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President Yoweri Museveni asked opposition leader in Kenya, Raila Odinga, not to waste time on blocking Uganda sugar on Kenyan market since Kenyan products are continuing to be on the Ugandan market. Museveni said that he was surprised that Raila was directing Ugandan sugar away from Kenyan market saying that he will call him and tell him off not to waste his […]
President Uhuru Kenyata today addressed the Ugandan Parliament. This happened during the President’s state visit to Uganda where he ‘spoke as their closest neighbour & a steadfast friend’ in a visit meant to strengthen relations. His parliament visit came after the President met with Kenyans living in Uganda during a diaspora meeting in Kampala, Uganda. President Uhuru […]
The key to unlocking the East African Community potential lies with its leaders and the people, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Addressing the Kenyan diaspora in Kampala, Uganda, President Kenyatta said Kenyans and Ugandans need not look at each other as competitors but rather as complementing each other to compete favourably with the rest of […]
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is set to visit Uganda this week as parliament debates the proposals for the Constitutional Amendment bill 2015. Kenyatta will be addressing Uganda parliament Friday 7th August 2015 and is expected to talk about many matters affecting the East African Region and bilateral relations between Uganda and Kenya. This was confirmed by the deputy Speaker […]
Kenya becomes the first East African country to be granted lower-middle income status, joining the African countries of Morocco, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Senegal, Ghana, Sudan, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zambia. The World Bank has confirmed Kenya’s status following the change in the way the size of its economy is calculated, showing it was […]
The former Vice President, Prof Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya, called for the return of a national bank to revive the country’s economic growth. Bukenya who is the MP for Busiro North in Wakiso district said that it was wrong for President Yoweri Museveni’s government to privatize the national bank which could have been used to help poor Ugandans […]
In a call for applications for their 2015 Recruitment, the Kenya Police put out a notice stating “Pursuant of the articles particularly articles 10;232; 238(d;) 243; 246(3); 246(4) and chapter six, sections 10, 11 and 12 the National Police Service Commission Act, 2011, the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) seeks to recruit suitable and qualified […]
“We can no longer stand before the public and assure them that the security is being beefed up,” were the words of Mandera County Governor Ali Roba in an address on March 16, 2015 in Nairobi. In the conference, Roba had no better words for the Kenya security operatives whom he accused of neglecting the […]
In February 2015 the Kenyan government implemented the biometric registration system for all citizens 12 years and above. This system was meant to help prevent the duplication and mismanagement of funds for social services. In a follow-up step His Excellency the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyata, launched the Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) on 11th […]
Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the management of the Northern Corridor Air Space bloc noting that this arrangement will go a long way in contributing and delivering in the development of infrastructure for transmission, power trade, and reduction in the cost of air travel in the […]