Kenya: Uber Drivers Protest in Nairobi
Kenyan Uber drivers went on strike on Monday after the company announced a 35 percent fare reduction last week. Hundreds held placards on Tuesday calling […]
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Kenya Threatens to Withdraw Troops from Somalia
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned that his country might withdraw its troops from Somalia if the international community does not plug funding gaps for […]
Kenya: Police Disperse Protests against Electoral Body
Kenyan police on Monday clashed with opposition leaders and their supporters who are calling for the dissolution of the country’s electoral body. “IEBC must go,” […]
Kenya Airways to cut 600 jobs
Kenya Airways plans to lay off about 600 employees, part of its restructuring measures starting May 2016. The airline, which uses the slogan “The Pride […]
Kenya Cuts Expenditures to Curb Surging Deficit
Kenyan finance minister on Thursday said the country’s Treasury has sent parliament supplementary spending plans that introduce net cuts of about $493 million, for the […]
Kenyan: A teacher found guilty for radicalising pupils, gets 20-year jail term
A court in Mombasa has found a teacher at an Islamic school guilty of radicalizing his students by teaching them radical jihad and sentenced him […]
Lufthansa to pull out of Ghana in October
The German airline, Lufthansa will from the first of October this year cease operations in Ghana. The company has officially notified the transport ministry over […]
Kenya’s Barclays reports 10% pretax growth in Q1 2015
The Kenyan subsidiary of Barclays Bank Group announced that its pretax profit for the first quarter rose 10 percent to 3.12 billion Kenyan shillings ($32 […]
China Wu Yi Co to build roads in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for $ 73 million
The construction firm China Wuyi Co Ltd announced on Monday it had won $73.2 million worth of contracts for the construction of roads in Kenya […]
Kenya: Diamond Trust Bank to open branches in Madagascar and DRC
Kenya’s Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has announced interests in extending operation in Africa. Ranked Kenya’s seventh biggest bank by assets is planning to use part […]