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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 | ||
| • | Water Rationing Could Last Until October, Firm Warns: The ongoing water rationing in the city is expected to last until the onset of the short rains in October. | |
| • | Tame Runaway Inflation: Going by the monthly figures that the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics released yesterday, Kenyans are fast losing their purchasing power to the monster of inflation. | |
| • | State Turns Down Cries for Subsidies: The government has ruled out the possibility of offering farmers subsidies on fertiliser as requested by the Kenya Tea Development Agency, saying its hands are tied. | |
| • | Imports Clearing Procedures: It once took an importer or clearing agent up to four weeks to clear imported goods at the Mombasa port due to tedious procedures involved at the time. | |
| • | Hard Work Won't Pay Without Ingenuity: We all know our rural farmers are a hard working lot. They wake up early, milk their cows, go to the farm hoe in hand, walk back to get cattle out for grazing and back to the farm again. | |
| • | Moi Airport Landing Lights to Be Replaced: Installation of new landing lights at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa will start in two weeks after failure of the navigation lights plunged the airport into darkness recently. | |
| • | Move On Fertilisers Welcome: The decision by the Agriculture ministry not to offer fertiliser subsidies to growers affiliated to the giant Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) is a major wake up call to all players in the sector to ensure efficiency. | |
| • | Inflation Hits Record High: The price of goods and services consumed by ordinary Kenyans grew at a record rate in May, pushing monthly inflation to 31.5 per cent. | |
| • | Japanese Liner Eyes Mombasa: Mombasa Port could soon have a new shipping line calling, further signalling the growing importance of the East African region. | |
| • | Mombasa Emerging As Regional Hub for Boat And Ship Sales: Mombasa city could be positioning itself as a hub of marine gear in the Great Lakes region following the emergence of boat showrooms. | |
| • | Free Call Offer Frustrates Safaricom Subscribers: Mixed reactions have greeted Safaricom's 9pm-6am free calls offer. | |
| • | Grave Headache for City As Burial Sites Run Out: In the last couple of months, many Nairobi residents may have buried their loved ones in cemeteries that had previously been used as burial sites for other people - who died at least 45 years ago - due to land shortage for cemeteries. | |
| • | Is Country Ready for Foreign Direct Investments?: Kenya offers various forms of incentives to attract foreign direct investments. The expectation is that the foreign Multinational Companies (MNC) will help raise employment, exports, or tax revenue and that some knowledge brought by the foreign... | |
| • | Probe Delay Puts Ministry On the Spot Over CEO: The Agriculture ministry is unable to act on the suspended sugar board chief executive because it has not received a probe report on him from the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission. | |
| • | Safaricom Refunds to Fuel Stock Market: Investors holding on to blue chip shares at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) should expect them to appreciate in the second half of the year after most of the companies experienced a slump in the first five months. | |
| • | Safaricom Calls for Patience From Subscribers: Mobile phone service provider Safaricom yesterday appealed for patience from its subscribers following complains that its CALL FREE promotion had caused a massive network overload making it difficult to make calls. | |
| • | PDM Announces Construction is Underway at its Housing Developments in Kenya and Zambia: During the meeting, Mr. Barry Newton, Pangaea's Chairman, announced that house construction and sales were underway at its major housing estate developments in both Kenya and Zambia. | |
| • | Only Transitional Justice Holds the Key to Future Stability: The most difficult question facing Kenya now is whether or not the nation has the courage to confront 'historical injustices,' the taproot of the current political crisis. They include unjust land distribution, political assassinations, horrific human... | |
| • | Helpline 116 for Children in Distress is Launched: In a new initiative to improve protection of the rights of children, the government has launched a toll free helpline, 116. | |
| • | Swimmers to Train in Nairobi: Tanzanian's Olympic swimming hopefuls, Khalid Rushaka and Magdalena Moshi, have opted to train in Nairobi as Dar es Salaam lacks swimming pools of Olympic standards. | |
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