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Debt pain as interest payments now eat up 30pc of revenues
By Kepha Muiruri, 1645, January 19, 2021 (EAT)
For every 100 shillings in tax collected, the government is channelling 30 shillings towards interest repayments on debt as Kenya’s debt pressure ti...

debt , IMF
SGR launches night passenger train service
By Kepha Muiruri, 1158, January 4, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya Railways is set to operate a third pair of passenger trains on its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) service operating in the night effective Monday ...

kenya railways , Philip Mainga , SGR
School re-opening: No fare hike, drivers to be tested for alcohol
By Tonny Ndungu, 1532, January 3, 2021 (EAT)
It's all systems go for the proposed school re-opening tomorrow following a multi-agency team meeting at the KICC on Sunday. The team that comprised...

coronavirus
SGR passenger train service from Nairobi to Mombasa fully booked
By Faizal Ahmed, 1557, December 22, 2020 (EAT)
The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger train service from Nairobi to Mombasa is fully booked until December 27, 2020 as travelers flock the coasta...

festive season , Madaraka Express train , SGR
SGR revenues fall by 9 per cent in six months
By Kepha Muiruri, 1014, August 4, 2020 (EAT)
Earnings from the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger and freight service declined by 9.2 per cent in the first half of the year to Ksh.5.9 billion...

COVID-19 , Madaraka Express , SGR
SGR project: Appellate Court rules Kenya Railways failed to comply with the law
By Citizen Reporter, 1859, June 19, 2020 (EAT)
The Court of Appeal has dealt a huge blow to the Kenya Railways Corporation after it ruled that it failed to comply with the law when procuring the St...

Okiya Omtatah , SGR
High Court suspends compulsory use of Naivasha container port
By Dzuya Walter, 1620, June 18, 2020 (EAT)
The High Court in Nairobi on Wednesday suspended compulsory use of the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) for goods destined to landlocked EAC coun...

Naivasha ICD , Okiya Omtata , SGR
‘I have no regrets!’ Moses Kuria accepts removal from National Assembly committee
By Ian Omondi, 1434, June 8, 2020 (EAT)
Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has accepted his recent removal as Vice Chairperson of the Transport, Infrastructure, Public Works and ...

Emmanuel Wangwe , Jubilee Party , Moses Kuria , National Assembly
Matatu operators to limit number of passengers in fight against coronavirus
By Citizen Reporter, 2124, March 20, 2020 (EAT)
Matatu operators have been ordered to limit the number of passengers in vehicles as the government escalates the fight against the coronavirus pandemi...

coronavirus , kagwe
Standard Chartered recommends further CBR cuts to spur growth
By Kepha Muiruri, 2037, January 29, 2020 (EAT)
The Standard Chartered bank has recommended further cuts to the Central Bank Rate (CBR) to sustain momentum in Kenya’s economic recovery path in 202...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , Standard Chartered
Media Council demands DPP’s action after police assault 4 journalists
By Citizen Reporter, 1934, January 13, 2020 (EAT)
The Media Council of Kenya has urged the Director of Public Prosecutions and Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) to take action following th...

journalists attack , Media Council
Several protesters arrested in anti-SGR demos in Mombasa
By Citizen Reporter, 1215, January 13, 2020 (EAT)
Police in Mombasa on Monday arrested several demonstrators who were protesting against a government directive that all cargo from the port of Mombasa ...

SGR , Uhuru Gardens
2019 review: Surviving as an ordinary Kenyan now more expensive
By Kepha Muiruri, 1122, December 30, 2019 (EAT)
In April, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) released its 2019 Economic Survey placing economic growth by gross output at 6.3 percent over...

economic growth in Kenya
2019 Review: Treasury gets free pass on new borrowing
By Kepha Muiruri, 1131, December 29, 2019 (EAT)
In a complete mirror opposite to his predecessor, Acting National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani threw in the towel on Kenya’s debt sustainability claims. ...

CS Ukur Yatani , Kenya's debt , National Treasury , PFM Act
SGR project a success, President Kenyatta says
By PSCU, 1624, December 17, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday launched freight service on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha. The new service now exte...

Madaraka Express , Naivasha Inland Container Depot , SGR
Uhuru to launch SGR cargo operations to Naivasha amid viability concerns
By Kepha Muiruri, 2026, December 16, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch freight services on the recently launched Nairobi-Suswa Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line on Tuesday to...

Ministry of Transport , President Uhuru Kenyatta , SGR
Treasury raids Parliament, Judiciary allocations in 2019/2020 budget alignment
By Kepha Muiruri, 2056, November 12, 2019 (EAT)
The National Treasury has proposed severe cuts to spending by Parliament and the Judiciary in its re-alignment of government spending for the current ...

National Treasury , supplementary budget I 2019/20 , Ukur Yatani
U.S. ignores red flags on Kenya’s debt in fixation to match China’s role
By Kepha Muiruri, 905, November 5, 2019 (EAT)
The United States government has rolled up its sleeves in a bid to match up to China’s huge infrastructure undertakings in Kenya. The newly found...

china , debt , Kyle McCarter
Nairobi-Suswa SGR off to an empty start, passengers decry cost and convenience
By Faizal Ahmed, 1328, October 19, 2019 (EAT)
Two days after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the inaugural Nairobi-Suswa Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line on Wednesday, train service is off to a...

kenya railways , rongai , SGR , Suswa , Syokimau
President Uhuru Kenyatta to launch Nairobi-Suswa SGR line that Chinese Gov’t stopped funding
By Citizen Reporter, 804, October 16, 2019 (EAT)
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