Safaricom: MP backs Kenya president’s ‘suspect’ decision to offload 15 per cent shareholding telecom giant
Speaking at St Mary’s Catholic Church Molo, Kuria urged the public not to be deceived by the propagandists on the sale of Safaricom shares by the government noting that the deal is to cushion the tax ridden citizens against the road Levy tax.
Tension over disputed election forces Tanzania President Samia Suluhu to shelve Independence Day celebrations fearing protests
Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba on Monday asked all nonessential workers to stay home on Tuesday. The annual Independence Day celebrations were cancelled in November and the government said funds that would have been used for the celebrations would be used to repair damaged infrastructure.
Hotels and tour operators along Kenyan coast launch crow-free campaign to poison 800,000 birds
The council has set a fundraising target of Ksh10 million before the end of the year to sustain the control programme. A fundraising event has been scheduled for December 13 at Fort Jesus Gardens, bringing together stakeholders from the tourism, hospitality, leisure, transport and logistics sectors.
Minister says Kenya is reviewing higher education funding to cover tertiary intuitions
Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Migos Ogamba speaks during the Meru National Polytechnic’s sixth graduation ceremony. Credit: Dickson Mwiti
Kenya launches ‘Jamhuri Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage Week’ to power wobbly economy
Rebecca Miano appreciated Nairobi’s role in hosting the event, describing the capital as Kenya’s political, economic and tourism centre and the gateway to Magical Kenya.
Nigerian government tight-lipped after release of 100 schoolchildren abducted by suspected Islamists
The Niger state governor, Mohammed Bago, said health workers and experts would “thoroughly examine” the children before they are returned to their parents in Papiri.
Kenya’s IEBC features in Uganda’s presidential election fraud allegations as it is accused of training NRM agents to rig in Museveni
In Uganda, signs of democratic backsliding include restrictions on freedoms, weakened accountability and increasingly opaque governance.
Finance minister praises Kenya president’s economic policies despite uproar over systemic corruption
To ease pressure on the exchequer, he said the government intends to attract private-sector financing for major roads through a National Infrastructure Fund, a model used successfully in several advanced economies.
Salvation Army Church raises red flag over rising human trafficking in Nyanza and western Kenya
According to a report done out of a project run by the church, communities in hotspots such as Malaba, Busia, Isebania and Kehancha face growing risks, with traffickers taking advantage of economic desperation, weakened family structures and porous borders to traffic helpless youth.
