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Is Uhuru losing the grip on his Mt Kenya backyard?

THE STANDARD By Wainaina Ndung u | January 17th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 President Uhuru Kenyatta during the funeral of Mama Hannah Mudavadi [Standard] The president’s sentiments came just days after one of his allies, Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata, had written to him painting a not so rosy picture of the popularity of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in Mt Kenya region. Kang’ata, who has stood by his sentiments in the letter dated December 30, 2020, warned that the BBI would fail in the region unless the president personally took charge of campaigns for the document. He also advised Jubilee Party to change its strategy and work with all leaders for the initiative to register a favourable result.

Where is China when Kenya needs it most?

THE STANDARD By Dominic Omondi | January 14th 2021 at 10:00:00 GMT +0300 Log in or Register to continue reading this article When you register with us, you help us improve our news experience for you and others. Also, ensure your Javascript is activated for this website.

20 years of FOCAC has borne fruit

By Ali Issa Abdi | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-12 09:13 Share CLOSE A train arrives at the Maai Mahiu Station of the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya, Oct 16, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] Since the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 20 years ago and the recent initiation of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, China has become Africa s biggest economic partner. There is no other country with such depth and breadth of engagement across trade, investment and infrastructure financing in Africa. In this context, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi underscored, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of FOCAC on Nov 12, that trade between China and Africa had grown 20-fold and hit $208.9 billion in 2019. In addition, compared with 20 years ago, total Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa reached $49.1 billion in 2019, which was 100-fold gro

SGR firm, taxman in Sh64m dispute

THE STANDARD By Kamau Muthoni | December 16th 2020 at 00:01:02 GMT +0300 Armed police officers guard the Nairobi -Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kijiado North. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] The contractor of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is embroiled in a legal battle with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over tax on allowances paid to police officers who were manning the project. China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) in the case filed before the High Court argues that the Sh64 million demand by KRA is illegal as the agreement between it and Kenya was that it would build the railway while the Government offers security.

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