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Mombasa residents at the scene of a blast at the Bella Vista Night Club May 15, 2012 that left one person dead and four others injured. GIDEON MAUNDU

Police manhunt for Mombasa grenade attackers

Police have launched a massive manhunt for those behind a grenade attack at a night club in Mombasa on Wednesday that left a security guard dead and four others injured.

Photo/FILE China’s Wu Yi construction company workers pour concrete on the water trench on the Thika super highway in Nairobi last year. According to the Economic Survey, the building and construction sector recorded  slower growth last year.

Higher food prices, job losses spell bleak year

Florence Agero and her son, Nicodemus Ogwari, fishmongers at Nairobi’s City Market, have had a rough two years.

Police officer killed in vehicle blast

An Administration Police officer was killed and four others seriously injured after their vehicle was blown up by an explosive in Lagdera, Garissa County

Florence Agero, 50 years, a trader at city market in Nairobi on 15 May 2012. Photo/JAYNE NGARI

Worst trading year for mother and son

As the annual Economic Survey was released on Tuesday morning at Kenyatta International Conference Centre

Club owner denies murdering reveller

A city club owner and a security guard have denied murdering a reveller on Tuesday last week.

Kenneth Stanley Matiba and a view of Hillcrest School in Nairobi, which forms part of the Matiba family business empire.  Photos/FILE

Creditor picks arbiter in row with Matiba

About 40 properties associated with former Cabinet minister Kenneth Matiba are the subject of a dispute between the politician and a creditor.

Triza Njeri and her children Ann Wanjiru and Simon Njoroge lay wreath on the grave of her late husband Samwel Kamau Wanjiru on May 15, 2012 during a commemoration of 1st anniversary of his death. With them are family members. Photo/JOSEPH KURIA

Wanjiru mother skips memorial

The first anniversary of former Olympic marathon champion’s death was marked on Tuesday in Nyahururu while his mother kept off the ceremony.

An aerial view of River Chania in Nyeri on May 14, 2012. The river broke its banks on May 15, 2012 following heavy rains along its catchment areas. Farmers downstream counted heavy losses as their crops were washed away. Photo/JOSEPH KANYI

Six killed, homes destroyed in floods crisis

Six people were killed in separate incidents as rains continued to wreak havoc in parts of the country.

Ceasar Acellam, a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army, (Right) speaks to the press at the Ugandan army base in Djema on May 13, 2012. Ugandan troops have captured a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army in a milestone arrest that could signal they are closing in on notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony. Photo/AFP

Big catch in joint hunt for LRA chiefs

The capture of a top Lord’s Resistance Army field commander at the weekend is a milestone that could signal they are closing in on notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony.

Global Fund makes U-turn

The Global Fund resumes disbursing grants in September, five months after it announced it would not support new initiatives until 2014 because of lack of funds.