MONUC took high note of the "Bulletin of negotiations" published on 2 January 2009 by the office of the spokesperson of the CNDP.

Reporters Without Borders is stunned to learn that President Mwai Kibaki signed the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 into law on 2 January 2009. "This is a major step backwards in the history of press freedom in Kenya," Reporters Without Borders said. "We have for weeks been joining Kenyan journalists in denouncing this bill's reactionary and repressive nature. We do not understand President Kibaki's decision, which will seriously undermine civil liberties in his country."

THE national cricket team has made a last minute move and travelled to Kenya for a series of friendly matches with Kenyan side Afripals, who failed to make it to Kampala at the last hour.

Zambia top Group B at the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup after battling out a goalless draw in their second game against Kenya.

Many thousands of Kenyans remain displaced a year after election-related violence forced around half a million people to flee their homes, according to humanitarian sources.

The proposed playing tour of the Flying Eagles to Nairobi, Kenya in preparation for the forthcoming African Youth Championship in Rwanda has been cancelled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Kenyan officials and regional football ruling body Cecafa traded bitter words only hours before the start of the Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda today.

KENYA'S national team players were forced to sleep on empty stomachs after failing to secure supper at their team hotel in Jinja town.

UGANDA has expressed concern over the decision by Kenyan government to lift the ban on plastic bags by the three East African countries a year ago.

One of the Somali transitional MPs known as Ali Osman Jiidow has died after he has been complaining about illness in a hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi last night. The deputy speaker of the parliament Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalha told Shabelle On Friday.

Dark clouds are forming against freedom of expression in Kenya, following the recent passing of a controversial Bill by parliament. The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill, awaiting presidential assent to become law, gives the state powers to invade media houses, seize broadcast equipment, control broadcast content, even taking a station off air.