Kenya earns $12m from first crude oil export
Kenya has joined the league of Africa oil exporters after its first consignment of 200,000 barrels fetched $12 million on Thursday afternoon. That means the...
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Kenya’s Safaricom to focus on expanding M-Pesa, says interim CEO
The interim CEO of Kenya’s top telecoms operator Safaricom said on Wednesday he would focus on expanding the firm’s mobile financial services business M-Pesa beyond...
Tanzania joins Kenya, Uganda in fall back to old railway
As Tanzania continues with the construction of the standard gauge railway, the government has also embarked on revamping the old metre gauge railway network built...
UN: Fewer refugees willing to leave Kenya’s Dadaab for Somalia
Insecurity in Somalia is diminishing the numbers of refugees willing to return home from the Dadaab camps in northern Kenya, the United Nations said recently....
At least 30 Kenyan fishermen arrested by Ugandan officials
At least 30 Kenyan fishermen are reportedly being detained in Uganda after they were arrested while fishing in Lake Victoria on Saturday. The fishermen are...
Kenya now lays ground for crude oil pipeline
Kenyan has commenced surveying the route of the Lokichar-Lamu pipeline as the country targets first commercial crude exports in 2023. This comes after the National...
Kenya to include ‘intersex’ on its census form
The Kenyan authorities will include an intersex category, along with “male” and “female”, in the section on gender in next month’s census, an official from...
Crime fighting duo seeks Kenya’s first top-level graft conviction
Noordin Haji, head of public prosecutions in Kenya, is the urbane son of one of the country’s most prominent families. George Kinoti, born in the...
Kenya hands over seized gold to Tanzania
Kenya has returned 35kg of gold seized in the country by police to Tanzania as the two countries join hands to fight cross-border illicit trade....
Heavy bail for Kenya’s finance minister in dams case
Kenya’s Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge were on Tuesday released on bail in dams case. The court released Mr Rotich...
