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The Finance Bill 2026 should build, not drain Kenyan economy

Nairobi, May 12 -- Debate around the Finance Bill 2026 risks becoming too narrowly focused on taxation targets and short-term revenue collection yet the country's deeper economic challenge today is no... Read More


Resetting Kenya-Tanzania trade relations

Nairobi, May 12 -- President William Ruto's State visit to Tanzania and his address to the country's parliament, mark a crucial moment in East Africa's economic diplomacy-one that signals a deliberate... Read More


BAT reverses six-year slump in tobacco leaf production, amid incentives to farmers

Nairobi, May 12 -- BAT Kenya has reversed a six-year downward trend in the number of contracted farmers and tobacco output, pointing to the effectiveness of its raft of interventions to secure raw mat... Read More


Kisanja no more sleep: Museveni swears in for seventh term

Uganda, May 12 -- President Museveni has been sworn in for his seventh term as the President of the Republic of Uganda, declaring a "Kisanja of No More Sleep" as he pledged wake up Ugandans from pover... Read More


Leaders step in after woman houses two men in one-bedroom home

Uganda, May 12 -- Residents of Makota Village in Kagoma Town Council, Jinja District, were left stunned after local leaders stepped into a domestic dispute where a woman had been living with two men i... Read More


Joy in Apac, silence in Lira as Museveni begins seventh term

Uganda, May 12 -- As President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for a seventh term on Tuesday, celebrations across Lango sub-region played out in stark contrast. In Apac, supporters flooded the streets i... Read More


Kasese, Rubirizi fishermen fear livelihood loss over 33-boat cap

Uganda, May 12 -- Fishing communities on Lake Edward, Lake George and the Kazinga Channel in Kasese and Rubirizi districts want the government to rethink a new fisheries directive limiting each landin... Read More


Bumpy roads delay growth in West Nile

Uganda, May 12 -- Dust rises in soft clouds behind trucks plying the Nebbi-Goli road as they struggle on the murram stretch linking Nebbi to Zombo District. Every bump on the road tells a painful sto... Read More


Church of Uganda begins mass land titling to block encroachers

Uganda, May 12 -- The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has launched a nationwide mass titling exercise for all Church of Uganda land across its 39 dioceses to protect it from encroache... Read More


Kabarole communities adopt new nutrition drive to combat child stunting

Uganda, May 12 -- Households in Kabarole District are taking malnutrition into their own hands, setting up kitchen gardens and village nutrition groups to make sure children get enough nutritious food... Read More