Scrap punitive port charges, say experts Importers using the port of Mombasa have complained that logistic costs from the port to clients account for as much as 42 per cent of the cost of insurance and freight, writes BERNARD SANGA
Legal practice far from integration Harmonisation of legal practice in the East African Community is far from being realised despite ongoing efforts to create a seamless field across the region.
No to Rwanda’s draft law on HIV tests Rwanda’s draft law that would make compulsory HIV testing and require the sterilisation of all people with intellectual disabilities, has been contested by the Human Rights Watch.
Comesa Customs Union is finally here The presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and ousted Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana overshadowed what was otherwise a fruitful Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa summit in...
Kenya playing out of its league KENYA MIGHT HAVE LOST its second match in a row in its campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but is well on course to qualify for its sixth Africa Nations Cup finals...
NSSF: A case of firms ‘born’ to tender The Tanzanian National Social Security Fund is in the spotlight yet again for selling its property irregularly — this time to a firm which was registered three weeks before the tender was floated.
Land ‘grabs’ by foreigners on the rise Thousands of poor people in East Africa could be among millions on the continent at risk of suffering evictions or losing access to their land to foreigners who are on an acquisition...
Curing cancers of the spirit? He started off as a medical doctor; today, he is a preacher, famous for “leading” Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga to Christ.Dr David Owuor once led a group of surgeons in pursuit of a better...
5.9m children to get bednets after $15m investment the local market,” said A to Z and Vector Health International chief executive officer Anuj Shah. The countries that Nethealth exports mosquito nets to include Mozambique, Zambia...
Kikwete, Kibaki to launch $150m Arusha-Athi road The East African Community is to launch the Tanzania-Kenya section of a regional roads project running from Tanzanian to Sudan.
