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The Kenya Flower Council (KFC) is positive that the transport costs for flowers will lower by half with the nodding of direct flights between Kenya and the United States. Cargo flights which ship flowers to America from Kenya have to transit at Amsterdam or South Africa which makes the shipping…
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Kenya’s Non-Governmental Organization Coordination Board has suspended the operations of Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation and frozen the NGO’s bank accounts. The Board’s Executive Director, Fazul Mohamed in a letter dated May 2nd indicated the board took the action because the Foundation has unaccounted…
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Kenya Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has embarked on a campaign aimed at strengthening ties between Kenya and the United States of America. Amina campaigned to have the US help Kenya improve its economic and security situation arguing that the ties will benefit both nations.…
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that seeks to strengthen the security of Kenya and the United States through the exchange of passenger information has been signed between the two nations. The Automated Targeting System- Global opens the opportunity for Kenya to actualize the dream of having…
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The US Government has improved funding to Kenya’s energy sector following a pact entered between the two countries’ power producers. The US, through US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has given KenGen and Xago Africa a funding of Sh160 million which they will use to develop electricity…
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The Swiss government has announced that it will be confiscating assets worth Ksh200 million related to the Anglo-Leasing Scandal that saw Kenya lose billions of money. According to the Swiss Ambassador Ralf Heckner, Switzerland will be returning the assets that were looted from Kenya once the court…
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A company contracted by Kenya to drill oil in Turkana, Tullow Oil has announced that it has discovered more oil in two new wells. The discovery is likely to increase the predicted recoverable oil from the South Lokichar basin in Turkana County. According to the firm, the two wells had shown…
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Kenya has embarked on a campaign to woe a California-based operator of luxury cruise ships, Princess Cruises to consider making Mombasa a home port for its vessels in a move aimed at tapping tourists from United States. In a campaign led by Tourism Cabinet Cecretary Najib Balala, a series of…
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Middle-East giant airline, Qatar Airways will be launching direct flights Doha and Kenyan coastal city, Mombasa. The move will increase domestic competition for national carrier Kenya Airways. The Middle East carrier already operates daily flights to Nairobi and has named Mombasa as one of the 12…
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The World Bank projects the Kenyan economy to grow at 5.5 percent in 2017; this is down from 6 percent it had initially estimated. The World Bank cites the ongoing drought and slowdown in private sector credit as the reason for this review. An Economic Update by the bank further shows that the rise…

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