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A relative is overcome by emotions as she pays tribute during the funeral service for the victims of a major flood and landslide that claimed dozens of lives near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu on May 9, 2024. (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Dams burst, bridges washed-away and lives lost in Kenya floods

The worst floods in 30 years took the country by surprise

Lydia Namubiru, The Continent

Stability in Kenya hinges on a just, equitable distribution of resources, and a commitment to progress human development for the marginalised. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty Images)

Pockets of instability in Kenya are underpinned by unequal development

Stability in Kenya hinges on a just, equitable distribution of resources, and a commitment to progress human development for the marginalised

Jaynisha Patel
Moses Onyango

Bloop: Kenya plans to give new meaning to the term ‘tourist dive’

Africa’s first underwater museum set to open in Kenya

The museum stretches along the coast from Lamu to Malinda and showcases shipwrecks and their stories in a unique ecosystem

Gitonga Njeru