Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s exports to countries in East African Community (EAC) have surpassed the pre-COVID-19 period, with the pandemic seemingly catalyzing trade. The exports to Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda recovered from May, sustaining an upward trajectory to August, new economic data from government statistics agency released on …
Read More »Kenya earmarks 3.7 mln USD to boost rhino conservation
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya will set aside 400 million shillings (about 3.7 million U.S. dollars) annually to strengthen protection of rhinos in the wild amid growing threats, an official said on Tuesday. Najib Balala, cabinet secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, said the new funding to be sourced from …
Read More »Kenya loses 16 health workers to COVID-19 amid heightened risk
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya has lost 16 healthcare workers to COVID-19 while 945 have contracted the virus since mid-March when the first positive case was reported in the country, health officials said on Thursday. Mercy Mwangangi, chief administrative secretary in the Ministry of Health said that healthcare workers …
Read More »Kenya reopens its airspace to Tanzania amid decline of COVID-19 cases
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The Kenyan government has added Tanzania to the list of countries to resume international air services ending the diplomatic impasse over access of flights for weeks. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) added Tanzania and nine more nations in its latest review of the countries whose …
Read More »War over water?
Plans for a dam across the Nile triggered a war in 1956, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam recalls that history | MIKE MULLER | Over the past decade, observers have watched with trepidation as tensions increased between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on …
Read More »EABC calls for a coordinated East African approach on airlines
Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Business Council (EABC) has called for an East African Community (EAC) coordinated approach on the resumption of regional air services. The EABC in a statement warned that differences will frustrate efforts to spur intra-EAC trade and revive the tourism and hospitality …
Read More »Kenya okays Uganda Airlines flights to Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya will re-open its airspace to international flights on August one for priority and authorized airlines and travelers. Uganda is one of only 19 countries that have been authorized to fly into Kenya. Travelers from the 19 countries who do not have symptoms …
Read More »FAO says Kenya on course to eradicate desert locusts
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya is likely to become free from desert locusts in the near future thanks to roll-out of robust containment measures, a senior official from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Tuesday. Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s resilience team leader for East …
Read More »Kenya says over 50 percent of COVID-19 deaths link to non-communicable diseases
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Over 50 percent of Kenyans who have died from COVID-19 have non-communicable diseases (NCD), an official said on Saturday. Rashid Aman, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health said that a study revealed that people with pre-existing conditions have high chances of contracting the …
Read More »Kenya announces schools to reopen in January 2021
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s Ministry of Education has announced that primary and secondary schools will re-open in January 2021, if the COVID-19 infection curve will have been flattened by December 2020. There will therefore be no primary and secondary school exams in 2020. “The 2020 school calendar …
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