NAIROBI, 8 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The failure of the 2005 short rains in 25 Kenyan districts has left at least 3.5 million people, including 500,000 school children, in need of emergency assistance over the next year, the government said on Wednesday. Full report

NAIROBI, 8 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - At least 12 people have died since January from a meningitis outbreak that has spread from northeastern Uganda to Kenya's West Pokot district, health officials said on Wednesday. Full report

NAIROBI, 2 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Kenyan finance minister David Mwiraria has resigned following claims of corruption involving high-ranking government officials but maintained that allegations against him are false. Full report

NAIROBI, 30 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government spent at least US $12 million in two years on luxury cars for cabinet ministers and other senior government officials, a report said on Monday, questioning such extravagance in a country where many live in extreme poverty Full report

NAIROBI, 24 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Claims of corruption involving high-ranking Kenyan government officials have rattled President Mwai Kibaki's administration, with civil society activists and the opposition calling for action against those who have been implicated. Full report

NAIROBI, 24 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - At least eight people were killed and more than 90 injured when a four-storey building under construction in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, collapsed on Monday, police said. Full report

NAIROBI, 18 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The number of people suffering from food shortages in Kenya as a result of a prolonged drought following failed rains has risen to 3.5 million, the government has said. Full report

NAIROBI, 18 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - A national referendum on a new draft constitution caused a bitter split within Kenya's government in 2005, and a political crisis for President Mwai Kibaki when voters rejected it.Full report

ISIOLO, 17 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Over the past two months, Ali Duba, a 49-year-old schoolteacher in Isiolo district in eastern Kenya, has seen his entire flock of 230 sheep and goats die from lack of pasture and water - and his dreams of financial stability along with them. Full report

NAIROBI, 10 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has said it will buy all stocks of maize produced by local farmers in a bid to cope with a worsening food crisis that has hit the country following a prolonged drought. Full report

KENYA: Year in Review 2005 - Searching for a constitution

KENYA: HIV/AIDS a major health issue in western region

KENYA-TANZANIA: Zanzibari refugees on hunger strike

KENYA: Pastoralists starve as drought kills livestock

KENYA: Sexual and domestic violence prevalent

KENYA: Caring for Nairobi's HIV-positive orphans

KENYA: Conflict over resources in border areas