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...
Tanzania slaps Kenya traders with new trade rules
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...
Uhuru: I Will Hand Over Power Smiling But My Leader is Baba Raila
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....
As Raila challenges election results in court, IEBC officer reported dead under mysterious circumstance.
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...
Tanzania is the largest source of diaspora remittances to Kenya in Africa.
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...
Why do the IEBC splits?
A section of Kenya’s electoral commission which includes the vice chairperson, does not agree with the results about to be announced at the Bomas of Kenya. The commissioners, including vice chair Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya, have alleged that the results were arrived at in an opaque manner without giving further...
A woman dies after being forced to donate her Kidney to her boss’s relative in Saudi Arabia.
A 33-year-old woman who died three weeks after she arrived in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is believed to have died during a botched operation to remove one of her kidneys by her employer. Her husband, Abdulrazik Juma, claims that his wife, Rose Atieno, had made her last distress call to inform him that her employer had...
IMF Approves $235.6 Million for Kenya’s Budget Support
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the Third review under the 38-month arrangements under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangements. The Board’s decision allows for an immediate disbursement of $235.6 million usable for budget support, bringing Kenya’s total budget support disbursements to about $1.2082...
Tanzania’s coffee export volumes decline by 4% triggered by lower production volumes
Fertilizer prices have nearly doubled globally, driven by a confluence of factors, including surging input costs and supply shortages fuelled by the Ukraine-Russia conflict. This has negatively impacted agriculture productivity, with Tanzania’s coffee industry expecting a 4 per cent dip in yields to 1.15 million bags in the marketing year 2022/2023. Additionally, the country’s coffee...
Girls student dies by suicide after her transfer request rejected
A form Two student of Malava Girls’ Secondary School in Kakamega County has allegedly committed suicide after her transfer request was rejected. The 15-year-old student, Dorothy Kageha, allegedly took poison on Tuesday, July 12, at her parents’ home in Kimang’eti Village, Malava Sub-County. She’d been taken to Kimang’eti Health Centre, where first aid was administered...