Renson Mwakandana Dr. William Ruto, President of Kenya, and Dr. Andrew Forrest, Executive Chairman of Fortescue, witnessed the signing of a legally binding Framework Agreement between the Government of Kenya and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) on the sidelines of COP27 in a significant effort to replace imported polluting fertilizer. The Agreement intends to hasten Kenya’s […]
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Renson Mwakandana At least 19 passengers died when a passenger plane from Tanzania crashed into Lake Victoria while trying to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba. Operator Precision Air reported that 24 of the 43 passengers were still alive. The two pilots initially made it out alive and were able to communicate with local authorities […]
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Renson Mwakandana In an effort to switch from exporting raw nuts to ones with added value, a shipment of processed cashew nuts from Tanzania to the United States departed the country on Monday. The eight-ton shipment of cashew nuts that had been prepared was sent from Dar es Salaam to New Orleans, Louisiana via the […]
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Renson Mwakandana If the pilots’ planned strike at Kenya Airways occurs as planned, Kenya Airways stands to lose an estimated 300 million shillings ($2.5 million) every day. More than 400 pilots at the airline are represented by KALPA, which had issued a notice that will start a strike at midnight on Wednesday over pensions, accumulated back wages, […]
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Renson Mwakandana The findings of the national census, which were released on Monday, show that Tanzania’s population increased from 44.9 million in 2012 to more than 60 million in a ten-year period. President Samia Suluhu Hassan spoke about the issues presented by the population growth as it increased by over 37%. President Samia as stated […]
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Renson Mwakandana The expulsion of the Rwandan Ambassador in Kinshasa was announced by the DRC government on Saturday. Ambassador Vincent Karega was given 48 hours to vacate from his station in DRC. The expulsion comes after months of hostilities between the DRC and Rwanda on allegations that the latter supported the M23 rebels in the nation’s east. Patrick Muyaya, […]
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Renson Mwakandana Authorities in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, report that six children from the same family have been infected with Ebola. Stronger action has been demanded by doctors for weeks in order to stop the virus from spreading to Kampala. In highly populated places, viruses may spread more quickly, and there is currently no vaccination for […]
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Renson Mwakandana In order to learn more about a British tourist who passed away two years ago, Kenyan police will exhume her remains on Wednesday. Ms. Luftunisa Kwandwalla, 44, a native of Leicester in the UK, passed away in August 2020 in the Mombasa, Kenya, home of a notorious cult leader. Although cardiac arrest was […]
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Renson Mwakandana A well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was fatally shot by police on Sunday at a roadblock in Kenya which has sparked an investigation to look into the matter. According to a police statement, he was “fatally injured” as a passenger in a moving car after it failed to stop. Mr. Sharif was an outspoken supporter of […]
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Renson Mwakandana Today, a trial for four Kenyan police officers who are accused of orchestrating a string of homicides, kidnappings, and acts of torture will begin in the Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. They were a part of an elite unit that was dissolved by President William Ruto for allegedly murdering and displacing suspects extrajudicially over an extended period of […]
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