OPINION: Kenya’s big opportunity as it takes up EAC leadership mantle

By Guest Writer,

By Chris Diaz This past month has seen Kenya effectively take up the mantle of leading the integration of the East African Community (EAC). This...

East African Community

Kenya saves Ksh.121B from fall of oil prices last year

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya save Ksh.121 billion ($1.1 billion) in foreign exchange from the fall of international oil prices across 2020. Kenya’s oil bill, which repr...

oil prices

How government milked price controls to slap Kenyans with high fuel costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

In 2011, the government moved to enforce price controls by effecting maximum pump prices through the then Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The e...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , fuel costs , National Treasury , taxes

Uhuru orders Treasury to release Ksh.500M for buying excess milk

By Francis Gachuri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Treasury to release Ksh. 500million to buy all excess milk and turn it to powder milk. Speaking on Tuesday in...

milk imports

Nigeria’s president moves to stop funding for food imports

By CNN,

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing foreign currency for food imports, according to a sta...

Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). , Nigeria , President Muhammadu Buhari

July inflation hits 3-month high

By Kepha Muiruri,

The inflation rate in July has touched a 3-month high of 6.3 percent from 5.7 percent in June highlighting increased pressure on the consumer spending...

Inflation , Kenya Shilling , KNBS

Kenyan food blogger Kaluhi on nyama choma, kachumbari, mutura

By CNN,

"Food tastes much better when you eat it with your hands," declares Nairobi-based food blogger Kaluhi Adagala, using her fingers to tease some freshly...

bhajia , Biryani , kachumbari , Kaluhi Adagala , mahamri , managu , matumbo , mukimo , Mutura , nyama choma , Pilau , terere

Cuban Gov’t starts rationing chicken, eggs, rice & soap

By VOA,

The Cuban government announced Friday that it was launching widespread rationing of chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basic products in the f...

cuban

Hunger stalks Yemen’s remote villages after four years of war

By Reuters,

As Yeman’s war grinds into its fifth year with peace efforts stalling, ten-year-old Afaf’s father sees little hope he will be able to give his sta...

Hunger , President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , United Nations , Yemen

Port bans choke Qatar’s commodity trade as gas supply worries grow

By Reuters,

A campaign by leading Arab powers to isolate Qatar is disrupting trade in commodities from crude oil to metals and food, and deepening fears of a poss...

President Kenyatta In Qatar , Qatar Airways , Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam , UAE

Unga is now Ksh.90 – CS Bett

By Wangui Ngechu,

Consumers can now breathe a sigh of relief after the government announced a drop in the prices of maize flour, milk and other basic commodities in a b...

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett , maize , prices

Blame President Uhuru for Mumias Sugar financial crisis – Raila

By Benjamin Wafula,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has defended himself from the financial woes facing Mumias Sugar Company. Speaking in two ...

Mumias Sugar , raila odinga , uhuru kenyata , william ruto

FLORA: Kenya – Ethiopia bilateral trade key for growth of private sector

By Citizen,

By Flora Mutahi, Nairobi, Kenya The Kenya Economic Update released by the World Bank earlier this year termed Kenya as a ‘solid performer among i...

Sugar deal gets sour as CORD calls Ruto ‘high priest of corruption’

By Citizen Reporter,

The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) now wants the government to make official the sugar deal it signed with Uganda. CORD leaders say tha...

OWALO: Politics aside, save the education system

By Maureen Murimi,

The Kenyan education system has got the potential of developing the best skills you can find world over. That’s why of all the African countries...