shabaab members. Full Story
News 03 Nov 2011
In Mandera Central, suspected Al-Shabaab militiamen raided a lodge before proceeding to the residence of a prominent Somali. Full Story
Residents of North Eastern province have welcomed the establishment of a High Court in Garissa. Full Story
The government has issued a directive to all hoteliers in Garissa town to screen visitors and to get ID cards and any other relevant identification documents of the visitors before they check i. Full Story
News 02 Nov 2011
Police operations in the refugee camps unearthed a cache of firearms believed to have been used in crime including hijacking vehicles belonging to humanitarian organisations. Full Story
Two Swedish journalists are accussed of coming to ethiopia to support the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels. Full Story
Kenya’s military now plans to strike Baidoa and has advised anyone with relatives and friends in the town to warn them of the imminent attack.. Full Story
News 01 Nov 2011
Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim has advised the government to stop discussing issues regarding al Shabaab milita group in public.. Full Story
Kenya and Somalia want the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the leaders of Al-Shabaab for crimes against humanity.. Full Story
Controversy threatens to halt the proposed construction of a Sh45 million memorial school for victims of the infamous Wagalla massacre .. Full Story
News 31 Oct 2011
A group of Somali businessmen have supported the ongoing military offensive in Somalia saying Al Shabaab poses a security threat to Kenya and the entire region .. Full Story
Civilians are reported to be among 10 people killed and 50 injured after Kenyan jets targeted al-Shabab militants in jilib.. Full Story
News 30 Oct 2011
Coast rebel group the Mombasa Republic Council (MRC) scores major diplomatic coup and victory over Government stance to crush them.. Full Story
Kenyan troops will remain in Somalia until the common border with Somalia is secured from the threats of the Al Shabaab.. Full Story
News 29 Oct 2011
Unknown gunmen blew up a Kenyan security vehicle in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, injuring at least four people .. Full Story
Dujis MP Adan Duale wants cabinet meeting to discuss the distribution of aflatoxin contaminated Unimix to at least 60,000 school children facing starvation .. Full Story
News 28 Oct 2011
Whacking the face of the weak Sharif Ahmend, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister, insinuates to open dialogue with Al-shabaab if the terror group denounces and desists violence .. Full Story
Kenyan troops killed nine Al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia during a fierce gun battle that left two soldiers seriously wounded .. Full Story
News 27 Oct 2011
Four people among them the head teacher of Lafey Secondary School where killed following an attack on their vehicle.. Full Story
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed of Somalia appeared isolated from international allies, citizens and some leaders of his countr... Full Story
News 26 Oct 2011
IIEC boss Isaack Hassan has edged closer to chairing the team that will supervise the first General Election under the new Constitution ... Full Story
In Nairobi, Police arrested a Kenyan man from Western province who had converted to radical Islam. The police seized grenades and assorted firearms from the suspect... Full Story
News 25 Oct 2011
Another explosion ripped through Nairobi on Monday night leaving one person dead and scores injured, barely 24 hours after another blast hit the Kenyan capital... Full Story
Sharif Ahmed those foreign forces from Burudi and Uganda in Mogadishu are our brothers who are helping us eradicate Al-shabaab but we are opposed to Kenya's military incursion into Somalia... Full Story
Residents of Malkamari Division in Mandera county have declined relief food rations accusing Cocop officials of corruption... Full Story
Hundreds of families have fled their homes to camp in lodges in Isiolo Town as violence rocked the district ... Full Story
News 23 Oct 2011
The horrific tales of life under Al Shabaab, a terror movement that has been tossed out of key towns liberated by Kenya’s military... Full Story
Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi said we are only after the criminals and not everybody proclaiming Islam and our security forces will not harass our innocent Muslim brothers and sisters ... Full Story
Hundreds of families have fled estates in Isiolo town following renewed fighting between rival pastoralists ... Full Story
News 22 Oct 2011
Somali refugees started flocking into Kenya escaping military operations as Kenya sends more troops and heavy artillery to the war-torn country ... Full Story
Two Somali doctors arrested in Eastleigh for being in Kenya illegally and for alleged recruitment of al Shabaab agents in Kenya ... Full Story
News 21 Oct 2011
Tourism minister Najib Balala said security measures have been taken to make Kenya safe for tourists ... Full Story
Kidnappers who killed a wheelchair-bound French woman by failing to give her medicine now want to sell her body back to her family ... Full Story
News 20 Oct 2011
Internal Security Assistant Minister Orwa Ojodeh said "We will do a massive operation to get rid of Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda here in Nairobi and I request that the police be supported so that Kenyans are safe,"... Full Story
Religious leaders and elders from Garissa county demanded the transfer of the Northe Estern PC James Ole Serian who they accuse of instigating inter-clan conflicts.... Full Story
MPs from North Eastern accused Internal Security Assistant minister Orwa Ojodeh of employing discriminatory measures against Kenyans of Somali descent by putting in place restrictions on flights headed to and from North Easter.... Full Story
News 19 Oct 2011
Two Britons are among 12 suspects arrested near the Kenya-Somalia border on suspicion of having links with Alshabaab.... Full Story
The Ministry of Arid Lands under Mohammed Elmi is accused by the wolrd bank of corruption in its Sh10 billion-funding...Full Story
The ruling by Justice Mohammed Ibrahim in a piracy case has been criticised as unlawful and a transgression of the Penal Code..Full Story
Heavily armed raiders reportedly teamed up with bandits from Isiolo Town and attacked Garbatula herders..Full Story
News 18 Oct 2011
Ali Mohamud Rage -Alshabaab member while threatening Kenya said "Your attack to us means your skyscrapers will be destroyed, your tourism will disappear”Full Story
More than ten schools remained deserted in Isiolo as teachers and pupils stayed at home following a standoff between two rival pastoralist communities Full Story
News 17 Oct 2011
Hassan Turki just arouse from the sedation of Al-shabaab accusing Kenya of violating Somalia’s territory despite his stateless members killing and kidnapping in Kenya landFull Story
Kenyan forces were operating deep inside Somalia with orders to make sure there are no al Shabaab extremists within 100 kilometres of the border Full Story
News 16 Oct 2011
After years of border violation from militias in Somalia, Kenya had enough and ordered its military to respond to any aggression that risks undermining the country’s economic and security interests.....Full Story
Kenya has traditionally acted as a peace broker in neighbouring states, particularly Sudan and Somalia and also supported the peace process in Uganda . ..Full Story
News 15 Oct 2011
Lower Northeastern region commissioner Hassan Farah died at the Garissa General hospital where he had been rushed after complaining of sharp pains in his chest. ..Full Story
The UN has temporarily suspended all non-lifesaving aid operations in Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp. ..Full Story
Seven people were killed in a dawn attack in Isiolo and dozens others wounded, the latest in a series of clashes in the region...Full Story
News 14 Oct 2011
Mr James Ole Serian, the NEP PC is accused of consistently using his office to frustrate and expropriate land from all the communities in Garissa except one . ..Full Story
Somalia gang strike again abducting four people in the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab. ..Full Story
Northeastern Regional Commissioner Hassan Farah ordered all DCs, Dos and chiefs to carry out an operation in homesteads and arrest any parent found keeping a disabled child at home..Full Story
News 12 Oct 2011
Two well-executed attacks on the normally serene Lamu Islands tourist resorts have thrown the Kenyan security apparatus in a tailspin and, as usual, left them chasing shadows..Full Story
Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim has filed a Bill to amend the Books and Newspaper Act to force publishers to submit three copies of their books to Parliament’s library..Full Story
News 11 Oct 2011
Intension is high in Garissa and police were ordered on the streets after two people were killed and another one critically injured when attackers presumed to be Abudak clan striked four men of Aulyahan clan near Bula Sagarey. Land disputes have been an issue since 1980s and it’s the only main contentious matter for a garissa county governor. Full Story
Ahmed Isaack Hassan chairman of IIEC is the only one to have made the shortlist for the chairmanship of IEBC. . ..Full Story
News 07 Oct 2011
Armed robbers shot and killed a Somali Miraa trader before robbing him of Sh4.2 million at Kaithe area along the Meru-Maua road ..Full Story
While addressing delegates from Somalia, the grandmother of US President BarackObama said peace is a gift from God, which should be embraced ..Full Story
Administration Police officers in Merti District have arrested 55 Ethiopian immigrants who were being transported in a vehicle ..Full Story
News 05 Oct 2011
Somali girls aged between10 and 15 are esold at Ksh 60,000 ach as sex workers and to star in pornographic movies ..Full Story
Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Amin, a career investigator, said 2007 tensions were triggered by Samuel Kivuitu's remarks..Full Story
The ruling of High Court judge Justice Mohammed Ibrahim to stop the prosecution of nine suspected Somali pirates is to appealed by the Director of Public Prosecution.. Full Story
News 04 Oct 2011
Kenya Police: The Liboi border is officially closed meaning no Kenyan is allowed to trade in the area ..Full Story
A truck bomb killed at least 65 people at government buildings in the heart of Somalia's capital, an ambulance worker said, and al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack. ..Full Story
News 03 Oct 2011
The Pentagon has supplied Ugandan and Burundian troops in Somalia with at least four hand-launched reconnaissance drones ..Full Story
Two Kenya Navy officers are missing after they engaged somali bandits in a gunfight as in effort to rescue a Frenchwoman abducted in Lamu..Full Story
News 02 Oct 2011
Kenya National Commission Human Rights Commissioner Hassan Omar Hassan has been awarded The Polish Prize ..Full Story
500 staff sent home who were irregularly recruited last year in one of the country’s biggest job scandals ..Full Story
News 01 Oct 2011
Muslim leaders cautioned the CJ against making pronouncements on matters concerning Islam without consulting Muslim scholars ..Full Story
It is improper to ask people who have no energy left to walk to towns, hundreds of kilometers away, said Abdi Rashid Salat .Full Story
Some of the NFD returnees display their refugee papers they were given in Somalia after fleeing the Shifta war. (by Ali Abdi of standard)]
Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission in NEP
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