Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | ||
| • | Food Prices Stay High Despite the Zero Rating of Basic Commodities: Just a stone-throw away from the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, customers spend hours walking the narrow lanes of the city council's Hawkers' market, checking out the prices of different varieties of rice. The assortment on offer is... | |
| • | Improve Services Before Raising Fees, Mr Orengo: The decision by Lands minister, James Orengo, to withdraw the new and controversial fees at the land registry to allow stakeholder consultations is welcome. It is the boldest move by a minister in recent times to accept to climb down for the sake of... | |
| • | Time to Overhaul Transport System And Drivers: On the way to work earlier this week I witnessed an accident involving two vehicles. It was quite evident who was to blame for the accident but the immediate reaction of both parties was to get into a shouting match. | |
| • | Workers Step Up Demands for Better Pay: Fresh signs of inflation-related troubles are emerging in the Kenyan labour market with thousands of workers beginning to demand salary increments. | |
| • | Tourism Firms Face Losses From Tax On Leisure Travel: Inability to pass on added costs to European tourists may cost tour companies millions in earnings as the Government moves to implement a new Value Added Tax on tourism travel. | |
| • | Delay in Pension Reforms Hurts Fund Managers: Delays in the implementation of civil service pension reforms are stifling growth opportunities for Kenya's private sector fund management industry, market players say. | |
| • | UN Steps Up War On Illegal Fishing: A UN agency is lobbying for a $1 million fund to help Kenya and other developing countries fight illegal fishing within their territorial waters. | |
| • | Hotel Offers Travellers Trout Experience: To the North West of Mount Kenya, just a few kilometres to the former British settler town of Nanyuki, sits a fine dining experience. | |
| • | EABL Launches Conservation Drive: Beer brewer, East African Breweries, has launched a three-year conservation plan to minimise the impact of its operations on the environment. | |
| • | Keeping Family Business Alive And Sound: A business founder builds a Kenyan enterprise. He most likely started with nothing, and made extraordinary sacrifices to create the empire. Thanks to this hard-won success he is able to give their children the benefit of many things that he lacked. | |
| • | Minister to Table Bill On War Against Counterfeits: A Bill seeking to tilt the market in favour of genuine products sold in Kenya is to be reintroduced in Parliament, putting importers of counterfeit goods on notice. | |
| • | Global Hotel Brands Lined Up for Country: Kenya's hospitality industry is expected to get new players as the tourism sector brings in more international hotel brands to increase the quality of services. | |
| • | Lobbyists Vow to Block Tana River Sugar Project: An ambitious project by Mumias Sugar Company in the Tana River region appears to be in jeopardy in yet another case of conflict between developers and environmentalists. | |
| • | Kebs Eases Quality Mark Requirement to Bridge Trade Gap: Quality regulator, the Kenya Bureau of Standards, (Kebs) says it allowed locally manufactured goods to trade using the basic Diamond quality mark to bridge the trade imbalance between Kenya and Tanzania. | |
| • | Service Delivery Unimpressive, Says Study: Kenya is ranked among African countries that have not adequately utilised the resources at its disposal to improve service delivery to its people. | |
| • | Kenya to Lose Oil Market As Uganda Builds Own Refinery: Kenya's petroleum industry, which has been making super profits riding on the wave of regional economic growth, is bracing for hard times following a decision by Uganda to build its own refinery for the oil it recently discovered close to its border... | |
| • | There is a Silver Lining in High Oil Prices: Soaring crude oil prices have had a domino effect on virtually every commodity, pushing them to an all time high. Working class people are feeling the pinch, with many adopting austerity measures. | |
| • | At Last Cynthia Exists M-Net's Idols: After a long time of the judges requesting the public to vote Kenya's Cynthia Kutu out of the M-Net Idols show, and pronouncing that the young woman does not have talent; it has finally happened - Cynthia is out of the contest. | |
| • | Country Ranked Amongst Failed States: The election-related turmoil earlier this year has caused Kenya's ranking to drop five places in the annual Failed State Index issued on Monday in Washington. | |
| • | Cholera Confirmed in Western Region: An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in the Kisumu municipality in the western region, a senior health official has said. | |
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