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A grain handler who has allegedly declined to release a consignment belonging to a Nairobi businessman has now been ordered to discharge the cargo within 48 hours.
Teachers coming out of training institutions but fail to be absorbed in government employment in Kenya will soon find jobs in other African countries once a mobility protocol within the African Union is signed.
Environment activists are up in arms over a decision by police to bar them from holding demonstrations to push for a legally binding agreement at next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Africa's transition from formal colonialism to political independence was marked by a period of semi-subservience called "dominion."
Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government has invited Sudanese President al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, to attend a meeting in Copenhagen on climate change in December.
Players in the country's capital market are meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the separation of ownership and management referred to as demutualisation of the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
The government has asked for more time to file a response in a suit filed by a former provincial prison commander who was sacked last year following a strike.
There will be no future electricity rationing in the country, the government has declared.
The country earned Sh6.05 billion in the month of October this year by exporting 27.1 million kilogrammes of tea, the industry regulator, Tea Board of Kenya, has said.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has put wholesalers and retailers who fail to adhere to the certification marks on notice.
Owners of motorcycles have up to December 31 to switch to the new series of number plates.
Stalled or delayed projects under the Economic Stimulus Programme are now set to be revived following the passage of the Appropriations Bill last week, Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta has said.
Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi has declared an end to future power rationing in the country.
Kenya local authorities have been urged to encourage their employees to join a pension scheme to enable them secure their future after retirement.
The former permanent secretary in the Local Government Ministry, Mr Vincent Ssekkono, who has been summoned by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (Pac) that is currently investigating the alleged misappropriation of Chogm funds, says they are looking for the wrong man.
Kampala Mayor Nasser Ntege Sebaggala has taken the fight for control of the Democratic Party ahead of the 2011 general elections to the courts, suing its president general Ssebaana Kizito for allegedly halting a delegates' conference initially scheduled for November 26.
President Museveni has said Uganda's economy officially reported to be growing phenomenally is in paralysis, scuttling efforts for rapid improvement in welfare of the masses.
Another UPDF soldier, another death resulting from stab wounds, and yet another woman at the centre of the allegedly murder which took place in a city bar on Saturday night.
Two traders, one Ugandan and a Sudanese, died this morning while six people sustained serious injuries after a road accident in Gulu District.
Trading at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) slumped to a turnover of Ugsh 80.4m from over Ugsh 500m in the previous week.
The R. Kelly "I believe" concert with Zain has sucked in Ugandan local artistes Chameleone and Bebe Cool as they try to impress Ugandan audiences to vote for them to share the same stage come January 29, 2010 at the Lugogo Indoor stadium.
Kampala will this week celebrate one of East Africa's most gifted photographers, David Pluths who passed away mid this year.
Investors in small and medium enterprises including farmers in the East African Community (EAC) member states should form groups that would help them negotiate better prices and accessing loans and services from telecommunication companies.
Kenya's electricity crisis could worsen with the evident failure of El-Nino rains that were expected to shore up water levels at the main generating power plant, the Seven Folks Dam.
Smile Telecom, the first ever Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone provider launched its services on the Uganda market last week - bringing the number of telecommunication providers to seven.
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