Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Kenya oil facilities face huge losses as Uganda shifts to Dar port

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Common user manifold pipes at Kipevu station in Mombasa County, Kenya on October 13,2023. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT | NMG


By ANTHONY KITIMO

Kenya has lost $200 million worth of exports to Uganda, its largest regional market, since October 2023, new data shows.

Juba refutes claims of fuel delivery to Sudan warring RSF

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Members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces on April 23, 2023 ride in the back of a technical vehicle in Khartoum. PHOTO | AFP

By FRED OLUOCH

South Sudan has refuted claims it is ferrying fuel to the

UK deports Triton oil scam fugitive to Kenya, ending 16-year run

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Yagnesh Devani, the owner of Triton Petroleum Company Limited. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By BUSINESS DAILY

After being on the run for 16 years, the long arm of the law has finally caught up with fugitive business tycoon Yagnesh Mohanlal Devani.

Ruto backs summit trips he faulted for ‘summoning African leaders’

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President William Ruto gestures while giving a speech at state house in Nairobi, Kenya on October 21, 2023. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

By AGGREY MUTAMBO

Kenya's President William Ruto has defended his attendance at this week's Italy-

US pushes Nairobi into anti-Houthi campaign as EA peers steer clear

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Crew members from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducting flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea on January 22, 2024. PHOTO | AFP

By AGGREY MUTAMBO
By ANTHONY KITIMO

The US and its allies are applying both pressure and soft power to Kenya to support the war on Houthis in Yemen – and by extension Israel’s war in Gaza – targeting to

Haiti mission to go ahead despite court ruling, President Ruto says

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Kenya’s President William Ruto speaking during a past press briefing. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG

By REUTERS

 Kenya is going to push ahead with plans to lead a UN-approved security mission to

Atmis hands over 9 military bases to Somalia in troop withdrawal

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African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) Head Souef Mohamed El-Amine (L) hands over a signed document to Somalia’s National Security Adviser Hussein Sheikh-Ali during a troop drawdown completion ceremony in Mogadishu, Somalia on January 29, 2023. PHOTO | X via ATMIS_Somalia

By XINHUA

The African Union Mission in Somalia (Atmis) said it has handed over nine military bases to the Somali government, marking the completion of the second phase of the