Kenya looks to lower deficit in current financial year, high-ranking Treasury official says
The tighter monetary stance will work, Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung’u told the same budget preparation forum, helping to stabilise the macroeconomic fundamentals.
How abduction of Somali journalist in Mogadishu led to unearthing of cybercriminals in Wyoming, USA
When Qurium investigated, it eventually traced a source of the outage to a surprising place: Wyoming. Although Qurium said it wasn’t able to get to a lock on who pulled the trigger on the cyberattack, it did discover that the sabotage was carried out with the help of a limited liability company (LLC) based out of the vast western state.
Kenya’s president defends punitive economic plans as the East African nation marks 60th birthday
Recent attempts at reforms include a mandatory housing levy which courts struck down last month for being “discriminatory, irrational, arbitrary and against the constitution.”
WHO: Kenya and Uganda among five countries in East, Southern Africa hit by anthrax outbreak
In a separate assessment of the Zambia outbreak, which was the most concerning, WHO said that 684 suspected cases had been reported in the southern African nation as of November 20, with four deaths. Human cases of anthrax had been reported in nine out of Zambia’s 10 provinces.
Fake: Influential ‘Financial Times’ newspaper rubbishes story on US probe into Kenya Eurobond
In a November 30 post to X (archived), Sevastopulo also said the image was “a complete fake”, adding: “I did not write any story about Kenya.”
Conservationists upgrade ‘Large-toothed Robber’ fish in Kenya’s Lake Turkana to ‘vulnerable’ status
Also at risk is Atlantic Salmon, which swims in both freshwater and saltwater. It slid down a category from ‘Least Concern’ to ‘Near Threatened’ on evidence its global population fell by 23 per cent between 2006 and 2020, IUCN said. It cited mortality due to salmon lice from farms as well as the rise of invasive species as some of the factors.
Reprieve for Meta as Kenyan judge rules Facebook parent company did not breach court orders
A Kenyan judge on Thursday found Facebook’s parent company Meta was not in contempt of court for failing to pay dozens of content moderators that a contractor laid off. Labour judge Mathews Nduma Nderi said Meta did not “deliberately and contemptuously” breach a court order requiring it to pay the...
African currencies in a flux as Kenya’s shilling is forecast to recover marginally, Zambia’s kwacha weakens
Commercial banks quoted the Kenya shilling at 153.20/40 to the US dollar, compared with last Thursday’s closing rate of Kenya shilling 153.15/35.
Spirits giant and Kenya Breweries partner Diageo to offload beer portfolio on margin concerns
Beer sales of 3.36 billion pounds ($4.23 billion) accounted for just over 14 per cent of total sales at Diageo for the year ended June 30, whereas spirits sales contributed a mammoth 81 per cent.
Great Reset: How unelected unaccountable billionaire class is driving domestic and foreign policy in the world
Controligarchs are good at turning a crisis into an opportunity, Bruner said. “The pandemic was the ultimate crisis and the ultimate opportunity.” The controligarchs have the solutions to all their diseases, “which can be quite profitable.”
