Tag Archives: Kenya

Kenya struggles to keep economic grip on Uganda COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya has four big exports to Uganda; palm oil (11.8%) of exports, cement 10.1%, coated flat-rolled iron 8.94%, and refined petroleum 6.27%. Together, these comprise about 40% of Kenya’s total exports to Uganda as of December …

Chinese electric vehicles are transforming livelihoods of Kenyan taxi drivers. NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Paul Mwai sat in his parked car as he scrolled through his cell phone to confirm his next customer on his digital app. The 33-year-old taxi driver had just received an order to transport a …

NAIROBI | Xinhua |  Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday directed security agencies to speed up investigation into the mysterious killings in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, after nine mutilated bodies were retrieved from a dumpsit in a slum. Ruto, who spoke in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, northwest Kenya, assured citizens that …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR | Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has resigned. The Deputy-Inspector General of the Kenya Police Service Douglas Kanja will take over from Koome as the acting IG. “His Excellency Hon William Samoei Ruto, PhD, CGH, President and Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces, has …

This is what too many are missing as the world scrambles for explanations COMMENT | NANJALA NYABOLA | There is as yet no resolution after an unprecedented week in Kenyan politics. What began as protests against a rushed-through Finance Bill has revealed a crisis of legitimacy within the executive, the legislature …

It now threatens to engulf him as the character of Kenya’s politics shifts in ways even he could not have predicted COMMENT | PETER LOCKWOOD | Many of the grievances of Kenya’s Gen-Z, young people who took to the streets in late June, have been palpable for years. I witnessed these …

  Ruto to form broad-based government to eliminate wastage, fight corruption and cut the national debt. Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Embattled Kenyan President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet with immediate effect, leaving out only Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi. “Upon reflection and …

Why and what can be done about it to reverse the trend going forward ANALYSIS | DANNY BRADLOW | The recent Kenyan protests are a warning that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is failing. The public does not think it is helping its member countries manage their economic and financial problems, which …

JUBA, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan’s negotiation team in the ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, said Friday that substantial progress had been made towards achieving lasting peace and stability in the world’s youngest nation. Albino Mathom, the special envoy to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday announced a raft of austerity measures aimed at addressing revenue shortfalls in the 2024/2025 fiscal budget caused by the withdrawal of the contentious Finance Bill 2024. Ruto said the National Treasury will cut government spending by 177 billion shillings …