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Kenya’s Safaricom raises $117 mln with local sustainability-linked loan

Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
By: REUTERS Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom (SCOM.NR), opens new tab has raised 15 billion shillings ($116.73 million) via the second tranche of a sustainability-linked loan from a consortium of local banks, it said on Tuesday. The company,...

Germany to welcome 250,000 Kenyans in labour deal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Kenya's President William Ruto shake hands at the end of a joint press conference on September 13, 2024 at the Chancellery in Berlin.Image source,AFP Image caption, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Kenya's President William Ruto signed the deal in Berlin
By: Wycliffe Muia, BBC News, Nairobi Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal. Kenya is struggling with increasing...

World Bank Appoints New Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda

World Bank has appointed Mr. Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda,
The World Bank has appointed Mr. Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda, effective September 1, 2024. Mr. Fan, who has over 35 years of experience in development practice, will oversee the design...

Ethiopian, Kenyan intelligence chiefs discuss joint fight against terrorism

Ethiopian, Kenyan intelligence chiefs discuss joint fight against terrorism
By: ANADOLU AGENCY Ethiopia and Kenya will do more to work together in counter-terrorism, the top intelligence officials of the two East African countries pledged.  The Kenyan delegation, led by intelligence chief Gen....

Man accused of killing 42 women escapes police custody in Kenya

Collins Jumaisi Khalusha at Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi on Friday. (Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images)
BY: WASHINGTON POST Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, who was being held at a Nairobi police station, is said to have escaped by cutting through wire mesh in holding cells and scaling the perimeter walls. NAIROBI — A...

Kenya’s ancient coastal town added to UNESCO World Heritage List

This photo taken on April 15, 2023, shows a view of the ruins of Gedi in Kilifi County, Kenya. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Source: Xinhua The historic town of Gedi in the coastal region of Kenya has been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the National Museums of Kenya (NMK)...

Ruto moves Duale to Environment ministry as Soipan Tuya takes Defence

Ruto moves Duale to Environment ministry as Soipan Tuya takes Defence
By: The Star President William Ruto has made further changes to his Cabinet nominees with Soipan Tuya taking the Defence Ministry while Aden Duale being moved to the Ministry of Environment. This is...

‘Enough is enough’: Kenyan president says protests must stop

Kenyan President William Ruto on Sunday said that the ongoing protests in the country must stop.
By: ANADOLU AGENCY Kenyan President William Ruto on Sunday said that the ongoing protests in the country must stop. “I want to promise you that it is going to stop, enough is enough,”...

MP Farah Maalim Kicked Out Of Top Mombasa Hotel Over ‘Slaughter Gen Zs’ Statement

MP Farah Maalim Kicked Out Of Top Mombasa Hotel Over 'Slaughter Gen Zs' Statement
By: Citizen digital Dadaab Member of Parliament Farah Maalim has been ejected from Sarovah Whitesands Beach Resort in Mombasa where he was staying, following controversial remarks he recently made against youthful Kenyan protesters in a now-viral video that...

Kenya’s police chief resigns after deadly anti-tax protests

IG Japhet Koome Image: NPS
By: BBC WORLD Kenya's police chief Japhet Koome has resigned, following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which more than 40 people died. Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens...