UN-Habitat and Turkana County hold workshop to look at the future for Kenya’s Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee camps and host communities
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Lodwar, Kenya, 18 February 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Turkana County Government hosted a workshop looking at various surveys focused on Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement in north western Kenya.
The Kakuma-Kalobeyei Assessment, Survey and Corridor Planning Workshop included representatives from Turkana County Government, Cities Alliance, International Financial Corporation, Swiss Contact, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Refugee Affairs Secretariat, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Action Africa Help International.
At the workshop UN-Habitat presented the findings of the Socio-Economic Survey which showed that host community suffered more from the effects of COVID-19 such as loss of income, low business revenue and price rises than refugees who continue to be supported by humanitarian or
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NSE chairman Kiprono Kittony, UAE Trade Center Founder and Chairman Walid Hareb Alfalahi
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Kenya will host the Dubai Week in Africa 2021 this week as the country looks to build trade relations with the UAE.
The three-day event to run from 15th to 18th will be held virtually in line with the Covid-19 safety protocols. Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Richard Ngatia said the event will help expand the country’s investment portfolio.
“We want to sell Kenyan business opportunities to investors from the UAE,” he said.
Nairobi Securities Exchange chairman Kiprono Kittony lauded the collaboration between the two countries which he noted will help boost trade.
Grassroots Business Fund creates Latin America unit as it strengthens African operations
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The Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), has announced the spin-off of its Latin America team into a new fully-fledged unit, operating as Andes Impact Partners (AIP) with its headquarters in Lima, Peru.
The fund targets inclusive businesses which incorporate underserved, vulnerable or low-income communities in their supply chains, helping to improve incomes and quality of life of these communities. Target businesses must be committed to gender equity and to promoting equal opportunities.
GBF will remain as AIP partner of choice for grant-funded technical assistance and business advisory services, leveraging its decade-long experience providing technical assistance programs.
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Erastus Mulwa |
February 1st 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Machakos Wiper senatorial aspirant Agnes Kavindu at A.I.C Kasina in Mlolongo town, Machakos County, on January 17, 2021. [John Muia, Standard]
A supremacy battle is taking shape in the Machakos senatorial by-election scheduled for March 18 as key political figures seek to stamp their authority in the region.
Stakes are high as Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka seeks to recapture the seat his party lost to Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU) in 2017 after former Senator Johnstone Muthama declined the party’s direct nomination to defend his seat.
Wiper has nominated Muthama’s former wife Agnes Kavindu to vie in the by-election.