Election puzzle: Tanzania President Hassan, predecessor Kikwete face strong resistance for promoting Islamic hegemony
Catholics have publicly criticised Samia’s totalitarian rule are currently fasting and praying in protest. The Catholics are also unhappy with assassination attempt of Joseph Kitima, one of their most vocal clergymen in Tanzania.
Unceasing fishing war: Kenyan fishermen on Migingo Island question continued harassment by Ugandan police
President Yoweri Museveni later alluded to this when he made his remarks sometimes back when he spoke about Migingo, an argument that was however dismissed by the Kenyan leaders in the National Assembly.
Tea Board of Kenya pitches for higher consumption of local tea as competition for international market intensifies
Small-scale tea farmers have been urged to enhance the quality of their tea to attract more markets and increase their earnings. Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) CEO Willy Mutai, speaking in Mombasa during a tea stakeholders’ consultative meeting, described the findings of a Tea Quality Validation Report as impressive and...
Scientists place African giraffes into four major genetic ‘tribes’ that face unique survival threats
Northern giraffes – whose range includes parts of Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Central African Republic – face threats from political instability and poaching. Masai giraffes in Kenya and Tanzania face pressure from habitat loss as open savannas are converted to cattle pastures and fields.
Visionary British colonialism: When we talk about East African federation, just bare in mind no foreigner gives free service
The new East African universities immediately became affiliated to the University of London. From that time, all degrees obtained by students of Makerere University College, Royal University College, Nairobi and University College, Dar-es-Salaam were granted by the Federal University of East Africa 1963-1970. In 1970 the University of East Africa was dissolved.
Kenya steps up push to grow tourism arrivals to five million to stave off competition from neighbouring countries
County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Culture and Tourism, Mohamed Osman, said he believes that the five million target can be achieved by 2026. He urged the government to fully implement the open sky policy to attract more tourists to the country.
EAC principal secretaries meeting in Kisumu draws up strategy for Lake Victoria conservation
Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) Executive Secretary Masinde Bwire said pollution, unsustainable agriculture, land degradation, invasive weeds and illegal fishing have drastically affected the lake’s health and the well-being of those who depend on it.
Domino effect: Arrest and release of Tanzania opposition leaders linked to youth protests in Kenya
“We won’t provide a chance to a few criminals to destroy peace by copying what is happening in neighbouring countries,” police commissioner Awadh Haji said late on Monday, a likely reference to weeks of youth-led protests in Kenya this year which inspired demonstrations in Nigeria and Uganda.
500,000 conservationists in Africa petition Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants
In 1995, both the East African neighbours had agreed that Tanzania would stop issuing hunting permits on its side of the reserve after hunters killed Kenyan elephants on the Tanzanian side.
