President Uhuru Kenyatta to launch Nairobi-Suswa SGR line that Chinese Gov’t stopped funding

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch the Nairobi-Suswa train service on Wednesday. He will commission the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Ph...

SGR Phase 2A , suswa train

Karua, Mudavadi campaign in the US

By Citizen Reporter,

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua and Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi have urged Kenyans in the diaspora to come out in suppo...

martha karua , Musalia Mudavadi

Bale wasn’t fit for Real’s Munich trip, says Zidane

By Reuters,

Gareth Bale was not fit to travel with Real Madrid for their pre-season friendly against Tottenham Hotspur in Munich, manager Zinedine Zidane has said...

Gareth Bale , not fit , Real Madrid , Tottenham Hotspur , Zinedine Zidane

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Ighalo takes roundabout route to AFCON success

By Reuters,

On the way, Ighalo has endured loan spells, suffered relegation in China, received death threats for failing to score at the World Cup and turned down...

afcon , AFCON2019 , Nigeria , Odion Ighalo

High Court bars Ngirita siblings from accessing money in KCB accounts

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Tuesday morning blocked the Ngirita family from accessing monies held at the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). The orders w...

high court , Justice John Onyiego , KCB , Ngirita

China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism

By Reuters,

Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat told senior African ministers on Tuesday, as he denounced ...

africa , china , Xi Jinping

Nigeria’s Buhari signals 4 more years much like last

By Reuters,

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to repeat in his second term successes from his first four years including an improved econo...

Muhammadu Buhari , Nigeria

CS Macharia defends loss making SGR on sentimental value

By Kepha Muiruri,

Transport Cabinet Secretary  James Macharia has defended the loss making nature of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project insisting on the initiati...

CS James Macharia , kenya railways , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , SGR

CBK: Kenya needs to reorganize debt as room for borrowing has shrunk

By Reuters,

Kenya’s headroom for new borrowing has shrunk since it tapped the Eurobond market this month and it is time for the country to begin reorganizing it...

CBK Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge , Kenya debt

China,United States face off in Djibouti as world powers fight for influence in Africa

By CNN,

A dirt track at Djibouti's Doraleh Port leads to a series of unassuming single-story buildings that, earlier this year, hosted the world's two superpo...

china , Djibouti , Red Sea , US

CBK retains lending rate at 9 percent

By Kepha Muiruri,

Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has for the sixth time running kept the effecting lending rate at 9 percent signaling a wait-and-see ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , patrick njoroge

Legacy of lunacy haunts old Kenya railway. Will China’s Ksh.364B line be different?

By CNN,

In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a rai...

SGR

Raila, CS Macharia now say Kisumu SGR plan still on

By Laura Otieno,

Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga has rubbished reports that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project will not reach Kisumu. Speaking ...

China loan , raila , SGR

European shares tumble amid trade tensions

By Reuters,

European shares dropped broadly on Thursday as investors shunned risky assets while waiting to see whether United States and China manage to avoid a t...

Kenya to upgrade old railway track to Uganda at Ksh.21B

By Reuters,

Kenya plans to modernise an old railway track to link a newer line to neighbouring Uganda at a cost of $210 million (Ksh.21.3billion). According to...

Kenya Railway , SGR

Chinese Economic Outreach in Latin America Draws US Concerns

By VOA,

For generations, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been dominated by trade with the United States. In recent years, though, a g...

China coming to terms with risks of lending to Kenya

By Kepha Muiruri,

The denial of credit to the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) phase 2B or the lack of discussions to the said credit facility have in the ...

china , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , National Treasury , Public debt , SGR

China April factory growth unexpectedly slows as economy struggles for traction

By Reuters,

Factory activity in China expanded for a second straight month in April but at a much slower pace than expected, an official survey showed on Tuesday,...

china , factory growth unexpectedly slows China

China’s first private high-speed rail project gets $4 billion financing: Xinhua

By Reuters,

China’s first privately-controlled high speed railway project signed a loan contract for 28.1 billion yuan ($4.18 billion) on Friday, the official X...

$4 billion financing , China high speed railway