Kenya’s trade minister warns unbridled utterances on conflict in Sudan will further hurt tea, fruit exports

Kenya’s trade minister warns unbridled utterances on conflict in Sudan will further hurt tea, fruit exports

Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui expressed concern over recent public utterances by political figures on regional conflicts, stressing the importance of maintaining Kenya’s non-partisan foreign policy in the region.

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Poor Pope and People’s Pope: While John Paul I was a paragon of tenacity and courage, Pope Francis was citadel of theological learning

Poor Pope and People’s Pope: While John Paul I was a paragon of tenacity and courage, Pope Francis was citadel of theological learning

Pop John Paul I: We have no temporal goods to exchange, no economic interests to discuss. Our possibilities for intervention are specific and limited and of a special character. They do not interfere with the purely temporal, technical and political affairs, which are matters of your government.

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White South Africans scramble for exile in US as non-white refugees are deported on Trump orders

White South Africans scramble for exile in US as non-white refugees are deported on Trump orders

Some of the South African applicants have taken part in a first round of interviews in Pretoria, three of them said, describing positive encounters with US officials who seemed well-disposed towards them and their accounts of persecution.

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Blue economy: Stakeholder petition Kenyan parliament to rescinded ‘flawed’ draft law for not  treating fisheries as a distinct economic sector

Blue economy: Stakeholder petition Kenyan parliament to rescinded ‘flawed’ draft law for not treating fisheries as a distinct economic sector

On April 7, he said, LVA formally wrote to the clerk of the national assembly, to petition parliament to suspend the bill and launch a comprehensive and inclusive legislative review. The bill, he said, was a replication of the outdated 2016 provisions that were developed without a guiding national aquaculture policy and failed to recognise aquaculture as a distinct economic sector.

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Nairobi: Great Lakes Region meeting wants illicit minerals trafficking curbed to spur local economies

Nairobi: Great Lakes Region meeting wants illicit minerals trafficking curbed to spur local economies

The conferences which have been organised in collaboration with GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation) will provide an arena for policymakers, technical experts and regional stakeholders to assess progress, share best practices and agree on next steps in implementing the Six Tools against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR).

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European teenage thieves arrested in Kenya with haul of queen ants in major shift in wildlife trafficking

European teenage thieves arrested in Kenya with haul of queen ants in major shift in wildlife trafficking

The Kenya Wildlife Service, however, said the case signals a landmark shift in biopiracy trends from iconic large mammals to lesser-known species that are no less ecologically critical.

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Cash-strapped Kenya rolls out pension scheme for self-employed people

Cash-strapped Kenya rolls out pension scheme for self-employed people

Speaking at a past engagement with journalists in Kakamega, the CEO of KNEST Rose Musonye said the institution will manage all the savings of Kenyan workers who are self-employed.

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Government and rebels agree to cease hostilities but situation in eastern Congo remains volatile

Government and rebels agree to cease hostilities but situation in eastern Congo remains volatile

The statement said the parties had agreed to “work towards concluding a truce” and that they were reaffirming their commitment to “an immediate end to hostilities.” Previous commitments to a ceasefire, announced unilaterally, have not held, and Wednesday’s statement was the first such commitment to be announced jointly.

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Nutritional crisis in Kenya accounts for 18 per cent stunted children under five, capital Nairobi leads

Nutritional crisis in Kenya accounts for 18 per cent stunted children under five, capital Nairobi leads

In the Kenya Nutrition Situation overview, micronutrient deficiency shows over half (52.6 per cent) of the preschool children and 37.6 per cent of school-age children suffer from marginal vitamin A deficiency, and one-in-four (26.3 per cent) of preschool children are anaemic and 41.6percent of pregnant women are also anaemic.

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MSME players want Kenya to match US protectionist policies to shield local industries from cheap imports

MSME players want Kenya to match US protectionist policies to shield local industries from cheap imports

Head of Programme for Promotion of Self Employment and Entrepreneurship at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) Irene Omogi explained that some of the key challenges that the policy review will address include putting in place regulations which will ease access to credit for informal businesses.

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