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We must defend the freedom we need if we're to thrive as citizens

Nairobi, April 27 -- As I said, I got to see Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah from a distance as I attended the rather gorgeous 2024 Tuzo Ya Taifa Ya Mwalimu Nyerere Ya Uandishi Bunifu. I am always seduced by a... Read More


Bangladesh, Taiwan have done it and saved lives; so, too, should East Africa

Nairobi, April 27 -- It is turning out to be the year from hell, in terms of climate disasters for East Africa. As it closes the first quarter alone, nearly 200 people have so far been killed and thou... Read More


UBA increases its stake in Kenya and Uganda units with eye on EAC market

Nairobi, April 27 -- Pan-African banking group United Bank for Africa (UBA) has acquired more stakes in its Kenyan and Ugandan subsidiaries in the wake of a rush by Nigerian lenders to penetrate the E... Read More


NCBA raises interest rates on new and existing loans

Nairobi, April 27 -- NCBA Bank Kenya has revised its lending rates upwards in a development that will, effective immediately, see new borrowers start paying more to get credit amid growing struggles o... Read More


DRC's long wait for Felix Tshisekedi to form government

Nairobi, April 27 -- Nearly five months after the general election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is still no new government in Kinshasa. New Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says she is sti... Read More


Ugandan military court frees Kenyans jailed over arms

Nairobi, April 27 -- The General Court Martial at Makindye in Uganda on Wednesday set free 32 Kenyans who were jailed in April for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The group had been ja... Read More


TikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interest

Nairobi, April 27 -- A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok, unless it is sold within a year, is about national security, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in Nairobi on Th... Read More


South Sudan auditor flags spending of IMF funds

Nairobi, April 27 -- South Sudan's National Audit Chamber wants the Ministry of Finance and Planning to account for the use of $114.4 million received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bu... Read More


SpaceX offers Starlink kit at half price for first-time Kenyan clients

Nairobi, April 27 -- Billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet firm, Starlink, has announced a 55.6 percent reduction in the price of the installation hardware kit in the Kenyan market in a promotion... Read More


TPS in record profit, no dividend payout

Nairobi, April 27 -- TPS Eastern Africa, the operator of Serena Hotels, has posted a Sh870.87 million net profit for the financial year ended December 2023, marking a 2.3 times jump from the previous ... Read More