Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s consul general to Mombasa, Ambassador Katureebe Tayebwa has urged Ugandans to take advantage of the expansion of the Mombasa Port and the completed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) leg to Nairobi to export or import more goods but also lower transport costs. Tayebwa said …
Read More »Uganda Airlines takes off August 28, offers promo fares
Uganda airlines new bombardier 💠Uganda airlines FARES ✳Nairobi Return $278 ✳Juba $225 ✳Mogadishu $590 ✳Dar $ 286 ✳Bujumbura $292 ✳Mombasa $325 ✳Kilimanjaro $311 Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines has set August 28, 2019, as the official date for the company’s maiden commercial flights to Nairobi, Juba, Mogadishu …
Read More »COMMENT: Let’s talk about geoengineering
Deadlock at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi shows it’s a complex problem without a single solution Project Syndicate | DAVID KEITH | Negotiations on geoengineering technologies ended in deadlock at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, recently, when a Swiss-backed proposal to commission an expert UN panel on …
Read More »DFCU’s investment club members camping in Nairobi for study tour
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighteen members of dfcu investment clubs are in the Kenyan Capital Nairobi on an all expense study tour that will build their capacity in effective and efficient management of clubs, the bank said in a Jan.28 notice. They were flagged off on Jan.27. This group …
Read More »The victims of the Nairobi attack
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The victims of a terror attack on a hotel and office complex in Nairobi include a Kenyan football blogger, an American who survived 9/11 and two best friends working to bring peace to Somalia. Here is a little bit more information on some of …
Read More »Five suspects in court over Nairobi hotel attack
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Five suspects, including a Canadian citizen, appeared in a Kenyan court Friday in connection with an Islamist attack on a Nairobi hotel complex that left 21 dead. A magistrate granted a request from the prosecution to detain the four men and one woman for 30 …
Read More »15 killed in terrorist attack on Kenya hotel complex
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Fifteen people have died in an Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenyan police sources said Wednesday, as fresh explosions and gunfire rang out in the siege which stretched into its second day. Security forces worked throughout the night to secure the …
Read More »Explosion, gunfire at Nairobi hotel and office complex
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | A gunfight was underway following a blast at a hotel and office complex in a leafy Nairobi neighbourhood Tuesday, an AFP reporter and a witness said. A blast at the DusitD2 compound, which includes a hotel and several office buildings housing international companies, was heard from …
Read More »Now Café Javas in Nairobi
The bold move extends competition to established brands – Chicken Inn, Java House and American chains Hardee’s, Burger King Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The news of Café Javas’ entry into Nairobi, East Africa’s largest capital was greeted with elation by its Ugandan patrons. Social media was inundated with …
Read More »Africa Carbon Forum underway in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya | URN | Climate experts from Africa are meeting in neighbouring Kenya for the 10th Africa Carbon Forum which among others is discussing funding for Climate-related disasters. The Forum which opened this morning has brought together state and non-state actors in the areas of energy, agriculture and human …
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