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Tag Archives: Kenya

IN THE INDEPENDENT: Time for EAC standby force

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Time for EAC Standby Force: Why should regional armies cooperate everywhere but on battlefield? THE LAST WORD How to broaden political appeal: Lessons for Uganda’s opposition from the repositioning of the National Front, …

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Kenya tightens avocado quality control to safeguard export market

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) said on Friday that it has reviewed the country’s avocado maturity indices and post-harvest handling process to safeguard the export market as global demand for the fruit surges. Kenya will now only export fruits that have a minimum of 24 …

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Uganda, Kenya in bilateral talks over fuel restrictions

  Kenyan government has directed oil marketing companies to ration the supply of fuel in favour of Kenya’s internal use Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is in talks with Kenya over the latter’s decision to restrict the allocation of fuel to neighbouring countries amidst the global fuel crisis. The Minister …

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Liquid brings additional subsea cable capacity in Kenya in partnership with PEACE Cable Company

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, has partnered with PEACE Cable Company to introduce 800Gbps of additional subsea capacity in Mombasa on the highly-anticipated global submarine cable. This will increase the availability of high-performance and reliable Internet connectivity access across Africa, leveraging Liquid’s …

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Ugandans deny Kenyan claims of poultry dumping

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan poultry farmers have denied accusations by their Kenyan counterparts that they export cheaper poultry products to Kenya, which is distorting the market. Last week, Kenyan media reported that poultry farmers had petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Livestock calling for a total …

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