Westfm.co.ke

Kenya's First Lady Margaret Kenyatta (in white cap) waving. Photo source First Lady's Half Marathon Twitter page. In politics, timing is everything. On January 26, amidst an ongoing doctors’ strike, and on the same day that six officials from the union...

GOVERNORS now have permission to replace striking health workers if they refuse to return to work. In a statement yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta gave the governors the go-ahead to hire new staff to replace those on strike so that services resume...

A Kenyan court on Monday jailed seven union officials for a month over a doctors strike that has crippled public hospitals for 10 weeks. Judge Hellen Wasilwa at Kenya's labour court had handed down suspended sentences to the officials a month ago after...

Kenya has been hard hit by a severe drought, putting the lives of thousands at risk of death from hunger. The conditions in the East African country prompted President Uhuru Kenyatta to declare drought a national disaster in early February. China is...

Photo Courtesy of Africa Renewal By Kingsley Ighobor Each year, governments, journalists, development experts and others look forward to the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report. The report includes a ranking of countries...