Kenya Strikes Oil For The First Time

Kenya struck oil in its remote northwestern Turkana region after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, but has yet to establish commercial viability, President Mwai Kibaki said Monday."Our country has made a major breakthrough in oil exploration," Kibaki said, speaking at a conference in Nairobi."This is the first time Kenya has made such a discovery and it's a very good news for our country."Wells drilled by Tullow Oil had found oil, Kibaki said, but there were no details of the potential scale of the find.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki says he was not consulted about the suspension of two ministers over suspected corruption and called the move unconstitutional, a statement from his office said Monday.On Sunday Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga suspended for three months and "with immediate effect" Agriculture Minister William Ruto and Education Minister Samuel Ongeri so that they can be investigated for corruption, a statement from Odinga's office said.

Kenya and Uganda tightened security Tuesday and probed a blast that killed three people on a Kampala-bound bus in Nairobi after Ugandan police warned of heightened terror risks over Christmas.The two neighbouring countries ramped up security patrols following the late Monday explosion which occurred as passengers were being screened before boarding the night bus in downtown Nairobi.Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki promised thorough investigations and prosecution of those behind the blast, whose exact nature security officials have yet to determine.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday convened an emergency meeting of the country's security chiefs following blasts that killed five people during a political rally.The attacks, which also wounded more than 80 people, ripped through a rally in Nairobi campaigning against a proposed constitution due to be submitted to a referendum on August 4."The president has convened an early morning security meeting to discuss this matter, in order to get to the depth of this matter," Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka told reporters.

Oil has been discovered in Kenya after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, President Mwai Kibaki says.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's election commission named Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the country's presidential election with 50.07 percent on Saturday, but his opponent alleged multiple failures in the vote and said Kenya's democracy was on trial.

Kenya's richest man, Uhuru Kenyatta has voluntarily resigned from his position as the country's finance minister following an International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling that he will stand trial for crimes against humanity. On Monday, the ICC ruled that Kenyatta, (worth an estimated $500 million) played a major role in inciting and financing local thugs to murder and rape Kenyans who supported the opposition party after the country's highly controversial 2007 presidential elections.