The Kenyan government on Wednesday launched two task forces tasked with reviewing the country’s tourism strategy. Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Najib Balala inaugurated the National Convention Bureau (NCB) and the Tourism Protection Service (TPS) to provide leadership in marketing destination and to handle issues of safety and security in the tourism industry, respectively. The main … Read more
South Africa and Burundi’s decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed ‘Caucasian’ justice are likely to embolden other African states to leave the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal. Although criticising the Hague-based institution for perceived anti-African bias has long been a favourite pastime for many … Read more
By Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey What does the Bible mean by friends who stick closer than brothers?After years of rich friendship, I have a fair idea. Recently, Stephen Kemetse celebrated his birthday. Amid the wellwishing, we fondly recalled that we had in fact enjoyed 22 years of solid friendship. Stephen and I met and struck our friendship … Read more
South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday declined to make a definite pledge on when tough visa rules for Kenyans will be removed, despite a plea from his host President Uhuru Kenyatta. Instead, Mr Zuma only said the matter “is receiving attention”. At a joint press conference with President Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi, on … Read more
The Hague (AFP) – Kenya failed to work with the International Criminal Court in its probe over post-election violence against President Uhuru Kenyatta, the tribunal said Monday, some 18 months after the case spectacularly collapsed. “The Republic of Kenya had failed to comply with its obligations to cooperate with the ICC,” its judges said in … Read more
South Africa has signed a deal with Kenya to assemble vehicles in Thika, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced Wednesday. This follows an agreement allowing the German automaker to use the Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM) facility in Thika to assemble its popular models beginning with the Volkswagen Vivo. The country’s first fully-assembled Vivo is expected to … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated and endorsed Jim Yong Kim to serve a second term as President of the World Bank Group. Uhuru’s action was in response to an announcement from the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington DC that the Bank was inviting member countries to nominate a candidate for the position of the … Read more
1. On Sunday, August 28, commencing at 11:56 a.m. (local time; 17:56 p.m., Sunday, August 28, Japan time) for approximately 30 minutes, Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister, who is visiting Nairobi, the Republic of Kenya, to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), attended the Japan-Africa Business Conference at the Kenyatta … Read more
Kenya said on Sunday it may deploy as many as 10,000 police officers to boost security during a visit by Pope Francis later this month, as the country readies for crowds of one million people. Islamist rebels have staged a string of attacks in Kenya, including an April massacre at Garissa university in which 148 … Read more
Nicholas Gumbo, A leading parliamentarian in Kenyan tasked the Kanyan Government to take a strong stance on the horrendous levels of corruption in the Government. Gumbo explained his point by giving elaborate instances of corruption. Basic wheelbarrows had been expensed for $1,000, standard pens for $85 each and a desktop computer for $11,000. The parliamentarian, … Read more