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Suluhu visit promises bright future for Kenya/Dar relations May 9th 2021 at 18:00:00 GMT +0300 Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu’s two-day State visit to Kenya this week signaled a thaw in frosty relations between the two countries, which reached an all-time high during the reign of her predecessor, the late John Pompe Magufuli. Analysts were quick to stress that the visit, so soon after taking over from Magufuli, who died on March 17 from suspected Covid-19 complications, offered the promise of accomplishing some of the projects that have been pending since he made a similar trip almost five years ago. During the October 2016 visit, Magufuli and President Uhuru Kenyatta had agreed to cooperate in infrastructure development, which would have greatly boosted economies of both countries. ....
April 3rd 2021 at 15:28:35 GMT +0300 Ever since the return of multi-party democracy, Kenya has never realised any freshly-minted president with all of the country’s four presidents being drawn from the old guard. Retired presidents Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki were all veterans whose political careers date back to pre-independence days while President Uhuru Kenyatta served as Cabinet Minister and Deputy Prime Minister before rising to the top job. He was first nominated as MP in October 1999 when Mark Too resigned to pave way for his entry to Parliament before he was elevated to become Minister for Local Government. Subscribe to Our Newsletter ....