Month: February 2021
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Kenya says railway line connecting industrial park to be completed by June
The construction of a meter-gauge railway line from Mai Mahiu Industrial Park to Longonot town in north-western Kenyan county of…
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EU grants Tanzania 135 mln USD to support funded programs
The European Union (EU) and the government of Tanzania on Tuesday signed a 111.5 million euros (about 135 million U.S.…
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CS on the spot for hiring toilets at Sh2.3m, Sh7.7m chopper ride
Water Cabinet Secretary (CS) Sicily Kariuki diverted a chopper hired by the National Youth Service (NYS) at a cost of…
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Nairobi County disburses Sh500m bursaries through Co-operative Bank
The Nairobi County Government has disbursed Sh503 million bursaries through Co-operative Bank of Kenya to 62,500 bright needy secondary students.…
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Nyachae’s American-based alledged wife emerges with 47-year-old son
An American-based Kenyan woman claiming to be a wife of the late Mzee Simeon Nyachae has emerged with a 47-year-old…
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KenGen eyes bigger slice of region’s clean energy sector
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is banking on non-energy generation revenue sources to capture a bigger slice of the Eastern…
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17 arrested in Nyamira for contravening Covid rules
Seventeen people have been arrested in Nyamira county for contravening Ministry of Health protocols to curb the spread of Covid-19…
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WTO appoints first woman, African chief amid calls for reforms in multilateral trading system
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday agreed by consensus to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the organization’s…
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U.S. government faces major test in reopening schools amid pandemic
Roger, a high school teacher in the area around Washington DC, has already been vaccinated, but his school has yet…
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Uganda central bank extends credit relief measures to stem impact of COVID-19
Uganda’s central bank has extended Credit Relief Measures (CRM) for another six months in a bid to enable financial institutions…
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