East Africa’s premier defence college, National Defence University Kenya, rolls out first set of graduates

East Africa’s premier defence college, National Defence University Kenya, rolls out first set of graduates

Graduates are Kenyan senior military officers and service personnel, senior civil servants from different ministries as well as the National Intelligence Service, National Youth Service, Kenya Forest Service, Immigration Department and senior military officers from Burundi, Egypt, Nepal, India, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia.

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Cigna Healthcare partners with AAR Insurance to underwrite health services in East Africa

Cigna Healthcare partners with AAR Insurance to underwrite health services in East Africa

In addition to global health services, the partnership offers various other benefits, including an employee assistance programme, telehealth services, clinical care for critical illnesses, mental health solutions and access to an online well-being solution

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Kenyan authorities warn fake HIV drugs are circulation despite crackdown on counterfeits

Kenyan authorities warn fake HIV drugs are circulation despite crackdown on counterfeits

Truvada is used in treating HIV and as a preexposure prophylaxis for people at high risk, including those with multiple sexual partners and those who share needles while injecting drugs.

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Dire straits: Uncertainty in money markets forces Kenya to focus funding strategy on concessional loans

Dire straits: Uncertainty in money markets forces Kenya to focus funding strategy on concessional loans

On Monday the World Bank said it foresaw $12 billion of financial support to Kenya over the next three years. The IMF last week reached a staff-level agreement with Kenya, unlocking access to a $682 million funding tranche and boosting its lending programme by $938 million.

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Big Oil lobbyists sabotage plastics treaty talks in Nairobi as environmentalists warn of surge in pollution

Big Oil lobbyists sabotage plastics treaty talks in Nairobi as environmentalists warn of surge in pollution

Lobbyists for the fossil fuel and petrochemical sectors – which have been pressuring negotiators to oppose a deal that limits plastics production – made their presence felt during the third round of plastics treaty talks since last year when nations agreed to develop a binding plastics treaty by 2024.

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Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130 as thousands rendered homeless

Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130 as thousands rendered homeless

Emergency workers fear the death toll could rise since there were many people still unaccounted for. Parts of the country remained cut off and inaccessible after roads and bridges were washed away, marooning thousands of residents.

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UN plastic treaty talks in Nairobi grapple with 500 proposals on reuse, recycle and ban debate

UN plastic treaty talks in Nairobi grapple with 500 proposals on reuse, recycle and ban debate

The plastics industry, oil and petrochemical exporters, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, have said a global deal should promote recycling and re-use of plastic, but environmental campaigners and some governments say much less needs to be produced in the first place.

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Uganda can no longer afford disorder to reign in public transport, Iganga Municipality should lead redemption

Uganda can no longer afford disorder to reign in public transport, Iganga Municipality should lead redemption

When I asked Chairman Nalugoda what plans he had to improve the utility of the park and make it just a bus park, he told me, “My management team is almost helpless. Higher authorities must develop a proper plan for the park. The municipality is expanding and will need a properly constructed park. If they want they could move the park elsewhere and leave their current space for businesses.

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Bus passengers in Kenyan coastal city cling on rope to wade through chest-high rain water

Bus passengers in Kenyan coastal city cling on rope to wade through chest-high rain water

Heavy rains followed by flash floods have submerged towns across East Africa, rendering hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

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East African universities should be centres of innovation and creativity, not dogmatic thinking

East African universities should be centres of innovation and creativity, not dogmatic thinking

Galileo Galilei deplored the academic practice of his professors of always hyping Aristotle, Hippocrates and Galen as the unchallengeable authorities in the academia. It was taboo to question those three authorities in the academia. They were the beginning and end of knowledge. Galileo wanted to hear the voices of his professors reflecting their own thoughts, not those of ancient thinkers.

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