Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya on Friday called for new approaches and effective strategies to eliminate malaria in Africa by 2030. Mutahi Kagwe, Health Cabinet Secretary said the continent must focus on the prevention from the source and embrace the principles of primary healthcare. “To eliminate malaria, we must …
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Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya’s Edwin Kamau secured a job as a mechanic in the gulf state of Qatar. He is set to join the growing number of Kenyans seeking greener pastures abroad. The 27-year-old father of three was recruited last week by an employment agency based in Nairobi …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya plans to harness technology in order to boost insurance penetration in the country, the insurance regulator said on Monday. Godfrey Kiptum, CEO of Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) told journalists in Nairobi that the use of Internet of things, blockchain, Big Data, application programming interface, machine …
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Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The East African Community (EAC), a regional economic bloc, is planning to develop a COVID-19 economic recovery plan to help the region rebuild from the negative effect of the pandemic.Juvenal Ndimurirwo, director of finance for the EAC Secretariat, told a virtual meeting Friday that the …
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Kenya’s consumer credit platform, Lipa Later, has expanded into the Ugandan market, enabling customers to access credit to purchase products from retailers and supermarkets in monthly instalments. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |The firm, which also has operations in Rwanda, said the new service will enable customers to purchase latest …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Martha Karambu Koome was today sworn in as the country’s 15th Chief Justice and the first female to ascend to the highest judicial office in Kenya’s history. The new Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya was today sworn in at …
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150 sugarcane traders are demanding the government to compensate them over a ban by the Kenyan government to stop the importation of sugarcane from Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 Ugandan traders who were affected by a decision by the Kenyan government to stop the importation of sugarcane from …
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U.S. on Wednesday agreed to support waiving intellectual property (IP) restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines, a breakthrough in the global fight against the pandemic Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Thursday welcomed the United States position to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines in a bid to increase global supplies …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Kenya has started defending itself in a case in which Kampala based lawyer Male Mabirizi sued it for banning Ugandan maize and poultry in their country. In its defense filed before the East African Court of Justice in Nairobi sub registry, the Kenyan …
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A joint team of experts will be set up to address the disjointed enforcement of cross-border Covid-19 containment protocols Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to eliminate barriers hindering the smooth flow of trade and people between the two East African nations. The decision was …
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