Kenya

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NEARER AN IMF ACCORD?

With the meeting of the World Bank's Consultative Group on Kenya due to be held in Paris on November 22 and 23, Nairobi is clearly hoping that by that date, and maybe even by the end of October, the Policy [.

HORTICULTURE LOAN

The African Development Fund (ADF) (part of the African Development Bank group) was expected to make a decision this week [...]

MORE ADB LOANS

The governing councils of African Development Bank (ADB) and African Development Fund (ADF) recently approved several financing packages. They include [...]

ERIC CHERUIYOT KOTUT

The nomination of Eric Cheruiyot Kotut last month to head the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) sparked protests from many [...]

FORD-K'S WARS OF SUCCESSION

The national executive council of Kenya's opposition movement Ford-Kenya sanctioned the human rights lawyer, Gitobu Imanyara, on September 18 by [...]

ISLAMISTS AGITATE ALONG THE COAST

A fresh wave of religious demonstrations has flared up along Kenya's coastline, following the fire, attributed to Islamic demonstrators, of [...]

THE WORLD BANK REPORTS IN

As each year, the World Bank annual report rounds up its activities and analyses economic performances in the divers regions [...]

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BRUSHWOOD FIRES WITH DONORS

Although a Consultative Group meeting of the World Bank in Paris is expected on Kenya in the month of November, conditions still seem far from ready for normalising relations between the government in Nairobi and its fund donors.

KRZYSTOF SKUBISZEWSKI

Poland's foreign minister was expected in Nairobi on October 10 [...]

The Council of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) [...]

KPRL PROJECTS STALLED

Two projects hatched a year ago to provide new equipment [...]

Mombasa refinery, which has just been given a new general [...]

Privatisation of Milling Corp of Kenya

The call for tenders connected with the privatisation of Milling [...]

GATT STUDENTS

Several civil servants from East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) are among the twenty-six representatives of LDCs [...]

BATTLE OF PORT CHARGES

A delegation of Ugandan businessmen visited Tanzania last week in an attempt to awaken top officials of Tanzania Railways Corporation [...]

MORE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE

Denmark's foreign ministry announced on August 24 that his country was cutting bilateral aid for Kenya from DKR 150 million [...]

BANK CLEAN-UP

The manager of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Eric Cheruiyot Kotut (a Kalenjin) gave his resignation to president Daniel [...]

TURKWELL RESURFACES

A speech given by opposition MP George Anyona on July 15 in the Kenyan parliament, during a debate on corruption, [...]

The UNHCR repatriated on July 24, 193 Ethiopian refugees from [...]