Kenya Selected to Pilot Big Data for Better ICT Capacity
30/09/2016By Grace Makovu and Wanjala Danson Nairobi- Kenya has been selected by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as one of six countries to pilot the use of big data for.
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Kenya Rolls Out New Child-friendly TB Drugs
28/09/2016By Lenny Ruvaga This week Kenya becomes the first country in the world to roll out child-friendly tuberculosis medicines nationwide. The improved treatment was first unveiled at a conference in.
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Kenya: Cry for Help as Drought Hits Region
23/09/2016By Abdimalik Hajir A humanitarian crisis is looming in Garissa County following a severe drought that has affected thousands of pastoralist families. Water sources have dried up and pastures for.
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Kenya: World Court Has No Jurisdiction in Somalia Dispute
20/09/2016Kenya says that the International Court of Justice has no jurisdiction in a case filed by Somalia covering a dispute over potentially oil-rich seabed off the two countries’ Indian Ocean.
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Security Beefed Up as Mogadishu Hosts IGAD Summit
06/09/2016Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which only a few years back was categorized by many as the most dangerous capital on Earth, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental.
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Kenya Commissions New Terminal at Mombasa, Boosting Capacity of Region’s Gateway
05/09/2016Kenya has recently inaugurated the first part of a new container terminal at Mombasa which is expected to boost by 50 percent the volume of cargo handled by East Africa’s.
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Kenya’s Kenyatta, S. Sudan’s Kiir, Discuss Shaky Peace Accord
31/08/2016The South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta met on Tuesday to discuss modalities on how to implementat the shaky peace accord that ended South.
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Kerry Announces New Aid for S. Sudan and Kenya
23/08/2016By Mark Caldwell U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry has recently announced new aid packages for Kenya and South Sudan, while on an official visit to Nairobi. Additional aid will.
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Kenya: Safaricom Drops Roaming Charges By Up to 99%
26/07/2016Following successful negotiations with its global network of partners, Safaricom has recently reduced roaming charges for calls and data by up to 99 per cent for over 200 networks across.
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Kenya’s Q1 2016 GDP growth up, tourism boosts
30/06/2016Kenyan growth picked up in the first quarter of 2016, helped by improved performance across the economy and especially tourism, the statistics office said on Thursday.
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