Plans for Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in Siaya take shape as national and county government teams meet
The project is expected to have a significant impact on employment and economic development in the region. During the construction phase, it is projected to create about 10,000 jobs, while the operational phase will sustain an estimated 1,200 permanent positions.
Kenya pushes for full implementation of African free trade area to eliminate cross-border barriers to livestock trade
Dr Solomon Munyua, a livestock trade expert noted that Africa imports livestock products worth about $10.2 billion annually, while exports account for only $3.4 billion, creating a trade deficit of roughly $6.8 billion.
Kenya marks 10 years of Upper Tana Water Fund with call increased outlay in nature-based water solutions
As Kenya celebrates a decade of the Upper Tana initiative, the government is aiming to expand similar programmes nationwide, including in Eldoret-Iten, Upper Tana, Nandi/Yala and the Coast region under Jumuiya ya Pwani.
High-end hotel in Kisumu attacked, vandalised by 100 hired goons over rent arrears dispute
Police officers from Obunga Police Station and from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Nyanza Regional headquarters dusted the hotel for fingerprints and reviewed CCTV footage in a bid to nab the invaders.
Sic Donec: New book dispels myth about Lord Egerton, tracks evolution of Egerton University from farm school to Kenya’s oldest institution of higher education
When approached for his donation of his Ngongongeri Farm, which had been seen as appropriate for the project, Lord Egerton readily obliged, giving 500 acres straight away. He gave no conditions to this donation but only asked that should the project not be accomplished; the land should be handed back to him “free of any legal or other charges.”
Nairobi Coffee Exchange weekly auction records marginal drop in volumes moved, with 30,824 bags valued at $116.8 billion traded
According to the NCE report on the auction, brokers’ performance reflected the concentration of volumes among a few dominant marketing agents.
AI pushes out breathalysers: Australian researchers develop technology that detects drunk and dangerous drivers
Using 3D facial analysis, researchers are able to detect three major causes of road accidents simultaneously: blood alcohol concentration, fatigue and expressions such as anger, said a statement from Australia’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) on Wednesday.
Regional governments in north-western Kenya pitch for wider private sector role in refugee assimilation into local economies
KKCF Senior Operations Officer Luba Shara said the fund has invested $12 million, matched by private businesses and supported enterprise development in the refugee and host communities.
A 42-year old daughter suspected to be a ‘mental case’ stabs 79-year old father to death in Vihiga
In an interview, Chief Evans Endesia of Izava North Location said he received s distress call from a village elder about the murder incident and rushed to the home to confirm the same and call in the police.
Civil society in Turkana questions authorities’ silence as justice for femicide and GBV crimes is reduced to ‘a few goats’ fine in northern Kenya
A non-governmental organisation, Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT), northern Kenya, is demanding urgent government action following three separate incidents that resulted in maternal death, killing and rape of three women in Turkana County. Director and founder of Friends of Lake Turkana Ikal Ang’elei says the incidents have exposed critical failures...
