Marathon legend Kipchoge endorses Amina’s bid for WTO job

By Agencies,

Kenya’s Sports Minister, Ambassador Amina Mohamed, who is in the running to become the first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), has...

Eliud Kipchoge , Sports CS Amina Mohamed , World marathon record holder , WTO job

EAC business council backs CS Amina’s quest for top WTO seat

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Business Council (EABC) has endorsed the nomination of Kenya’s Amina Mohammed for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-Gener...

CS Amb. Amina Mohammed , East African Business Council , World Trade Organization (WTO)

Degefa dominates, Cherono outsprints Desisa in Boston

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Worknesh Degefa and Lawrence Cherono won the 2019 Boston Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Monday with utterly different race strategies. ...

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No-deal Brexit outlawed as Theresa May faces fury from her own side

By CNN,

UK lawmakers have finally agreed on something related to Brexit. By the narrowest of margins, the House of Commons voted in favor of legislation wh...

brexit , European Union (EU) , United Kingdom (UK)

GSU officer kicked out over Strathmore scholarship finally gets job back

By Allan Irungu,

A General Service Unit (GSU) Recce officer who was discharged in 2016 has finally been reinstated. Newton Chebii was fired for attending Law Degr...

GSU , Newton Chebii , Ombudsman Kenya

President Kenyatta jets back from UK visit

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta jetted back into the country on Sunday evening from the UK where he attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CH...

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Tourism Festival set to scale up marketing activities

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Ministry of Tourism is shifting gears by stepping up its efforts to scale up the industry through the launch of a tourism festival. Dubbed the ...

African Hotel Investment Forum , Fatuma Hirsi Mohammed , Kenya Tourism Festival , Magical Kenya , Marketing , Najib Balala , tourism , United Nations World Tourism Organisation

College gets Ksh.5B from student who barely graduated

By CNN,

Austin McChord wasn't the best student at Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2007, shy of a few credits, the bioinformatics major left school ...

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Wenger salutes Arsenal spirit

By AFP,

Arsene Wenger heralded Arsenal's strength of character after his side recorded a dramatic 1-0 victory at Burnley without Mesut Ozil. After a moral...

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EAC Ministers endorse CS Amina Mohamed for top AU job

By Eric Ndubi,

East African Community (EAC) ministers have thrown their weight behind the candidature of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed f...

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Ayimba to lead Kenya Shujaa at Safari 7s

By Kenerickson Njeru,

Benjamin Ayimba has been selected to lead the national team for the annual Safaricom Safari 7s tournament running this weekend at Kasarani as the sear...

Kenya 7s , Rugby , Safari 7s

G-20 balances Chinese, Western concerns

By VOA,

After strenuous efforts during backroom negotiations running into months, China has managed to get the Group of 20 nations to pledge an end of protect...

china , G-20 , U.S , West , World Trade Organization , WTO

Injera out to cap historic season with Olympics medal

By Nancy Chemtai,

National rugby sevens vice-captain, Collins Injera, is seeking the perfect end to his barnstorming season by leaving Rio-de-Janeiro with an Olympics m...

collins injera , olympics , Rio 2016 , rugby 7s

KIRUKU: Bring calico back and give cotton farmers reason to smile

By Agencies,

By Anne Kiruku, East African News Agency The outcomes of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held last month in N...

Obama urges action against gun violence in New Year message

By Agencies,

President Barack Obama made a fresh push for gun control in his first weekly address of the New Year that was released on Friday morning. Entering ...

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WTO to prioritize Doha Round negotiations

By Maureen Murimi,

Members of World Trade Organization (WTO) have reiterated the importance of concluding the issues arising from the Doha Round that began 14 years ago....

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Liberia joins WTO as 35th member of Least Developed Countries

By Maureen Murimi,

Liberia is now a part of the World Trade Organization (WTO), making it the 35th complete accession process and the 35th Least Developed Countries (L...

Cotton Four members want Doha Round issues addressed at MC10

By Maureen Murimi,

Members of the Cotton Four or C4, who include Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Benin, have said they will not discuss any fresh issues until the ones ra...

Global Civil Society opposes corporate globalization of trade

By Maureen Murimi,

The Global Civil Society has opposed the corporate globalization of trade for development, food, jobs and sustainable development. Drawn from 25 d...

President Kenyatta optimistic of Africa’s economic transformation

By Maureen Murimi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has voiced his optimism for Africa’s push to be part of the global economic transformation. Speaking when he official op...