Used vehicle importers in Uganda will pay an inspection fee of $140 (Ush 524,440) per unit to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) before release from all custom areas. The new announcement will affect all used motor vehicles imported into the East African Community (EAC) member state between September 23 and November 1 of […]
The high cost of living is taking a toll on Kenyans with many people finding it difficult to put a meal on the table. Data from the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research Analysis (KIPPRA) shows that despite an increase in the minimum wage of 12pc, the overall costs of essential goods and services jumped […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Health Nakhumicha S Wafula has backed East Africa’s Pamoja Bid by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania after winning the rights to host the 36th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2027. Nakhumicha, an ardent sporting fan revealed her Ministry will be actively involved in supporting government agenda of preparing and […]
A Mozambican national, Lucky Mabunda, aged 47, has been sentenced to ten years of direct imprisonment by the Skukuza Regional Court for his involvement in the killing of a rhino within Kruger National Park back in 2019. This verdict comes while Mabunda was already serving a jail sentence for a similar rhino poaching offense. Lucky […]
AKPA Rating Agency has upgraded the ESG rating of Rosatom from ESG-3 (ESG-В) to ESG-2 (ESG-В) which corresponds to a very high level in environmental protection, social responsibility and management. Six main divisions of Rosatom – the Mining, the Power Generating, the Sale and Trading, the Fuel, the Engineering and the Machine Building – have […]
A 31-year-old man from the Northern Cape has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexual assault accompanied by grievous bodily harm (GBH) and robbery with aggravating circumstances, involving his maternal aunt, who is his mother’s sister. The court learned that on the night of December 17, 2020, the nephew, who was residing with his aunt, […]
Three petitioners have moved to court to challenge the constitutionality of the ten-member national dialogue committee. In their petition certified as urgent, Issa Chamao,Paul Kirui and Patrick Ekirapa argues that entrusting the amendment of the Constitution exclusively to politicians sets a dangerous precedent. “Politicians cannot be trusted, they have openly demonstrated a peculiar fecundity to […]
India, despite being the world’s most populous country, continues to trail China significantly in terms of its labor force, according to a report by Oxford Economics. Despite its large population, India’s labor force participation stands at only 51%, lagging behind China by 25 percentage points. The report suggests that, based on current projections, India’s labor […]
China’s tentative economic recovery appears to have hit a snag in September, with weakening retail sales, manufacturing production, pricing power, and loan growth, according to the monthly China Beige Book survey released on Friday. This setback raises concerns about sluggish third-quarter growth, heightening the risk of China falling short of the central government’s stated 5% […]
Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro has banned huge allocations of funds for training and meetings for projects so as to ensure money creates an impact on the targeted people. Mung’aro said it has come to his attention that a lot of money was being wasted on unnecessary training and meetings where people take away allowances and […]
The United States has raised concerns about China’s extensive and costly efforts to manipulate perceptions through influence, censorship, and disinformation on a global scale, warning that these endeavors could pose a threat to global freedoms. In a statement, a spokesperson from the State Department highlighted China’s substantial investment in constructing a global information ecosystem designed […]
Public institutions in Kenya can now deliver their electronic waste to the ICT Authority (ICTA) to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of e-waste while creating jobs. The Authority targets to collect 100,000 devices from 284 public organisations, which include State Corporations, Universities, and TVETs in this fiscal year. Institutions can deliver their e-waste to the […]
