Kenya earned highest revenue from tea export in Africa in 2016
Mombasa,KENYA:Tea export trade contributed to more that 125 million shillings in 2016 only an amount economists say is more than any other country in Africa accrued from the the sale of the same product. Addressing business export shareholders at the Royal Castle Hotel in Mombasa on Friday Edward Mudibo, the managing director of the East […]
Joho renews attacks on president Uhuru Kenyatta
Kilifi,KENYA:Mombasa governor Hassan Joho has called President Uhuru Kenyatta a political tourist following his frequent visits to the coast. Joho said his visits to the coast portrays his fear of losing votes from the people of the coast as he has nothing evident to prove to them. Speaking in Mariakani on Thursday during a NASA […]
Standard Gauge Railway tickets now available on M-PESA
Mombasa,KENYA:Commuters wishing to travel on the standard gauge railway train can now purchase tickets via M-pesa. The government on Friday introduced M-pesa paybill number 809888 and the account number ‘Ticket’ for commuters intending to travel to Mombasa from Nairobi or Nairobi from Mombasa aboard the Madaraka Express train. This follows complaints from Kenyans that getting […]
Uncertainty after UK prime minister loses parliament majority in snap polls
Uncertainty over UK prime minister Theresa May’s political career in the UK is high after his party lost the legislative majority. In a snap poll held on 8th of June, Theresa May’s conservative party garnered 318 of the legislative seats while Corbyns party garnered 261 of the seats the SNP garnered 35 votes while the […]
Tusker project fame runners up eyeing a political seat
Former Tusker project fame is eying a political seat. Peter Msechu a Tanzanian citizen who participated in season 4 of the talent show has expressed his interest to vie in his home town of Kigoma in the western part of Tanzania. Msechu who was speaking to Tanzanian media said he decided to join politics as […]
Police launch investigations into killings over witchcraft allegations in Kilifi
Kilifi,KENYA:Police in Kilifi say they have launched intensive investigations into the killings of three elderly people in Dera in the outskirts of Kilifi. The incident took place on Tuesday early this week on allegations that they had bewitched a young man who drowned on the wee hours of Monday morning. Speaking to Baraka fm on […]