Eighteen big companies want to build factories in a special place called Sagana in Kirinyaga. Governor Anne Waiguru picked these companies from fifty-four that wanted to come. These factories will make things from farm products, leather, and cloth to sell to other countries.
Governor Waiguru met with Lee Kinyanjui, who helps businesses come to Kenya. They looked at the new factory area together. The governor said people can rent land and buildings there. Workers have already started building the first part of this special area where companies will make things.
The Sagana factory area sits on a big piece of land that will also have new houses for people. Workers are building six big storage buildings and two cold rooms. They will...
Private universities want to change how students pay for their studies. They believe a new office should help all students with money for school, books, and living costs. This office would replace the old groups that gave money to students.
Right the money system treats students differently. Students at public universities receive free money and loans, but students at private universities can only borrow money. The private schools think this needs to change.
The government tried a new way to give money to students last year, but a court said it was unfair. The plan made some students pay more than others. The government had to go back to the old way of sharing money. The old way had problems because schools never received enough money...
The health leaders want parents to bring their daughters aged 10 to 15 years for a special shot that stops cervical cancer. This cancer makes many women in Kenya sick. Every year, 5,845 women learn they have this cancer, and 3,591 women die from it.
Dr Patrick Amoth talked to people at Afya House on Wednesday. He said they want to help stop this cancer by teaching people about it and giving them a special shot. Finding cancer early and taking the shot can save lives. He asked doctors, parents, and news people to help teach others about cervical cancer. Many people believe wrong things about this cancer, and he wants everyone to learn the truth.
The World Health Organization believes we can make this cancer go away if enough young...
Kenya wants to keep everyone safe from a sickness called the Marburg virus. The health leader, Deborah Barasa, says this virus started in Tanzania, but she worries it might come to Kenya because many people travel between these countries.
The government made special plans to catch the virus early. They check people carefully when they enter Kenya. Doctors and nurses learn how to spot the sickness and take care of sick people. They wear special clothes to stay safe when helping others.
Kenya works with doctors from Tanzania and a group called MSF to watch for the virus. Doctor Patrick Amoth asks all hospitals to be very careful and keep everything clean. He wants everyone to work together to stop the virus from spreading.
The Marburg...
A company in Thika that sells rabbit meat needs more rabbits. The company boss, Peter Waiganjo, told people his team could only work one day each week because they didn't have enough rabbits. They can prepare 200 rabbits every Wednesday, but shops and hotels want much more.
Many people want to eat rabbit meat these days. Mr. Waiganjo said people used to think eating rabbits was wrong, but they changed their minds. The meat tastes good and makes people healthy. He wants more farmers to raise rabbits because his company needs many more animals.
One happy farmer named Elkana Gaitho has been raising rabbits for more than ten years. He has over 100 rabbits and loves his job. The rabbits help him take care of his family and pay for his...
Kenya's Lands leader Alice Wahome met with Pastor James Ng'ang'a at her office in Nairobi. They talked about new houses the government wants to build for people.
Ms. Wahome wants everyone to know about these special houses. She said these houses will help many Kenyans live better lives and feel proud of their homes. The head of the housing project, Sheila Waweru, came to the meeting and explained how they plan to build these houses all over Kenya.
The government makes sure every Kenyan has the right to live in a good house they can pay for. Ms. Wahome shared their big plan: they want to build one million houses in five years. These houses will make life better for more than 15 million people.
Pastor Ng'ang'a came to learn more about...
A man named Adan Yusuf Haji will keep leading a group of people who work together to make sure everyone has enough food in East Africa. People from different countries met in Uganda and picked him as their leader again. No one else wanted this job.
Mr. Haji thanked all the people who chose him. He asked their countries to give more money to help grow food. He felt happy because his own country, Kenya, started spending more money on growing food than before. The country helps farmers by selling them cheap fertilizer, which makes plants grow better.
Mr. Haji wants farmers to grow special plants that can live without much water, especially in places where it doesn't rain much. He thinks the people who work in farming offices should talk...
A man from Sudan went to Russia to talk with Russian leaders this week. Mr. Lavrov, who helps run Russia, said his country wants to make things better in Sudan. He told Sudan's leader, Mr. Al-Sharif, that Russia will work with other countries to bring peace.
The two leaders discussed many important things. They made plans for Russia to build a special place for their ships in Sudan. Mr. Al-Sharif said they agreed on everything about this new sea base during their meeting on Wednesday.
Mr. Lavrov talked about how some countries tried to stop Russia from working with African friends. He said Russia found ways to keep helping Africa anyway. He thinks the other countries broke their own rules about working together fairly. These countries...
A judge named Thomas Nzioki said Mr. Ferdinand Waititu did something wrong with money meant for roads. Mr. Waititu was the leader of Kiambu County, and he helped give a big job worth 588 million shillings to people he knew. These people gave him back 25 million shillings, which was against the rules.
The judge listened to 32 people tell what happened. They showed papers proving Mr. Waititu put the money in his company, Saika Two Developers, and his hotel, Bienvenue. Mr. Waititu said people wanted to hurt him because of politics, but the judge did not believe him.
Another person named Lucas Wahinya helped Mr. Waititu break the rules. He did not listen when someone told him there were problems with giving the job to Mr. Waititu's...
