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.
Kenya, Ethiopia sign free-trade deal to hasten implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area
Ethiopian Minister of Trade and Regional Integration Kassahun Gofe underscored the importance of concluding negotiations to kick start the implementation of the simplified trade regime to accelerate trade between the border communities of the two countries.
Blue economy: Stakeholder petition Kenyan parliament to rescinded ‘flawed’ draft law for not treating fisheries as a distinct economic sector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 The bill, he said, was a replication of the outdated 2016 provisions that were developed without a guiding national aquaculture policy and failed to recognise aquaculture as a distinct economic sector.
President Ruto says Kenya keen to learn from ‘China’s remarkable journey of transformation’ day after blistering attacks on US President Trump, UN
President William Ruto, an evangelical Christian from a modest background, was elected on promises to help Kenya’s poor in a country struggling with debt. Earlier in his presidency, Ruto favoured the West and the United States over China. But as US President Donald Trump pulls back from engagement with Africa and slaps tariffs on trade partners, Ruto is making overtures to Beijing.
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).
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.
Man dissatisfied with court ruling against him in land ownership dispute in Siaya burns family of nine to death
Ouma’s brother-in-law, Captain Leonard Joseph Ochieng, said villagers suspected the immediate neighbour of the family to be behind the arson following a protracted land dispute. Capt Ochieng said that the neighbour, identified as Owino, had been given a small portion of land by Ouma’s family in appreciation of his benevolence after he helped them transport the body of Ouma’s brother from Nairobi over two decades ago.
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.
Business-starved Postal Corporation of Kenya diversifies into health products distribution
Kenya and Universal Postal Union (UPU) have signed the joint declaration on the Universal Postal Union Post4Health project, an initiative that will enable the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) to distribute health products and technologies. Kenya through PCK, applied to have the UPU for consideration of support through the Post4Health...
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.
