Category: Kenya
Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta can’t have his cake and eat it too
For months now, Kenya has been negotiating a bilateral trade deal with the United States and the United Kingdom. Kenya’s approach to go it alone, if successful, will derail the pursuit of the ongoing Pan-African continental economic integration plan—spearheaded by the still nascent Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The operationalization of AfCFTA, which was…
Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta urges constitutional reform
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday pushed for constitutional changes to resolve the cycles of election violence in the country, a hot button issue that has divided the political class. President Kenyatta’s plea came ahead of a much-anticipated report on suggested reforms to be issued in the coming days, after two years of public consultations…
KENYA PLACES SEVENTH POSITION AT THE ABSA INDEX REPORT
A report released at the fourth edition of Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2020, shows a significant drop in Kenya’s capacity to attract local and foreign investment, placing it at the seventh position from last year’s third. Based on the report, Kenya lost seven points to score 58 out of 100 points, placing Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia and…
Somalia: UK trains Kenya soldiers to fight al-Shabaab
NAIROBI – The UK government has started training hundreds of Kenyan soldiers to fight al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. The training is jointly delivered by the British Peace Support Team (BPST) and the Short-Term Training Teams from the British army. The soldiers are being drilled on guerilla warfare tactics used by Al Shabaab, in preparation to…
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…
Kenya: Railway is racking up losses even as loans come due
Nairobi October 9, 2020.When Kenya secured a $3.2 billion loan from China in 2014 to construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) connecting its capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa, critics termed the project costly and worried about its debt burden on Kenya. The agreement was always deemed overpriced by independent observers and there…
Somalia:Breaking, Two Cuban Doctors Released
Two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya’s northeast in April 2019 and taken over the border to Somalia by suspected Al-Shabaab militants have been released, a police official has told AFP. UPDATES COMING SOON
France-Kenya: Kenyatta mounts Paris seduction operation for WTO
During his five-day official visit to France, the Kenyan President pushed for French investments in his country while defending the candidacy of Amina Mohamed at the head of the WTO. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta made a vibrant plea in favor of a win-win partnership with French companies when he addressed French leaders gathered by the…
Kenyan court to rule on shopping mall attack case
A court is Kenya is set to pass judgement in the case of three men charged with helping armed militants launch an attack on a shopping mall the capital, Nairobi, in 2013. This is the only trial in connection with the attack. At least 67 people died in the assault on the upmarket Westgate shopping…
Why electoral reform matters: Lessons for the US, from Kenya
In an article entitled The Election That Could Break America meant for The Atlantic magazine’s November edition but published early online because of its “urgency”, Barton Gellman lays out the potentially scary scenario that could unfold in the United States in the likely event President Donald Trump loses the upcoming election and refuses to concede.…
