Kenya’s Agriculture Minister Mithika Linturi and his Zambian counterpart Mtolo Phiri signed an MoU in March to herald a new era of large-scale farming of maize in Zambia for export to Nairobi, but concerns by the opposition over past treatment of locals raise fears about the deal. Kenyan representatives had first come to Lusaka looking...
From around 2019, Mr. Didier Mlawa, a Tanzanian national, gained notoriety and a big online following in the country for his Twitter protest of undemocratic tendencies of the previous regime. His online activism under the name Kigogo2014 made him enemies in high places. Sooner, he fled the country and gained asylum in the UK. He...
The government has said the country has tight laws and regulations guiding foreign exchange trade in the wake of reports that Kenyan businesses are now sourcing dollars from Tanzania to meet manufacturers’ and general goods importers’ obligations. Kenya is currently facing an acute dollar shortage after its foreign exchange reserves dropped to a near 10-year...
President William Ruto, while ushering New Year at State House, Mombasa, announced that his government planned to abolish the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) that has sustained millions of university students for decades. The President remarked that he sought to provide a better alternative to address university students’ challenges. Subsequently, he announced that the government will expunge...
East African Community has one of the highest sea freight charges in the world, a development that sends commodity prices up. Members of the private sector are now drafting key recommendations to see member states cutting down on sea freight costs to foster regional economic growth. According to the chief executive officer for the East...
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has revealed that it is considering giving a licence to Tanzanian firm Taifa Gas Investment to construct a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import and storage terminal in Mombasa. The announcement comes after President William Ruto held bilateral talks with her Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu. EPRA said it would review an...
Kenyan grain traders seeking to import maize from Tanzania will now be required to register their companies in Dar es Salaam as the country imposes stricter rules to protect its commodities and jobs from shifting abroad. The new measure by Tanzania, which comes as a new trade barrier between the two countries, will impact Kenya’s...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated his pledge to hand over power peacefully to president-elect William Ruto, whose election was upheld by the Supreme Court. Speaking during an Azimio parliamentary group at the Maasai Lodge on Wednesday, September 7, Uhuru affirmed that he will pass down the leadership button to Ruto as mandated by the law....
Officials of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kirinyaga have been thrown into mourning following the mysterious death of their colleague, Mr Geoffrey Gitobu. Mr Gitobu, the Gichugu Constituency returning officer, collapsed on Monday and died. Laikipia East police boss John Tarus told the media in Kenya that Mr Gitobu’s death was reported...
The amount of money sent home by Kenyans working abroad dropped for the sixth consecutive month in July, attributed to the high cost of living globally. Data by the CBK shows diaspora remittances to Kenya last month totalled $319.4 million compared to $336.7 million in July last year, a 5.1% drop. This was almost KSh1...