Fifteen people died and dozens were injured when fire swept through a market in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in the early hours of Thursday, an official said. Emergency service St John Ambulance said the blaze broke out at 2:30 a.m. and spread to apartments and several shanties before being contained around 90 minutes later. Nairobi regional coordinator Kangethe Thuku said the death toll had reached 15. “About five... arrived dead […]
Kenyan authorities will investigate 10 financial institutions suspected of handling funds that were stolen from the government’s National Youth Service (NYS), the Daily Nation newspaper reported on Thursday. Dozens of senior officials and business people have been taken into custody and face charges related to the theft of nearly $100 million from the youth agency. The Daily Nation named nine commercial banks and a financial co-operative society as the institutions […]
More than 500,000 people have been displaced in East Africa following heavy seasonal rainfall that has resulted in widespread flooding across large parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. In Somalia the flooding has displaced 470,000 and damaged or destroyed key infrastructure in Belet Wenye, Hiiran, Hirshabelle, Baidoa, Lower Shabelle and South West State. The Somali Government has declared a national emergency, bringing the growing humanitarian crisis in the region under […]
Kenyan lecturers in public universities have launched a strike to protest against what they call the government’s continued failure to implement a March deal to boost salaries and housing allowances. Wednesday’s strike piles pressure on the government after a strike by nurses in public hospitals over the past few months has paralyzed health care services countrywide. It also worsens the plight of more than half a million students in 31 […]
Kenya’s election body has postponed voting in four counties to Saturday, October 28. The main reason for the move was due to insecurity in the said places. Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati, in a press briefing said voters in Migori, Siaya, Kisumu and Homa Bay counties, will vote on Saturday (October 28) in the presidential poll re-run ordered by the Supreme Court. The four […]
Voting is under way in Kenya amid tight security in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. Police have clashed with opposition supporters, some of whom have been blocking access to polling stations. President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in an August vote, but it is being held again over "irregularities". The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Nairobi says turnout so far appears […]
At least five people have been killed in post-election violence in Kenya after opposition leader Raila Odinga claimed "massive" fraud in Tuesday's vote. Two people were shot dead in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, said the city's police chief Japheth Koome, claiming they took advantage of the protests to steal. At least one more person was shot dead earlier in the day in South Mugirango constituency in Kisii County, around […]
Kenyans are casting their votes to elect a president and a new parliament following weeks of campaigning and claims of a plot to rig the results. Polling began at 6.00am (3:00 GMT) and is expected to end at 5.00pm (14:00 GMT) local time with results to be announced within seven days. More than 19 million voters have registered to cast their vote in Tuesday's election in 40,883 polling stations across […]
South African nasheed superstar Zain Bhika may perform to sold-out concerts around the world, but back home, he remains passionate about giving back to his community through his charity work and youth development projects. With just under a month to go before the blessed month of Ramadan, Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) has joined forces with Zain Bhikha Studios for a series of nasheed performances around the country, including Cape […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
