Tag Archives: Kenya

The East African nation is pinning growth of its textile sector on new crop The Independent | ISAAC KHISA | Kenya has made history as it joined six other African countries in commercial cultivation of BT cotton. Peter Munya, the country’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary planted the first BT cotton seed …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the confirmation of two more Coronavirus cases, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has closed all schools and banned entry into the country by foreigners from countries that have been effected. He said only Kenyan Citizens and foreigners with valid resident permits will be allowed entry provided …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya announced Friday the first confirmed case of coronavirus in East Africa, as the region so far unscathed by the global pandemic scaled up emergency measures to contain its spread. A 27-year-old Kenyan woman tested positive for the virus on March 12 in Nairobi, a week after returning from the …

Damage to crops and pasture already reported across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Humanitarian agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in eastern Africa as a result of the ongoing desert locust invasion around the region. Eastern Africa hosts about 14 million refugees, the majority …

Why the opposition playbook carries risks Malawi recently held its breath as the Constitutional Court took ten hours to painstakingly read out its verdict on the highly controversial 2019 presidential elections. When it finally became clear that the judgment would nullify the election of President Peter Mutharika, jubilant opposition supporters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eastern and Northern Uganda are not reaping the benefits of being close to Uganda’s key export markets of Kenya and South Sudan despite being closer than any other region. This is according to the recently released World Bank Uganda’s jobs strategy for Uganda 2020 report. …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Kenyan President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi was a patriot, loved the East African Community and was a conciliatory figure, President Museveni has said. The three qualities are what President Museveni pointed out about Moi, at a state funeral at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, …

President Museveni describes him as a strong leader who came to power at an opportune time for Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | When Daniel arap Moi became president of Kenya in 1978, he had been vice president for 11 years from 1967 after Kenya’s first president, Jommo Kenyatta, in 1964 …

Washington, United States | AFP | Kenya’s president said Wednesday that African nations should be free to cooperate with both the United States and China, warning that foreign powers were exacerbating the continent’s divisions. President Uhuru Kenyatta was speaking on a visit to Washington, where speculation has built that the United …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s second president Daniel arap Moi took power promising peace, love and unity, but ended up mired in graft scandals, stifling democracy and fanning the dangerous embers of tribalism. Leading Kenya from 1978-2002 with an iron fist, his 24-year reign was infamous for torture, corruption, the …