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Kenya: Nationwide transport strike paralyses Nairobi, fuel prices hit record, police clash with protesters, schools shift online, Ruto silent abroad
Public transport across Kenya is paralysed as the Transport Sector Alliance launches a nationwide strike over fuel prices, diesel prices have risen 23.5 per cent and petrol 8 per cent to record highs, police use tear gas against protesters in Nairobi, schools shift to online learning, and President Ruto remains out of the country with no comment.
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Kenya: petrol price hike, Gachagua-Macron query, KQ World Cup deal, Murkomen wastewater surveillance, NGO transition
Kenya petrol jumps Sh16.65 to Sh214.25 per litre as Gulf oil shock reaches the pump Kenya’s pump price jumped sharply, with a litre of …
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DCP Pressure Fractures Mt Kenya's Political Landscape — and Ruto's 2027 Re-election Calculation Faces Its Toughest Internal Test
The Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) pressure on Mt Kenya’s political landscape has produced visible fractures in what was, until …
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Kenya's Ruto signs Technopolis Bill, Income Tax Bill, and Special Economic Zones Amendment Bill in tech ecosystem expansion
President William Ruto has signed into law the Income Tax Bill, the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, and the Technopolis Bill at …
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Macron's first-loss guarantee pitch could reshape African borrowing economics — if G7 buys in
The most consequential outcome of the Africa Forward Summit was not the €23 billion in committed investment, but the signal Emmanuel Macron …
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Ruto closes Africa Forward Summit with call to convert €23 billion in commitments into delivery
President William Ruto closed the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on Tuesday with a call for African governments and development partners …
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Ruto launches Justice Njoki Ndung'u's ICC judge candidature, says 'Africa must help shape international justice'
President William Ruto formally presented Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u’s candidature for the position of judge at the …
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Nairobi Dispatch: Africa Forward Summit Looms as Fuel Lines Spread and the Cedi Watches the Dollar
The Nairobi Dispatch for the week ending May 10: an investment summit drawing 30+ heads of state, a fuel shortage rippling out from the city, and a hantavirus alert at airport entry points.
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Nairobi becomes France's Africa pivot as the economy feels the fuel squeeze
France stages its first Anglophone Africa summit in Nairobi as Paris resets a continental strategy battered by Sahel setbacks. Meanwhile Kenya's private sector contracts for a second straight month under fuel-cost pressure. Diplomacy is rising, but so are costs.
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