Kenya
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Victorious Kipchoge completes Kenya’s Marathon double
Aug 21, 2016News Hour: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge triumphed in the men’s Marathon in 2:08:44, marking the first time both men’s and women’s gold went to the same nation. Kipchoge won the men’s marathon, running into the Sambodromo a... -
UK-Kenya partnership thrives
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: During his first visit since his appointment, Minister Wharton, who oversees development aid in Africa, saw how the UK is helping some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Northern Kenya cope with... -
Sumgong strikes maiden marathon gold for Kenya
Aug 15, 2016News Hour: Jemima Sumgong became the first Kenyan to win the women’s Olympic marathon. London marathon winner Sumgong, 31, finished in two hours 24 minutes four seconds to end a run of three straight silvers in... -
Kenya unveils national migration coordination mechanism
Jul 24, 2016News Hour: Kenya has launched its National Migration Coordination Mechanism (NCM), a government led inter-agency coordination platform, that will be responsible for national migration management. The body is tasked with facilitating interagency coordination, collaboration and information-sharing... -
IOM trains Kenyan immigration and border officers
Jul 20, 2016News Hour: Sixteen immigration and border officers from Kenya’s Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government have completed a five-day training in Naivasha, Kenya, conducted by IOM immigration and border management experts from IOM’s African... -
Madonna moved to tears by case of child rape in Kenya
Jul 10, 2016News Hour: Pop star Madonna was reduced to tears during a trip to Kenya as she listened to a man describe how his five-year-old daughter had been recently raped by a neighbor in Nairobi’s Kibera slum,... -
Kenya’s Makueni county allocates 2 Million dollar to family planning
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: In April 2016, the Executive arm of Makueni County Government allocated US $200,000 to its 2016/17 budget. This is the first time the county is allocating a specific budget for family planning. Advocacy efforts...
