Kenya's tea sector continued on the upswing with good returns in earnings last year, recording US$920 million (Ksh69 billion) in revenue from exports to its traditional markets in Europe.

Bright prospects are beckoning Kenya's economy, whose turn around is expected to record a double pace growth this year.

If taking over the cemetery land was matter of life and death, the officers involved could have used an easier route.

The following are some of the public officials adversely mentioned in connection with the cemetery scandal.

The National Cereals and Produce Board is facing a financial crisis due to debts owed by the government, a senior official has said.

The heat of the fuel inspection controversy finally smoked out the authorities. Yet, instead of clearing the air, the Ministry of Industrialisation -- which gazetted the higher 0.675 per cent levy to be charged by a new company contracted last year to inspect imported oil -- struggled to feign ignorance.

The Parliamentary Select Committee on the constitution is prepared to meet religious leaders over clauses in the new law that they have objected to.

The two women whose bodies were dumped in a field off the Isinya-Kajiado road have been identified as Nairobi residents.

Thousands of teachers who retired between 1997 and 2007 are yet to receive millions of shillings as ordered by the High Court two years ago.

The Coast provincial drama festival kicked off on Tuesday with a low turn-out.

A man shocked a Garsen court in Tana Delta District when he laughed loudly after he was handed a life prison term for rape of a disabled man.

Two leaders have criticised a decision to slap a two-year ban on examination cheats.

A first-time visitor to Marsabit town might be surprised at the frequent sight of large numbers of teenagers -- especially girls -- crowding around a water tap with jerricans.

When Mr Joseah Sigei, the principal of Ngiito Secondary School in Narok, denied Gladys Chelang'at a vacancy in form one four years ago, it did not occur to him that he was throwing away a jewel.

Some 66 ballot boxes used in Juja in the 2007 parliamentary elections were interfered with, a judge was told on Tuesday.

At least 13 Cabinet ministers have been caught up in President Kibaki's temporary ban on foreign trips to facilitate debate on the draft constitution.

Food worth millions of shillings is rotting on farms across the country due to lack of markets and impassable roads.

Bank depositors may sleep more soundly if the Kenya government adopts IMF proposals to speed up the introduction of deposit insurance as part of reforms to strengthen the financial sector.

Reports that the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has sanctioned the increased cost of transport insurance, commonly known as cartage insurance, by eight per cent are disturbing.

With its economies recovering, Africa needs to start rebuilding reserves and thinking about tightening spending to build defences against future crises, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday.