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Bondo Constituency in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya Grapples with Shortages of Water And Health Services
Bondo constituency in Nyanza Province, western Kenya, has the least amount of rainfall annually in the region, even though it is not classified as arid or even semi-arid, forcing residents to walk long distances in search of water. How People Arrived...
Kenya to Host Regional Fisheries Expo
Kenya is to host a regional fisheries expo that is expected to bring together diverse stakeholders in the fishing industry drawn from the East Africa sub-region. The envisaged annual event to be held on a rotational basis within the eastern Africa region...
Kenya Launches Road Map to Save Endangered Roan Antelope
Kenya has launched a road map to save the nationally critically endangered Roan Antelope, the Kenya Wild life Service (KWS) said on Thursday. KWS public relations officer, Paul Udoto said in Nairobi that the national Roan Antelope Conservation Task Force...
Ugandan President Wooing Egyptian Investors
President Yoweri Museveni has called on Egyptian businessmen to invest in gas and wind energy technologies especially in the areas around Lake Victoria and the North-eastern part of the country. President Museveni was meeting the Chief Executive Officer...
World Bank And Kenya’s Government Sign $413 Million Loan Agreements for Four Projects
The World Bank and the Government of Kenya have signed agreements for four projects in the transport, energy, social protection and environment sectors with a total commitment of $413 million. The agreements were signed by Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s...
Trade Between Kenya And Uganda to Suffer After Youths Vandalize Railway Line
The Rift Valley Railways(RVR), a Consortium that manage the parastatal railways of Kenya and Uganda has disclosed that trade between Uganda and parts of Kenya will suffer after the railways incurred a loss of 100 million shillings($1.2 million) following...
Kenyan And Ugandan Leaders Hold Talks Over Disputed Migingo Island
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni held successful talks in Lusaka, Zambia and agreed that the issue over the ownership of Migingo Island located in the shores of Lake Victoria must not be allowed to overshadow the...
World Bank Approves $90m Loan for Lake Victoria Project
The Executive Board of the World Bank has approved a $90 million loan for the first phase of the Lake Victoria environmental management project which involves Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The project aims to strengthen regional collaboration to reduce...
