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© Kenya’s Chief Negotiator to the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership between US and Kenya Alfred K Ombudo on 17 April 2023. (Photo: @Trade_Kenya)

in-person negotiations

Premium badgeKenya-US: 10 crucial issues to tackle at the trade talks As Kenya and the US begin the second round of the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) negotiations, concerns are being raised on whether...
© Opposition coalition Azimio supporters gather in Kamukunji led by Raila Odinga to protest President William Ruto and the Kenyan government on April 16, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by Gerald Anderson / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

at loggerheads

Kenya: Ruto pleads for talks while Raila calls for new protests Kenya’s President Ruto is urging the opposition to give talks in parliament a chance to end the current political stalemate over last year’s president...
A collective of South African regional civil society organisations protest against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill in Cape Town

bait and switch

Exporting Prejudice: How the West promotes homophobia in Africa Africa is undergoing a swell of attacks on gay and non-binary people, often instigated by religious and political leaders. Some of these figures are p...
© A paddy harvester cuts rice following effects of the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons in Mwea, Kenya, November 30, 2022. REUTERS

looming food crisis

Premium badgeKenya-US trade talks might stall as local farmers wary Kenya’s negotiations with the US on the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) are facing setbacks following calls by a host of small-scale...

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Many settlements in Kisoro, southwest Uganda were damaged in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. ((Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu Agency via AFP)

TWO DISASTERS

Premium badgeClimate change: Floods in East Africa exacerbate food insecurity The East Africa region was hit with heavy rains in May, leading to flooding in several countries. In Rwanda, floods killed more than 130 people in nor...
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Lights on

Premium badgeDRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s energy independence, myth or reality? Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation.
© Worker cleaning Kenya’s court of arms at Treasury Building during the budget reading 2020/2021./SOPAIMAGES

More or less borrowing?

Premium badgeFive questions on Kenya’s new debt policy As Kenya prepares to table the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning next July, there are adjacent hasty plans to get parliament to chan...

Kenya top stories

Many settlements in Kisoro, southwest Uganda were damaged in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. ((Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu Agency via AFP)

TWO DISASTERS

Premium badgeClimate change: Floods in East Africa exacerbate food insecurity The East Africa region was hit with heavy rains in May, leading to flooding in several countries. In Rwanda, floods killed more than 130 people in nor...
jad20230515-eco-rdc-maroc-kenya-souverainete-energetique-1256×628-1685599790 Wind turbines in Morocco in the region of the port of Tangier. © Jean-Michel Ruiz

Lights on

Premium badgeDRC, Morocco, Kenya… Africa’s energy independence, myth or reality? Despite abundant resources, Africa still lacks electricity. An increased focus on renewable energy could remedy this paradoxical situation.
© Worker cleaning Kenya’s court of arms at Treasury Building during the budget reading 2020/2021./SOPAIMAGES

More or less borrowing?

Premium badgeFive questions on Kenya’s new debt policy As Kenya prepares to table the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning next July, there are adjacent hasty plans to get parliament to chan...

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© German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shakes hands with Kenyan President William Ruto during a news conference in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 28, 2023. REUTERS

market access

Premium badgeKenya: Is Ruto’s government dumping China for the West? Kenya is increasingly becoming a darling of the West when it comes to trade and investment, a momentous diplomatic deviation from the East, particular...
© Raila Odinga (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Rally round

Kenya: Raila calls for new rallies ahead of Ruto government talks Kenya’s opposition coalition, Azimio la Umoja, has announced a new round of political rallies and town hall meetings across the country to meet suppor...
Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto kicks off his campaign, in Nairobi

giant dream

Premium badgeKenya: Can Ruto transform the UDA party? President William Ruto’s dream of transforming the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) into a mega political party by merging the smaller parties within ...
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Profile

Premium badgeTelkom Kenya Chair Edward Njoroge seeking a way out amid corruption accusations A cloud of multi-billion loans that date back from 2016, a controversial KSh6.1bn ($45.5m) government acquisition at the tail end of the Jubilee regim...
© Bradegate coffee factory manager Ephraim Maina sorts coffee sachets after sealing at the factory in Karatina near Nyeri town, Kenya June 3, 2021. Picture taken June 3, 2021. REUTERS

Tax collection

Premium badgeKenya: Small businesses feel pinch as government rejigs dormant levies Implementation of a decade-old levy, suspension of tax waivers, and barring mergers over tax dues are major shockers that small businesses in Kenya ar...
© Kenya’s President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi, Kenya November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Where's my money

Kenya: Ruto administration ‘broke’ and unable to pay civil servants  In Kenya, President William Ruto’s government says it is unable to pay civil servants their March salaries because of financial challenges.