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A maiden Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cargo train on Monday evening arrived at the ultra-modern inland container depot in Nairobi carrying 104 containers.
President Kenyatta said the SGR cargo service will significantly cut down the cost of doing business in the country. During his New Year address…
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The government through Ministry of Transport has announced it will start issuing digital driving licences to public service vehicles (PSV) drivers in a bid to curb the increased road carnage that has claimed more than 300 lives in the month of December alone.
In a statement, Transport Cabinet…
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Kenya’s Angama Mara has been named as the world’s best safari lodge for year 2017 by a United States travel Magazine.
Jetsetter, a magazine linked to the TripAdvisor travel portal, placed Angama Mara at the top of its listing of ‘The World’s Most Spectacular Safaris.’
The prestigious lodge situated…
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The maize flour subsidy program is set to halt an the end of this month, with the government upbeat that maize imports as well as harvest from this year’s season will maintain the price of unga at current rates.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett says the end of the subsidy will pave way for…
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50 people, including 22 from self-ruled Taiwan extradited back to China from Kenya over telecoms fraud were on Thursday sentenced for up to 15 years by a Beijing court.
However, Taiwanese government has castigated China over the sentencing, saying that crucial evidence was ignored during the cases…
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President Kenyatta has on Wednesday held discussions with Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen, who paid him a courtesy call at his Harambee House office in Nairobi.
During the talks, Hussen said Canada is keen to strengthen trade ties with Kenya, especially in the…
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World's leading fast-food chain, McDonald’s has refuted reports that there were plans to open its first outlet in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Earlier reports said that the US-based chain was planning to open a restaurant in Nairobi by June 2018, after it had invited investors to put in…
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President Kenyatta’s cousin Ngengi Muigai has lost the ownership of 443 acres of land estimated to be worth more than Sh3 billion.
This is after he lost an appeal seeking to bar Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) from auctioning the property he used as security for loan borrowed 29 years ago. Court of…
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Kenya has inked a deal with the United States that will allow more than 2,0000 small businesses in counties of Nairobi, Mombasa and Vihiga sell their products to the expansive American market by December 2018.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two countries paves way for Kenyan Small…
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Former Nairobi County Governor Dr. Evans Kidero has accused his successor Mike Sonko of taking credit for projects he initiated before leaving office.
Kidero claims that Governor Sonko is taking credit for programmes started during his tenure, giving examples of the digitization of revenue…
