Kenya cuts key benchmark rate to 12%

African Alliance sets stage to quit stockbrokerage

“The company regrets to inform our stockbrokerage clients that as a result of structural decline in the agency trading model in both the local and global financial markets, the company has decided to divest from and cease stockbroking activities,” said African Alliance in a media notice on

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Source: Business Daily

Currency in free fall, Zimbabwe tries forex auction system dating back 16 years

After struggling to stabilise its currency for the past three years, Zimbabwe on Tuesday turned to a foreign exchange trading system it last used in

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Southern African Independence Explained By Country

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East Africa: COVID-19 Leaves Region in $2.3 Billion Debt Hole in Three Months

East African countries have borrowed nearly $2.3 billion new loans in less than three months since reporting the first Covid-19 positive case, adding to the region's mounting debts at a time of shrinking tax

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Interview - Why Nigerian Govt Cannot Allow Marketers Fix Petrol Prices - Sylva

The deregulation of the downstream of the petroleum industry presupposes the end of fuel subsidy and return to the era where retail prices of petroleum products are determined through the interplay of market

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Kisumu Nurses Threaten to Down Tools Over Unpaid Salaries

Unions representing the nurses have complained that the county government has failed to implement the promotion of healthcare workers as ordered by the Labour court in

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Source: allAfrica.com

New exchange rate trebles customs duty

THERE has been an outcry at all ports of entry after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) hiked duty of all imported goods following a hike in the exchange rate by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday when it pegged the United States dollar at 1:57 against the Zimdollar, abandoning the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Manufacturers hard hit as earnings drop

You would expect to find him bubbly and dusting his suit to attend a manufacturing industry sales party, now that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken away the cheap imports nightmare that has hurt the sector for

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Treasury in fresh bid to control county levies

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Kenya: 3 Police Officers Charged With Facilitating Escape of a Kidnapping Suspect

Nairobi — Three police officers based at the Kamukunji Police Station in Nairobi were Thursday charged in for facilitating the escape of a suspect charged with an offense of kidnapping a police officer with an intention to

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Source: allAfrica.com

UoN tops varsities’ Sh19bn unpaid bills

FILE PHOTO | NMG

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Why Raising Kids To ‘Not See Color’ Doesn't Help Fight Racism

In response to just about any story about how to raise anti-racist children or about the pain Black parents feel having “the talk” with their young children before they feel ready often comes the familiar refrain: “I’m teaching my children that we don’t see

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Kenya: Meru Nurse Forced to Wear Garbage Bag As PPE

A nurse in Meru was last week forced to improvise personal protective equipment (PPE) from a plastic garbage bag before he attended to a patient suspected of suffering from

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Source: allAfrica.com

Yatani gives varsities, parastatals days to clear pending bills

FILE PHOTO | NMG

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Kenya coronavirus: Tally hits 1,471 after record 123 new cases

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Bill ties economic blocs to trade, use of local resources

If enacted into law, the Bill will require county governments inside a bloc to avoid competition among themselves but instead expand free trade and develop their resources “through such actions as the counties shall consider

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Source: Business Daily

Kenya: CS Magoha to Receive Report on Post COVID-19 Education Recovery Plan

Nairobi — The nine-member Education Response Committee on COVID-19 established to advise the government on the modalities of re-opening schools was set to present its report Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha on

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Eyes on CBC task force as term nears end

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha launched the committee in June last year, mandating it to resolve questions on transition from one level to the next, staffing, teacher training, examinations and

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Kenya coronavirus: 3,727 cases; burial rules relaxed, first family uninfected

Confirmed cases = 3,727

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Kenya: Nyayo Stadium Basketball Court, Swimming Pool Area Also Set for Revamping

Nairobi — The swimming pool area at the Nyayo National Stadium is set to be completed in the coming weeks, while the basketball court has also been earmarked for rehabilitation, Sports Kenya Director General Pius Metto has

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: All Set for Previously Rejected Candidate to Be Auditor-General

"His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated Ms Nancy Janet Kabui Gathungu for the position of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uhuru targets DP’s Mt Kenya allies in fresh purge

As Jubilee Party MPs await their parliamentary group meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta, the onslaught against Deputy President William Ruto’s men in the Senate continues with a shake-up of committees expected

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Zimbabwe doctors, nurses go on strike

Zimbabwe's doctors and nurses on Friday went on strike demanding salaries in foreign

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Source: The East African

We are paupers receiving slave wages, say Zimbabwe nurses as union calls for strike

Zimbabwe's largest nurses' union has announced that its members are now incapacitated and would be unable to attend work, citing low pay that it said could no longer meet basic

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Auditor-General’s rent to cost taxpayers Sh228m

PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO

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Source: Business Daily

Proposal to dissolve food reserve fund sparks disquiet

A proposal to dissolve the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund (SFRTF) and have its functions transferred to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has sparked disquiet with a section of leaders from the Western region now alleging the hand of cartels in the

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Vivo gets nod for legal fight with NLC in old land case

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Source: Business Daily

Zimbabwe: Currency Collapse Forces RBZ to Ditch Forex System

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced it will resume a floated foreign currency exchange rate system next Tuesday, which will be conducted on weekly

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Source: allAfrica.com

18,000 teachers set for CBC training by Sept reopening

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Source: Business Daily

Kenya coronavirus: 3,860 cases; corruption probe on donations, funds

Total confirmed cases = 3,860

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