News
Below are the latest news headlines for Nairobi of interest to travelers:
- Paradise off the beaten path – Daily Nation – 29 October 2013, 11:00 pm
Whizzing past the Elangata Wuas plains en route from Nairobi to Namanga, one catches a glimpse of the sacred Maasai mountain, Ol Donyo Lengai, and the Noonkujit swamp, where herds of elephant cross ov… - Harsh penalties for wildlife poaching coming – Ruto – Capital News – 23 May 2013, 4:04 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 – Deputy President William Ruto has said that the government will fast-track the Wildlife Bill to make the killing of the Big Five to a capital offence. Speaking at a meet… - Ping-pong over Ruto’s controversial jet continues – Capital News – 23 May 2013, 3:40 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 – The back-and-forth between the Office of Deputy President William Ruto and the Daily Nation over the jet hired for his four-nation Africa tour continued on Thursday, wit… - PSC: Hiring of Principal Secretaries unsoiled – Capital News – 23 May 2013, 3:15 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 – The Public Service Commission (PSC) has defended itself from accusations that it did not follow proper procedure in recruiting individuals to be appointed as Principal S… - Kenya: Growing Peas and Greens to Maximise Water Usage – AllAfrica.com – 23 May 2013, 1:44 pm
[IPS]Nairobi -Amid warnings that Kenya’s agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely affecting food security, biodiversity researchers say that agrobiodiversity should be con… - African leaders must emulate Chinese celebrities to save elephants | Paula Kahumbu – guardian.co.uk – 23 May 2013, 10:52 am
Li Bingbing and Yao Ming are among the celebrities campaigning to save elephants – now African politicians must do the sameThe world can no longer ignore the reality that elephants may be gone withi… - Japhet Koech: from Kenya’s Rift Valley to the Edinburgh marathon – guardian.co.uk – 22 May 2013, 9:08 am
Japhet Koech was like hundreds of other Kenyan runners, training in the vain hope of a race abroad. Then he struck luckyAs you enter the small town of Iten, up in Kenya’s Rift Valley, a sign over the … - VIDEO: Yoga poses in a Kenyan prison – BBC News Africa – 21 May 2013, 8:14 pm
Yoga classes in Langata Women’s Prison in Nairobi, Kenya, are inspiring both inmates and teacher. The Africa Yoga Project is teaching yoga in slums, orphanages and prisons in Kenya…. - Kenya’s Mukhisa Kituyi nominated to lead UN trade body – guardian.co.uk – 16 May 2013, 3:31 pm
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon picks former Kenyan trade and industry minister to head UnctadThe UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has nominated Mukhisa Kituyi, a former Kenyan minister of trade an… - NNP in the Wet Season…. – 14 May 2013, 9:54 am
By Will Knocker: Early morning impala… White (or Grass) rhinos are doing well in the Park: they were introduced from Nakuru NP Native Black (or Browse) rhinos in their element… There are 4…
