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It's where former presidents like Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta and former Zambian president Rupiah Banda have feasted using their bare hands.
Hoteliers at the Coast are in a race to spruce up their establishments ahead of the planned classification by the Tourism Regulatory Authority in August this year.
Boko Boko Restaurant in Mtwapa, a 50-year-old coastal eatery famed for its cutlery-free dining and exotic Creole and Mijikenda cuisine, has hosted presidents and continues to thrive.
Ms Aisha Baya, 20, and Mariam Said, 30, said they were duped into employment as domestic workers by a Mombasa-based agent last year.
Mombasa was a ghost city as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets to protest against police brutality and commemorate the June 25, 2024, killing of Gen Zs.
Jerop Faith's baby girl, Maya, is thousands of kilometres away in Russia, taken by the man she once loved.
The port will reshape the local economy, expanding export opportunities regionally and domestically.
The government lacks a coherent strategy to achieve its target of doubling the number of international tourists visiting the country, stakeholders in the tourism sector have said.
Plans by Kenya Wildlife Service to hike park entry fees negate the country's ambitions to grow the number of international tourists to 5.5 million by 2027, tourism players have said.
The two remaining Kenyan female NWRs, Najin and her daughter Fatu, are hosted at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya.
Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi was reportedly injected in the head, back, and hands with a syringe by suspected Tanzanian security agents who held him incommunicado for three days.
KPA has rolled out the new Electronic Government Procurement (E-GP) system to boost transparency and root out graft in its tendering processes.
Tata Chemicals Magadi has announced a significant expansion plan for its soda ash mining activities at Lake Magadi, which aims to increase production to 600,000 tonnes within five years.
Kenya’s second seaport of Lamu last week received the longest vessel ever to have docked at an East African seaport.
Mwangura said that the economic implications of this cleanup exercise extend far beyond the immediate visual improvement of the port's appearance.
Mr Mwangura explained that the significance of this initiative extends beyond Kenya’s borders, touching the heart of Africa’s economic future.
At least nine ships are scheduled to dock at the Lamu Port in August, signifying its growing importance in East Africa's seaborne trade as the region's small ports struggle with congestion.
Key stakeholders at the Port of Mombasa have lauded the Kenya Ports Authority’s (KPA) notice to remove long-stay containers and condemned cargo from the port premises.
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has received 10 new Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes as part of the ongoing agency’s equipment modernisation programme.
KMC Managing Commissioner Maj Gen Gula Jattani said the State agency will open additional branches in Rongai, Syokimau, Thika, and the Nairobi Central Business District.
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