“It is not uncommon for a country to create a railway, but it is uncommon for a railway to create a country,” Sir Charles Eliot, then commissioner of British East Africa, made the bold statement in 1903. Eliot, “who initiated the policy of white supremacy in the British East Africa Protectorate (now Kenya),” according to… Continue reading Feature: Kenya’s Railway Evolution Over A Century
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Kenya’s Camel Industry Finds New Market
Abdul Khalifa, 62, owns a large herd of camels in Kenya’s North Eastern Province. Based in the rural outskirts of Garissa, a town located 367 km northeast of the nation’s capital Nairobi, a five-and-a-half-hour bus ride, Khalifa has been breeding camels for more years than he can remember. Most of the land in the area… Continue reading Kenya’s Camel Industry Finds New Market
President Xi Jinping Presents Vision For China, BRICS And Global Governance
In August, the Swahili version of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume I was launched in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the first time that the book is published in an African country in the local language. Xi Jinping: The Governance of China is the key for the international community to learn about contemporary China.… Continue reading President Xi Jinping Presents Vision For China, BRICS And Global Governance
Kenya Craps Whip On Rampant Public Sector Corruption
A PROBE into corruption in the procurement of mosquito nets and irregular release of 500 tons of imported sugar represent a major step in the fight against corruption by the new government in Kenya. The government of President William Ruto came into power last August on a campaign to rid East Africa’s biggest economy of… Continue reading Kenya Craps Whip On Rampant Public Sector Corruption