The African union (AU) faces many challenges that are unique compared to successful regional organization(s) like European Union (EU) which has had remarkable progress.

The Union can be used as a mechanism, within the auspices of the international aid community, to help stem, and eventually reverse the tide of the epidemic.

Armed conflict is still resorted to. Many feel it is much easier to change a government by the gun, as it threatened to happen to the precarious government of DR Congo and South Sudan.

China has never defrauded Africa of one inch of land or oil, and has never forcibly acquired any resources in Africa.

He wanted university students to be people he could reason with over a cup of tea, when it got to where a student would not treat him with respect, Magoha would know he was in a wrong place.

An independent media sector serves four vital roles in a democracy. It is a watchdog on the powerful, holding them accountable to the people.

Behind the scene intrigues as vested interests stoke succession feuds.

Peasant tailor to millionaire factory owner, Kasuku's achievements were honoured by Moi.

How Moi stabilized sugar and fishing industries in Nyanza

“Moi liked vocal MPs and wanted all of them to dance to his tune,” he says.

Nyanza leaders say the CS has what is takes to fit into Raila’s shoes when he quits active politics

Unfinished business: Poor attendance puts LREB governors on the spot

Governors pledge to focus on revival of cotton and sugar industries and fast-tracking the formation of a regional bank.

Away from the lakeside, banana farmers from Gusii region were also hopeful.

Uhuru has announced that he will officially open the facility, ending months of disquiet over project

Long awaited summit by the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) is finally set to take place next week

Fight for control between MCAs and county officials has seen scholarship selection stopped in some wards

Education CS did a surprise tour of homes in Kisumu to ensure scholarships are awarded on merit.

Doctors have called off their strike to give room for negotiations with Kisumu county government.

Homes were marooned by floods following heavy downpour on the eve of Christmas in parts of Nyanza.

Court of Appeal judges have mourned their colleague Otieno Odek, saying the vacuum he has left in the Judiciary would be difficult to fill.

Raging floodwaters, triggered by a heavy downpour on Christmas night submerged homes in Kibos, Nyalenda, and Manyatta.

Three women accused of repeatedly defiling a mentally challenged minor have denied the charges before a Kisumu Court.

Even after Governor Anyang’ Nyongo threatened to sack them if they continued to abscond duty by close of business on Monday

Deputy President William Ruto’s right-hand man Kipchumba Murkomen clashed with ODM leaders over the raging debate on the Building Bridges Initiative

The decision by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force to give the land problem a wide berth has raised questions

Cotu boss faults BBI report for not capturing position of powerful prime minister

“We must have a President with two deputies, a powerful prime minister and two deputies, chief secretaries for this country to be united”

The Jubilee Government has finally owned up to the existence of the Northern Collector Tunnel which the government says has never been listed either as its achievement or its plan for the country including during the State of the Nation addresses by the President, and briefings by the members of the Cabinet that have preceded the President’s State of the Nation address since 2014.

In the first weeks of 1993, as Kenyans were settling down to absorb the full importance of the first multiparty elections held in the final days of 1992, Bonchari MP Protus Momanyi defected from Mwai Kibaki’s Democratic Party to Kanu.

Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila Odinga has challenged the Jubilee Government to stop intimidating the Opposition and instead address the challenges affecting the country.

Some Opposition MPs benefited from the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) tenders, National Assembly Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo has said.

The chaos that marred ODM elections in parts of Nyanza and Western regions have once again put the party leadership on the spot over its inability to conduct peaceful primaries.

Kisumu Senator Anyang' Nyong'o has defended the letter he wrote to the UN Security Council regarding the Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2011.

Political differences between former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi have resurfaced as the two leaders battle for influence in Western ahead of the 2017 elections.

Teachers unions in the region are undecided on whether to join the protest rallies called by the Opposition to push the Government to pay teachers their salary increment.

That El Nino rains will hit some parts of the country in the next few months is almost certain.

Opposition leaders have lashed out at the government following revelations that Senate Leader of Minority Moses Wetang’ula is still under probe for alleged electoral malpractices in the run-up to the 2013 polls.

Some Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MPs have called for a lifestyle audit of the National Youth Service (NYS) programmes based on the revelation that Sh791 million was actually stolen from the institution.

The Luo Council of Elders and professionals have demanded an official apology from political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi over alleged hate remarks targeting the community