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Somalia Blames Munya for Miraa Ban, Says he Campaigned for Somaliland

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The Somali government has said it imposed a ban on miraa imports from Kenya because Meru Governor Peter Munya had "used the business to campaign for the breakup of the country." On Tuesday evening, Somali Ambassador to Kenya Gamal Hassan said Mr Munya's visit to...

Somaliland Set To Host Investment Forum In Nairobi

Somaliland envoy to Kenya Mr Bashe Awil Omar and Minister for Trade Peter Munya at the Trade ministry offices in Nairobi on November 15, 2018. PHOTO | COURTESY
NAIROBI – Somaliland government, through its Liaison office in Nairobi, will on Friday hold a major investment conference in the Kenyan capital to woo investors to the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland is targeting top Kenyan and East African investors to Hargeisa and Berbera, the...

Ethio-Kenya Electricity Highway Project Nearing Completion

Ethio-Kenya Electricity Highway Project Nearing Completion
The Ethio-Kenya Electricity Highway Project is expected to be ready for testing and commissioning at the end of this Ethiopian year, according to Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). Upon completion, the project will promote power, trade, and regional integration, and contribute to the Eastern Africa Power...

Kenya:I will form my government even from exile, says Raila Odinga

By IBRAHIM ORUKO More by this Author Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to form a rival government when he is sworn in on January 30 even if it is based outside the country. He spoke as 13 opposition MPs said they will have all the National...

Kenya:Family prays for son’s return after El-Adde attack

For the past one year and four months, the family of a Kenya Defence Forces soldier who went missing following the deadly El-Adde attack in Somalia, has been praying for his safe return. The fact that their prayers are yet to be answered has however...

US secretary of state to visit Kenya and Nigeria

Antony Blinken will deliver a speech on US-Africa policy via Reuters
By:State Department The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his first official trip to Africa next week, visiting Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. During the visit, the Secretary will advance U.S.-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities, including ending the COVID-19 pandemic and building back to...

Kenya banking industry body says opposes interest rate caps

By George Obulutsa Horndiplomat-NAIROBI - Changes to Kenya's banking law that will cap commercial lending rates at 400 basis points above the central bank's benchmark rate will drive high-risk borrowers into informal financial services and damage small business, an industry body said. The east African state's parliament...

Japan promises Kenya aid to fund development, power generation

Japan will give Kenya 1 billion yen ($9.78 million) in aid to spur economic and social development, and will extend an as yet unspecified amount for a geothermal power project, the leaders of the two countries said. Resource-poor Japan has long been keen on tapping...

Presidential election rerun postponed in western Kenya

Electoral body to announce new date for voting in four counties as sporadic political violence claims another life. BY:Hamza Mohamed Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya's electoral commission has postponed for the second time in two days the presidential election rerun in some parts of the country's western region over security...

Kenyan army says it kills 52 Al-shabab fighters in Somalia

Kenya's military says it has killed 52 fighters with the extremist group al-Shabab in neighboring Somalia. Military spokesman Col. Joseph Owuoth says the army destroyed an extremist camp in Badhadhe region of Lower Jubba early Friday using ground troops and artillery fire. He says an assortment...