The Mountain Journal More than 800,000 tea farmers go to the polls tomorrow to elect leaders who will manage the 54 KTDA managed tea factories in the coming three years. There are 720 directors fighting for the available 324 directors vacancies, who were cleared to run for the position by IEBC, after a nomination…
By James Wakahiu A major international conference on economic transmission for Africa opened on Thursday at Mount Kenya University (MKU) main campus in Thika town on Thursday. The 8th annual international conference of the Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (Careed) is being held under the theme, “Fostering Economic Transformation in African…
By BBC Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Garry Conille has vowed to end lawlessness with the help of a Kenyan-led international force deployed to the Caribbean nation. The arrival of 400 Kenyan police officers, in the first tranche of an international force, was a “unique opportunity” to restore order, Mr Conille said. “I want no-one to…
By Barbara Plett Usher & Farouk Chothia, BBC News, Nairobi & London Share EPA The police have been accused of over-reacting to the protests Kenya’s President William Ruto says he will withdraw a finance bill containing controversial tax hikes after deadly protests which saw parliament set ablaze on Tuesday. In an address to the nation, he…
