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Kenya’s economic performance strengthened in 2023 with the GDP accelerating to about 5.4 per cent from 4.8 per cent in 2022. This is according to the latest edition of Kenya Economic Update by World Bank, which says the growth is despite the tough macro economic environment experienced this...

Kenya railways has been a SOE(State owned enterprise) that has been making huge losses over the last several decades. This culminated with the company making a huge operating loss of close to KSHS 10.5 billion in the year FY 2021/2022. A turn around initiative instituted by the former regime has...

As a Kenyan I will say let him be jailed. He attempted to defraud the Ugandan people , by not paying taxes. EAC need good infrastructure and that needs money, we can not have unscrupulous business people not paying their fair share of taxes and levies. Riding on the backs of honest citizens who...

Actually the reason is because Mombasa has been ranked as the second most efficient port in Africa. Shipping lines have started shunning Durban among other african ports, due to inefficiencies and Mombasa is benefiting mostly from south african inefficiency. Shipping lines avoid inefficient...

African Americans after 1 year in dar es salaam and 1 week in Nairobi, unbiased opinions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLwWZTSQba4 Conclusion Nairobi is more modern and more tuned to the international market than Dar es salaam. You get a more multi cultural and international experience in...

Kenya's capital Nairobi has been named the best city to travel to in 2024 by United States-headquartered travel firm Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel 2024" list showcases 10 travel destinations across four categories: countries, cities, sustainability, and value. Nairobi claimed...

The fact that they do not understand a metropolitan area means their largest city does not have one. I also noticed this, on my travels there. Just 12km from the Dar CBD you find villages and small markets. Nothing like satellite towns like Nairobi. And now Kilifi is fast becoming the...

It is blind nationalism, but honestly with the current growth of infrastructure in Mombasa, apart from Nairobi no other city can beat Mombasa in infrastructure.

Honestly with Dongo Kundu phase 2 and the Near completion of Mombasa commuter rail phase 1, other east african cities have to try very hard to catch up to the second city in Kenya. Nairobi is way beyond any east african city. Mombasa is fast growing and with the crazy growth in infrastructure...

Also in the plan is the acquisition of new rolling stock for the mombasa commuter rail.

Started under the Uhuru regime, the first phase of the envisioned Mombasa commuter rail is almost complete. The first phase is an MGR link from the SGR terminus into Mombasa CBD. The first phase has seen a 480m long railway bridge constructed across the Makupa causeway along the already finished...

If that is to pass it might be a double edged sword for Azimio, unless Ruto acts out of impunity. i.e. It might be ill advised to pass a vote of no confidence just because you wish to alter the result of an election to your favor. It is akin to a legislative coup!

Azimio have control of the house but again Kenya kwanza has Control of the senate.

That can Happen, Kenya will not be the first country to do that! America elected Obama but He faced a republican controlled House and senate.

Also is this an indication of a shift in Kenyan politics, where the president will have to be open to bipartisan solutions? Are Kenyans starting to elect leaders not on party personalities but ideas that touch their lives?