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  • India becomes Kenyas largest Asian trading partner

    India, which has a thriving diaspora in Kenya estimated at 100,000, became the East African nation's biggest trading partner in Asia in 2012, surpassing China, a government document says. India exported to Kenya goods worth $240 million, way ahead of Asia's biggest economy China, which exported goods valued at $148 million.The figure represents a growth of around 30 percent when compared to ...

  • Kenya Mechanics engage police in running battles over land dispute

    Tension has been high since morning high as police sealed off the land to lock out more than 900 jua kali artisans following a court order. Police have urged motorists to stop taking their cars to the area for repairs over fears there may be clashes on Tuesday. Tens of police officers have been deployed to the spot as hired guards watched over the embattled parcel of land through Monday ...

  • East Africa Funds flow to oil gas explorer

    Warburg Pincus is leading an investment of up to $600 million (R6 billion) in Delonex Energy, a newly formed oil and gas exploration and production company that is planning to tap into the central and east African hydrocarbon boom. The region has become hot property for energy investors after gas discoveries in Mozambique and Tanzania, and other hydrocarbon finds in Uganda and Kenya. – ...

  • Kenya Economy set to expand 5.7

    Kenya’s economy would grow an estimated 5.7 percent this year before accelerating to 6 percent next year, the World Bank said yesterday, but warned that structural reforms were needed to improve the business environment and attract foreign investment. The country’s economy grew by 4.6 percent in 2012, according to the government, lagging its east African competitors. – ...

  • Kenya Uses Mobiles to Boost Tourist Numbers

    Nairobi - Kenya tourism authorities have adopted mobile phone technology to add value to foreign visitors' trips to the country and help boost numbers. Sponge, a mobile marketing agency created the 'Magical Kenya' Application and Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) hope it will act as a platform for tourists to share their experiences of Kenya. Available at the Google Play store, the App ...

Movie Review

Gosford Park [DVD]

Gosford Park [DVD]

It will likely be different for each viewer, but, for me, it was the third time around that Robert Altman's Gosford Park finally clicked. On the first viewing, I was aware that I was seeing something impressive, but I found it distant and hard to connect with, a daunting experience. There were just too many characters, too many interactions, too many details about dwindling social customs- ... ...

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  • East Africa EA to Gain From Japan Aid

    Arusha - The five partner states of the East African Community (EAC) may benefit from the $32bn Japan has given. The announcement was given by Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe during the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Centre in Yokohama, Japan. Japan will out of the $32bn provide 650 billion yen (approximately $6.5bn) to ...

  • Senators Determined to Steamroll Referendum

    Nairobi - Senators and County Governors have embarked on collecting one million signatures from Kenyans as they seek to push through a referendum on the fate of the Senate. Speaking to Capital FM News on telephone, Senate Minority Leader Moses Wetangula said that the exercise which kicked off over the weekend will require each of the 47 Governors to collect 50,000 signatures towards what he ...

  • Kenya Unveils U.S. $18 Billion Budget

    Nairobi - Kenya is staring at a huge budget hole following the presentation of $18.8 billion financial estimates for 2013/2014 to parliament by Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich last week. The budget presented by Rotich represents a 13.4% leap from the 2012/13 version which involved $17 billion in expenditure. Many observers have this as the most ambitious budget in Kenya's history. ...

  • Govt to Fight Diabetes - Macharia

    Nairobi - The government says it is committed to curb the rising cases of diabetes in the country with more than 1.6 million people affected as Central Kenya records highest prevalence at eight percent. The disease causes 4.8 million deaths per year, which equates to more than 13,000 deaths per day with 370 million people estimated to live with the disease globally. Speaking during the launch ...

  • Over 500000 Somali Refugees Ready to Return Home

    Nairobi - Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said on Monday that plans are at an advanced stage for Kenya to start repatriating Somali refugees to their country. Mohammed said a major conference to agree on modalities of repatriating the over one million Somali refugees will be held in Nairobi in August. "For now I am happy because about 50 percent of them [refugees] are ...

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