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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Africa Fertiliser Financing Mechanism commits $2m to support 100,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya
The fertiliser market’s leading players include importers, blenders, and the Kenyan government, which runs a fertiliser subsidy programme. In 2021, Kenya imported 758,000 tonnes of chemical fertilisers. Kenyan farmers pay $35 for a 50 kilogramme fertiliser bag.
Kenya could lose up to 7.25 per cent of GDP to climate change by 2050 – World Bank report
With about 90 per cent of its electricity coming from renewable sources like hydro-generation and geothermal wells, Kenya is well positioned to provide solutions to other countries looking to lower their emissions, the report said.
