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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 5:48 am ET
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya’s Nairobi Stock Exchange replaced Centum Investments Ltd. with Cooperative Bank of Kenya Ltd. in its NSE 20 Share index, the bourse said in an e-mailed statement today.
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UPI - Tue Dec 15, 12:56 am ET
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- An obesity epidemic has reached the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers in Kenya found.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 3:58 am ET
Kenya has lifted a night-time curfew imposed on a western region more than two years ago when a local militia rebelled against a government land resettlement scheme.
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Irish Central - Sun Dec 13, 11:00 am ET
An Irish priest who was brutally slain in Kenya was being mourned in Chicago where he has five brothers and sisters and had raised money for his missions.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 11:03 am ET
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya’s All-Share Index snapped four days of gains, falling 31, or 0.6 percent, to 56.54 in Nairobi. Mauritius’ SEMDEX Index fell 0.6 percent to 1,655.59, while the FTSE/Namibia Overall Index added 0.9 percent to 761.88, a second consecutive advance.
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Honolulu Advertiser - Sun Dec 13, 6:07 pm ET
Defending champion Patrick Ivuti of Kenya broke away early and won today's Honolulu Marathon going away while Russia's Svetlana Zakharova did the same to win the women's race.
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The Observer-Dispatch - Mon Dec 14, 9:37 pm ET
Hamilton College’s Peter Kosgei this spring was named the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for the second straight year. Kosgei is a senior from Kapsabet, Kenya, who is recognized as one of the top runners in Division III and has won numerous championships.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 6:42 am ET
The family of a man held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp on suspicion of carrying out militant attacks has sued the Kenya government for 2.25 billion shillings ($29.60 million) for wrongful detainment and torture.
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The Register-Herald - Mon Dec 14, 11:52 pm ET
A woman told a federal judge Monday that she was following orders from coconspirators in her native Kenya when she helped dupe West Virginia’s auditor out of nearly $1 million.
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Honolulu Advertiser - Mon Dec 14, 7:15 am ET
Ideal conditions, aggressive running and the excitement of a potential course record made for a captivating 2-plus hours during the Honolulu Marathon yesterday morning.
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Chicago Sun-Times - Sat Dec 12, 6:28 am ET
An Irish priest with many relatives in the Chicago area was killed Thursday in a robbery at his home in Kenya. The Rev. Jeremiah Roche, 68, was born in Ireland and had lived inAfrica for 40 years but often came here to visit his five brothers andsisters. Though he did no formal fund-raising in Chicago, over the years hereceived "at least $20,000 from people he met here" for his missionarywork ...
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New York Post - Fri Dec 11, 8:51 am ET
NAIROBI - The family of a man held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp on suspicion of carrying out militant attacks has sued the Kenya government for 2.25 billion shillings ($29.60 million) for wrongful detainment and torture. In a petition to t...
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 3:33 am ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya Electricity Generating Co. , the biggest electricity producer in the country, advanced the most in seven days after saying it had awarded a $1.3 billion tender to Daewoo International Corp.
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Charleston Daily Mail - Mon Dec 14, 7:31 am ET
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A woman told a federal judge Monday that she was following orders from coconspirators in her native Kenya when she helped dupe West Virginias auditor out of nearly $1 million.Angella Muthoni Chegge-Kraszeski pleaded guilty Monday in Ch...
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 3:48 am ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Sasini Ltd., a Kenyan tea and coffee producer, fell to its lowest price in a month after saying on Dec. 9 full-year profit declined 40 percent to 526 million shillings ($6.96 million) and tea prices fell from a record.