Tag: kenya
Ethiopia: From Nairobi to Addis by bicycle, steered by love
A black Giant Talon 29er-4 mountain bicycle, some money, part of it gifted by friends, and a head spinning with love: These are what Bill Clintone Linyelela needed to get him on through the 2,201km journey from Nairobi to Mekéle, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. On August 30, just before dawn, carrying only…
Kenyan police arrest 12 Somali nationals in border region
KENYA- GARISSA (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Kenyan police on Saturday arrested 12 people from neighboring Somalia without valid identification documents along the common border. Garissa divisional police commander Joseph Muriuki said the suspects were being ferried in a Garissa county government vehicle but had the government…
Kenya: Expand Counter-terrorism Drone War
WASHINGTON (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The U.S. military’s Africa Command is pressing for new authorities to carry out armed drone strikes targeting Qaeda-linked Shabab fighters in portions of eastern Kenya, potentially expanding the war zone across the border from their sanctuaries in Somalia, according to…
Kenya: Ethiopian Raiders Kill Four Herders in Turkana
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 11. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. By Sammy Lutta. Armed raiders ambushed a group of herders in Turkana on Thursday afternoon killing four of them. Turkana police boss Samwel Ndanyi said one of the raiders, who are suspected to come from Ethiopia, was killed in the attack. The herders had just arrived…
KENYA ALCOHOL BAN TO COST BILLIONS
Alcohol manufacturers and distributors have warned that the alcohol ban placed by the government to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), will cost workers, sorghum farmers, and the government billions of shillings and thousands of jobs in three months to September. The ban which began in July has created a massive disruption of the alcohol value chain with the…
SOMALICOIN Solution to Funds flowing to terrorism: National Security
Mobile money agents in Kenya have become cautious as the police investigate a link between use of the service and terror activities in the East African nation. SomaliCoin a Security Token was working for the past 7 years in building its infrastructure to solve money laundering to terror groups and criminal actors in the Somali…
Lobby sounds warning on future of Kenya’s oil sector
The Turkana oil project might continue experiencing disruptions in the absence of a legal framework and institutions to oversee the activities in Kenya, a report has said.The report contained in the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies’ quarterly journal has warned that differences between exploration firms and the host community might in future stall works at…
Kenya hints at lifting embargo on Uganda poultry imports
The deadly avian influenza disease that led Kenya to place a ban on Ugandan poultry products has now been controlled, paving the way for the lifting of the embargo. Livestock PS Harry Kimutai says Uganda has submitted the report on eradication of the disease to World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and that Kenya is…
Kenyans protest Tanzania’s unfair trade practices
Kenyans took to social media this week to lament trade discrepancies with Tanzania. The #fairTradeKe trended top most of Monday on Twitter after the Nation published a story detailing a raft of trade barriers placed on Kenyan goods seeking market in Tanzania. Those who contributed to the debate decried the silence from Kenyan authorities saying traders from…
Spanish delivery firm Glovo comes to Kenya
Spanish delivery start-up Glovo that uses a smartphone application (app) to help customers make orders and have goods delivered at their doorstep has launched in Nairobi. The platform enables customers to order for items such as food, groceries or gifts with a simple tap on their smartphone. Glovo then buys and delivers the items using…
