Uganda signs rail construction agreement with Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi
The rail section will run from the capital Kampala to Malaba at the border with Kenya, connecting landlocked Uganda to its neighbour’s rail network and on to the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa.
Trail of misery left by departing UN peacekeepers in Congo: To women Monusco soldiers’ ‘job was only to impregnate us’
On the ground for 25 years, MONUSCO and its predecessor mission have one of the worst records on sexual exploitation and abuse of any UN peacekeeping operation, with 272 allegations (some involving multiple perpetrators and survivors) against military personnel, according to a public database that tracks peacekeeper misconduct.
Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich eclipses world record by nearly two minutes at Chicago Marathon
Television commentators were astonished as she grinded through the course, comparing her attempt at a sub-2:10 marathon to the moon landing, and she only seemed to gain momentum as she sprinted through the final two miles.
Plans in high gear to make Italian-run space centre in Kenya to be used again for earth observation
Managed by Italian space agency ASI, the Luigi Broglio space centre is 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Malindi and started its operations in the 1960s.
Haiti PM praises Kenyan police rapid reaction to gang attacks as Nairobi promises ces it’ll beef up force next month
Over 700,000 people in Haiti have fled their homes and over five million are going hungry – nearly half the population, according to the United Nations.
Plan to build nuclear power plant at Kenyan coast meets with stiff resistance from ecologists
The construction of the 1,000MW nuclear plant is set to begin in 2027 and be operational by 2034, at a cost of 500 billion Kenyan shillings ($3.8 billion).
Kenya and IMF nearing $3.6 billion loan deal as the lender awaits Nairobi’s staff layoff proposal
Kenya’s government has asked the IMF to conduct an official assessment of corruption and governance issues. While not directly linked to the next disbursement, the assessment is an attempt to build goodwill with the Fund as it tries to get finances back on track.
Central Bank of Kenya slices main lending rate to 12 per cent to stimulate credit to private sector
The bank cut its growth forecast for 2024 to 5.1 per cent from 5.4 per cent following slower growth in the second quarter, which came in at 4.6 per cent year-on-year from 5.6 per cent in the same quarter a year earlier. But it expects the economy to grow 5.5 per cent in 2025.
Kenya’s parliament on verge of stripping President Ruto’s deputy of position who’s vowed to stay put
Presdent William Ruto has not commented publicly on the impeachment proceedings. More than 80% of lawmakers signed up to launch the motion on October 1.
How farmers in Burundi banded, transformed avocado cultivation into ‘green gold’ for export
he participation of the cooperatives is an important step toward regulating the country’s avocado exports, said Ferdinand Habimana, vice president of Green Gold Burundi’s administrative board. Although the government is promoting avocado farming to diversify exports, avocados grown in Burundi are yet to be trademarked as coming from there, he said.
