By Mandere Onyinkwa Kenya has stepped up surveillance and screening measures at all points of entry as authorities race to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering the country. This follows outbreaks in neighboring Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the center of the heightened alert is Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa Operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and other key aerodromes have resumed. This is after the government and the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) reached an agreement to end a brief but disruptive industrial action that affected Kenyan airspace. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority […]

By KPC Reporter Four men have pleaded guilty in a case involving the illegal trafficking of live ants, including the ecologically significant Messor cephalotes species, which is native to Kenya. The suspects are two Belgian nationals, one Vietnamese national, and one Kenyan citizen. They faced charges of illegal possession and trafficking of wildlife before Senior […]

By Nyang’au Araka There was laughter, song and dance when Minnesota’s House Representative Elect, Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley arrived in Kenya on Tuesday. Momanyi is in the country for an eight day tour of her motherland before she returns to the United States. The politician got a warm reception when she arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta […]