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The post-budget crisis in Kenya might be good for Africa, after all

Nairobi, July 8 -- The surging crisis that is being witnessed in Kenya could end up being a good thing for Africa, if the regional leaders could step back and examine the situation clinically with coo... Read More


Youth triggered overdue talk on the state of nationhood

Nairobi, July 8 -- The Gen Z protests going on in Kenya are paradigm-shifting. Who would have thought that it would take young adults, most barely in their early twenties, holding water bottles, phone... Read More


Ugandan sugarcane farmers bitter as regional market shrinks on glut, low prices

Nairobi, July 7 -- As Ugandan consumers celebrate the lowest retail prices for sugar in five years, the industry is in a state of turmoil. Outgrowers are protesting falling prices of cane amid a glut... Read More


Tanzania amends sugar laws to tame shortages, prices

Nairobi, July 7 -- Targeting to stabilise sugar supply and control prices, Tanzania has imposed regulations on sugar production, importation and distribution within its borders. Parliament has passed... Read More


Kenya torn between pleasing refugees, local communities

Nairobi, July 7 -- Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya's Turkana County is the only home Rose Chelia has known for the past 22 years. She fled the Second Sudanese Civil War (which eventually led to the sece... Read More


Tanzania keeps policy rate unchanged at 6pc to sustain growth

Nairobi, July 7 -- The Bank of Tanzania's (BoT) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the benchmark lending rate unchanged at six percent, for the next three months to September 30, to b... Read More


Fresh bid to turn cattle rustling corridors into trade routes

Nairobi, July 7 -- For decades, the porous border between Kenya and Uganda has been characterised by armed conflicts, livestock raids and arms smuggling between herders as they compete for pasture and... Read More


Africa surpasses global averages in vaccination

Nairobi, July 7 -- The breadth of vaccine protection in Gavi-supported countries, many of which are in Africa, has surpassed global averages, achieving 56 percent coverage compared to the worldwide av... Read More


Kenya's taxation dilemma in face of EAC-CET scheme

Nairobi, July 7 -- Kenya could be allowed to withdraw duty imposed on items by the East African Community after the withdrawal of its controversial Finance Bill 2024, experts say. John Kalisa, chief ... Read More


Canada firm not free yet, a year after Kenya project exit

Nairobi, July 7 -- Africa Oil Corp still has liabilities amounting to $1.8 million for its operations in Kenya and another claim of an unspecified amount from the local community, a year after it exit... Read More