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Rotich: Today 6.7 million Kenyans have been connected to electricity compared to 2.3 million in 2013

Kenya military budget crosses the $1 billion mark as country increases spending on military and intelligence resources

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta is set to deliver a key note address at Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA, outlining the successes of Beyond Zero campaign.

Wreckage of the VBIED which exploded outside the Somali, US, Kenyan military base near Sanguni, a Somali soldier was slightly wounded.

[email protected] update on yesterday's attack in Somalia: "the wounded Americans have been treated and discharged and are currently under the care of the US Embassy Medical Team in Kenya"

Kenya police warned possible Al-Shabab attacks on key locations in Wajir, Mandera and Garissa, say they have deployed resources to confront such attacks.

None of the 2 crew members and 8 passengers in the FlySax plane that crashed in the Aberdares survived, rescue teams on the ground confirm.

10 dead; no survivors in FlySax passenger aircraft crash in Aberdares on Tuesday ~ @flysaxairline #FlySax

The Ground team is headed to the crash site in the Aberdares. #FlySax

In the aftermath of Garissa explosion. Kenya. Somalia

At least 5 Kenyan soldiers killed, 3 others injured after their vehicle was hit by roadside bomb in Liboi, Garissa county, near Somalia border - Media reports. Kenya.

Kenya Airways eyes CSeries for short-haul order

During his comments to reporters, @POTUS says he no longer wants to use the term "maximum pressure" for US strategy vs North Korea

President @UKenyatta: Sherehe inayofuatwa itasherehekewa katika kaunti ya Kakamega MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: Kisumu, Nyeri, Machakos selected to act as the pilot counties in our NHIF enrolment to all MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: It is not the laws we have but the spirit to follow the laws that will get us to our destination MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: Those who fail the tests will be dismissed. MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: Government agencies will undergo special vetting, including polygraph tests MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: We all have a role to stop these people from their vices MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: We know of teachers who prey on our students, lawyers who defraud their clients MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: I will do my part as the President to get Kenya to the right path MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: I welcome the assurance of the judiciary to fight this war MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: This war must be fought and won by all of us.Almost all the agencies investigating corruption are new MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: I have resolved to get rid of corruption and division. Corruption in all its forms will be eliminated MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: Thanks to Madaraka every Kenyan today has a right to be represented in parliament, access good education, health ^CM

President @UKenyatta: My gov't has cut to a quarter the number of children who die at birth since independence MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: On the morning of the first MadarakaDay our people were happy to see the efforts made to gain freedom ^CM

President @UKenyatta: Madaraka was an opportunity for the reclamation of our freedom MadarakaDay ^CM

President @UKenyatta: From this county we owe a lot to the sons and daughters of this great county for fighting for freedom MadarakaDay ^CM

Talks between Kenya, Somali leaders underway in the 2nd day of @M_Farmaajo's visit to Kenya. Main items on the agenda - border security, AMISOM, charcoal and trade. 2 sides reportedly agreed to form a joint team to look into concerns by Somalia on construction of Kenya border fence