Kenyans seeking to protect their homes, land, businesses and other assets from family succession disputes can now turn to a new legal framework governing trusts in the country.The Trust Administration Act, 2026, which was assented to by President William Ruto on September 8, introduces a consolidated framework for the creation, registration, incorporation, administration and dissolution of trusts in Kenya.The new law is particularly important for families that use trusts to hold property, company shares and other assets and want to determine how those assets will be managed and passed on to beneficiaries.A properly structured family trust is a legal arrangement where a person places assets under the control of trustees to manage them for the benefit of specified beneficiaries or purposes, potentially reducing disputes over the property when the person who established the trust dies.This can be particularly useful for families with valuable land, rental properties or businesses, where disagreements over inheritance can delay the distribution or management of assets.Unlike property that forms part of a person's ordinary estate, assets properly transferred to a trust are managed according to the terms of the trust, meaning the founder can set out how beneficiaries should benefit from them.However, creating a trust does not automatically protect every asset from succession disputes, creditors or other legal claims. The protection depends on how the trust is established, the assets transferred into it and how the trustees administer it.The new law also changes the level of transparency expected from trusts, requiring trustees to maintain information on beneficial owners and lodge the relevant details with the Registrar.Beneficial ownership information may include the settlor, trustees, beneficiaries and other individuals who ultimately own, benefit from or exercise effective control over the trust, depending on the circumstances.Existing trusts will also have to adjust to the new framework, with incorporated trusts given 24 months from the commencement of the Act to lodge their beneficial ownership information with the Registrar.Trustees will consequently need to review their registration status, governance arrangements, beneficiaries and records to ensure that their structures comply with the new requirements.For Kenyans considering a trust as part of succession planning, the new law therefore offers a formal framework for preserving family assets while introducing greater accountability and transparency over who controls and benefits from them.
Read briefing The new monarch has long been a familiar face in the East African nation, where for many he was known not as the heir to the throne, but as a storyteller: a long-serving anchor and editor at the state broadcaster.But the 56-year-old – now King Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo I – has become the subject of media attention himself as his rise to the Tooro throne sparked controversy and widespread reactions beyond the country.Tooro is one of Uganda’s four main officially recognised historical kingdoms. For the last 31 years, it had been headed by King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who was once known as a “boy king”, after ascending to the throne as an infant.Oyo became king in 1995 at the age of just three, following the death of his father. Then the world’s youngest monarch, he ruled until he died last month from cancer, aged just 34.The coronation is a day for celebration, involving traditional practices that started at midnight. Kijanangoma has had to perform various ceremonies and walk about 4km (2.5 miles) to the official Karuziika royal palace where he has now been crowned.The Tooro kingdom’s Information Minister Charles Mwanguhya told the BBC Focus on Africa podcast that a mock fight would follow his crowning, to signify that kingship does not come easy.Kijanangoma would then be blessed by members of the royal Babiito clan, he said.According to tradition, a recognised son of the late king should have succeeded him. Close members of the royal family said Oyo had left a young son and a will with instructions that the child should be next on the throne.But the son has never been revealed to the public and nor was he recognised by the committee of 21 Babiito clan members who choose the king and eventually selected Kijanangoma.The late King Oyo was never publicly married, and little is known about his wife or their son.Nonetheless his mother, Queen Best Kemigisa, argued that the late king’s will ought to have been respected.However, the royal succession committee ignored her wishes, insisting their selection process was conducted in accordance with Tooro customs and traditions.The new king has thus found himself at the centre of a succession dispute, with Kemigisa and her close relatives unhappy with the outcome.Kemigisa referred to Kijanangoma’s selection as the “announcement of a second king” being “made after the will of King Oyo was read to members of the royal family”.“As a mother, that was extraordinarily painful,” she said, describing celebrations for the next king taking place “only metres from where my son’s body lay”.The queen later said Oyo’s son, who was in the US state of Texas, had been due to return home but that could not happen amid a “tense and polarised succession dispute”.“No child should be placed in circumstances where returning to his father’s homeland could mean being drawn into hostility and conflict,” Kemigisa asserted in a post on X.But according to the Tooro kingdom’s information minister, the son being talked about “hasn’t been presented anywhere, which means there is a growing acceptance that sad as it may be, King Oyo didn’t leave a son behind”.While King Oyo inherited the crown from his father, Mwanguhya told the BBC “the crown has moved to a different line within the ruling clan”.A king must come from the Babiito clan, specifically the lineage of King George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, according to royal palace sources.Kijanangoma and the late King Oyo are cousins. Both are grandsons of Rukidi III, the 11th king, or Omukama, who ruled the Tooro kingdom from 1928 to 1965.Kijanangoma was among several people who were considered for the role, including Prince George Desmond Kamurasi, who plays football for one of the UK’s best-known amateur clubs.According to the succession committee, the South East Dons captain and goalkeeper declined the offer of the throne, citing other responsibilities.After he was formally announced, Kijanangoma promised that the palace would be open to the people, while vowing to focus on unity and development.“I ask you for one thing – they have given me this title as king but I cannot work alone, I have to work with you,” he said.Uganda’s traditional kings have no formal political authority, but they retain cultural influence and command significant loyalty in the communities they lead.The country is home to four main kingdoms, the largest and most prominent being Buganda in the central region, which encompasses the capital Kampala.The kingdoms were abolished in 1967, but the government under President Yoweri Museveni restored them in the early 1990s.The government said this was to promote cultural pride and national unity, but the move has also been interpreted as a way of appeasing communities and fostering political loyalty.Amid the succession dispute, the government backed the Babiito clan’s choice of Kijanangoma. Attorney General Sam Mayanja said the Tooro kingdom was cleared to go ahead with the coronation, as there had not been a formal complaint against him.
Read briefing A US ban on several Canadian imports, including alcohol, dairy and motorcycles, has come into effect as a trade war between the two neighbours drags on.The latest measure by the Trump administration is in response to Canada’s implementation of tariffs on a range of US goods earlier this month following a breakdown in trade talks.Canada is not expected to retaliate further, with Prime Minister Mark Carney saying earlier this month that the impact the import bans will have on Canada’s economy is “modest”.Trade talks remain on ice, with US trade representative Jamieson Greer telling CNBC recently that President Donald Trump is “comfortable” with his current relationship with Canada.“They call us now and then and we have good conversations about potential deals. But there’s no urgency on our side,” Greer said of relations with Canada in an interview with the US network last week.Tuesday’s trade ban applies to nearly C$1bn ($710m; £530m) worth of Canadian liquor exported to the US, as well as whey products used in protein powder.Motorcycle exports to the US will also be impacted, though Canada only sent about 5,000 motorcycles south of the border in 2025 that were worth about C$120m, according to national data by Statistics Canada, meaning the impact would be limited.The import bans were first announced by Trump in a series of executive orders signed on 8 September. In them, Trump said the measures are in response to “continued discrimination” by Canada on US dairy, automotives and alcohol.Speaking to reports on Monday, he accused Canada of “treating the United States very unfairly”. “They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world,” Trump said.Carney said earlier this month that the bans “are relatively modest measures” when compared to other trade actions the US has imposed on Canada.He acknowledged, however, that the bans will hurt certain businesses and sectors that are directly targeted.Derek Holt, an economist with Canadian bank Scotiabank, wrote in an analysis that “these actions are face-saving by the US administration, not substantive in nature and that’s a positive”.About 93% of all Canadian liquor exports in 2025 were sold to the US. Spirits Canada, a group representing Canadian liquor producers, has said the consequences to the industry “could be significant”.US liquor producers also warned of consequences, with the Distilled Spirits Council writing that the import ban “will ripple throughout the US hospitality sector” as businesses gear up for the holiday season.Last week, dozens of American liquor producers penned an open letter to Trump urging him to resolve the ongoing trade dispute with Canada with respect to alcohol.Economists and businesses in Canada have also warned that the bans will add uncertainty to the future of country’s trade relationship with the US, its largest trade partner.In addition to these latest import bans, the US has imposed 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, including dairy, alcohol, steel and aluminium products, as well as 25% tariffs on Canadian-built cars. Canada in return has placed retaliatory tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on more than 700 US products, as well as a 25% levy on certain steel and aluminium products. Most Canadian provinces have also stopped selling US liquor.Tariffs – taxes paid on imported goods – are central to Trump’s economic agenda, who argues that they raise government revenue and encourage consumers to buy American-made goods.Economists, however, argue that they have raised prices of everyday goods for consumers and have disrupted the global economy.Email your news TIPS to Editor@Kahawatungu.com — this is our only official communication channel
Read briefing The High Court in Nairobi convicted four men over the killing of former Kabete MP George Muchai and his three bodyguards.The court found the four accused guilty on all counts arising from the violent robbery and killing of Muchai and his security team.Muchai, who was serving as the Kabete Member of Parliament at the time, was killed alongside his bodyguards in an incident that shocked the country.Justice Kanyi Kimondo of Milimani High Court convicted Erick Munyera Isabwa, Raphael Kimani Gacii, Mustafa Kimani Anyonyi, and Stephen Asitiva Lipapo for the four counts of murder.The four are already serving death sentences at Kamiti Maximum Prison for the offence of Robbery with violence.The particulars of the offence is that on the night of February 6 and 7 2015, along Kenyatta Avenue within Nairobi County, they jointly murdered George Mukuru Muchai, Police Constable Samuel Kimathi Kailikia, Police ConsSamuel Lekakeny Matanta, and Police Constable Stephen Ituu Wambugu.The four accused persons were convicted after the High Court established that the Prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt by demonstrating that the accused persons acted with a common purpose.Among those who testified was Ronald Nyangaresi, a newspaper vendor on Kenyatta Avenue, who said that on the night of the incident at around 3.40am, a vehicle stopped and the late Muchai, a regular customer for 10 years, asked for newspapers.As he prepared to hand over some newspapers, another saloon car blocked Muchai’s vehicle before a masked man carrying a G3 rifle emerged from the co-driver’s side, and shots rang out.Muchai’s wife, Susan Nyawira Muchai, and her sister, Judy Wanjiku Ngige, told the court they were travelling in a vehicle ahead of Muchai’s car after leaving Galileo Lounge in Westlands.They stopped after noticing that Hon. Muchai’s vehicle had stopped and heard gunshots. They found the four occupants shot, with the vehicle’s windows shattered.Michael Ngatia Gituto testified that his Nissan Sunny, KBF 796A, was carjacked at about 10:00pm on February 6, 2015, along Waiyaki Way. He said the vehicle was later used to block Muchai’s car.Gladys Waithera and her sister Irene Wambui also testified that they were carjacked, blindfolded, and forced into the boot of their vehicle.They said the vehicle stopped at one point and they heard four or five gunshots before they were abandoned at Kamandura near Tigoni.Ballistics examiner Alex M. Mwadawiro and CCTV analyst Inspector Jackson Cheboi also testified.Inspector Cheboi produced CCTV footage containing 35 number plates captured near Kenyatta Avenue.Four autopsy reports produced by Dr. Johansen Oduor showed that the victims died from gunshot wounds caused by a high-velocity firearm fired at close range.The court has ordered for their previous records to be obtained and for the Probation Department to prepare the Pre-sentence report and Victim Impact Statements.Email your news TIPS to Editor@Kahawatungu.com — this is our only official communication channel
Read briefing CAP Freedom of Conscience has raised the case for the founder and leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Chairman Lee Man-hee at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR). The organisation said the 95-year old a veteran of the Korean War has been detained on non-violent charges and is in pretrial detention at the Seoul Detention Center in the Republic of Korea. During the oral statement delivered during the general debate under Item 3 of the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council on September 18, 2026 and which is devoted to the promotion and protection of all human rights, CAP Freedom of Conscience expressed serious concern regarding what it said appeared to be a politically driven and discriminatory investigation targeting a religious minority, as well as the conditions of detention. Despite his fixed residence and the absence of any flight risk, the organisation Chairman Lee was held in cells without air conditioning during Seoul’s most severe heatwave, raising grave concerns for the health of a 95-year-old detainee. The statement recalls that such treatment runs counter to the Republic of Korea’s international obligations: Article 9 of the ICCPR requires detention to be necessary and proportionate; Article 10 guarantees humane treatment; the Nelson Mandela Rules entitle detainees to healthcare equivalent to that available in the community; the Tokyo Rules make...
Read briefing The leading mobile money platform M-Pesa transacted Sh41.7 trillion in the year to March 2026.
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Read briefing MOMBASA, Kenya, Sep 29 — Kenya and Rwanda have activated a new government-backed route for bulk petroleum imports through the Northern Corridor, with the arrival of a 40,000-metric-tonne cargo in Mombasa marking the first shipment under the new framework. The maiden consignment, carried by MT Sea Wolf, was received at the Kenya Pipeline Company’s Kipevu Oil Terminal 2 (KOT2) on Tuesday, opening a new supply route for Rwanda’s refined petroleum products through Kenya’s port, pipeline and storage infrastructure. Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary James Opiyo Wandayi said the agreement could significantly increase petroleum volumes transiting the Northern Corridor, with the two countries projecting a tenfold growth over the coming years. “This framework is projected to grow the volume of petroleum products moving through our Northern Corridor to Rwanda tenfold over the coming years,” Wandayi said. “That is a vote of confidence, not just in a pipeline or a port, but in Kenya as a nation, in our institutions, our regulatory environment and our ability to deliver on our word.” The development gives Kenya a larger role in Rwanda’s fuel supply chain while positioning the Northern Corridor as a key route for the landlocked country’s petroleum imports. Wandayi said the arrangement would further strengthen Kenya’s position as a regional energy and logistics hub. “It cements ou...
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Read briefing Lawyers representing three main suspects in the murder of Dr. Victoria Mutiso have withdrawn from the case following a disagreement with their clients.Defense lawyers Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta told the High Court in Nairobi on Tuesday, September 29, that they no longer wished to represent the accused persons.According to the lawyers, they had come to court prepared to argue the bail applications but encountered issues that they said had not formed part of the strategy agreed with their clients."Our intention was very good, it was very bona fide, for the purposes of getting our clients on board as early as possible. We wanted to do the bail application today," the lawyers stated.However, upon reaching the court, additional allegations and issues were introduced, including claims of torture, bribery and tribalism, which they had not previously discussed with their clients as part of the bail application."We walk into court knowing that today is a bail application, but another application that has been filed today tries to bring about a bail application, whereby the state looks at it, says that they have got issues that have been raised that are very weighty. There are allegations of bribery, there are allegations of torture," the lawyers added.According to the lawyers, the withdrawal was driven by the best interests of their clients, disputing claims that they were looking for publicity in the case that has captured the attention of the wider public."We don't do it for the sake of money or publicity. We are not interested in that. It is in the best interest of the client. And if we are not going to agree, the best interest of the client right now was that we withdraw," the lawyers said.Following their application to stop representing the accused, Omari, Ombeta, and other legal minds were allowed by the court to cease acting for the three accused persons after the suspects did not object to their withdrawal.The three suspects are accused together with two police officers of coordinating, planning and executing Mutiso's murder on July 29.During the court session on Tuesday, all the accused persons pleaded not guilty of he charges, with the judge setting October 6 for the hearing of the bail application.The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) was also given three days to file and serve an affidavit responding to the bail application.Dr Victoria Mutiso, a prominent clinical psychologist, was killed in Nairobi on July 29, after her taxi was ambushed at a road junction by armed attackers on a motorcycle and in a vehicle; a gunman opened fire, and she died shortly after at the hospital.Investigators have linked the killing to a long-running land dispute, allegedly orchestrated by relatives who hired hitmen, including police officers.
Read briefing NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 29 — Kirinyaga WomanRepresentative Maina Njeri has called for endometriosis to be treated as a public health and economic issue, urging the Government to integrate its diagnosis and treatment into Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) framework.Njeri told the National Assembly that thousands of women and girls affected by the chronic condition continue to suffer prolonged pain, delayed diagnosis and financial hardship because of limited awareness and inadequate access to specialised care.She said the condition, which causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus to grow outside the uterus, is frequently mistaken for ordinary menstrual pain despite potentially causing severe pelvic pain, excessive bleeding, fatigue and infertility.“Endometriosis is therefore not merely a private medical concern, it is a public-health, social and economic issue that affects the dignity, equality and well-being of women and girls,” Njeri said in a General Statement to the House.The legislator said women affected by the condition can spend years moving between health facilities before receiving an accurate diagnosis, with the resulting pain affecting their education, employment and household finances.Njeri called for endometriosis care to be incorporated into the UHC agenda and covered through the Social Health Authority (SHA), alongside efforts to take specialised services closer to patients.“There is an urgent need to integrate endometriosis care into the Universal Health Coverage agenda, provide appropriate coverage under the Social Health Authority, and decentralize diagnostic and specialised treatment services to county and regional referral facilities across the country,” she said.She also urged the Government to strengthen training for healthcare workers and develop clear national guidelines covering diagnosis, referral, treatment and long-term management.Njeri said the country also needed research to establish the prevalence of endometriosis and quantify its socioeconomic impact on affected women, families and the wider economy.The call comes as access to specialised healthcare remains more difficult for women living outside major urban centres, where diagnostic and treatment services are less readily available.Njeri also called for a shift in Kenya’s menstrual-health messaging, arguing that public education should go beyond access to sanitary products to help women and girls identify symptoms that require medical attention.“Our menstrual-health agenda should go beyond access to sanitary products,” she said, calling for initiatives to ensure women and girls understand that “severe or incapacitating menstrual pain is not normal” and should be reported to healthcare providers.She said earlier recognition of symptoms could help reduce the prolonged suffering experienced by women who remain undiagnosed.Njeri further paid tribute to the late media personality and endometriosis campaigner Mary Njambi Koikai, popularly known as Jahmby Koikai, whose public account of living with the condition helped raise awareness in Kenya.“She transformed her personal suffering into advocacy and gave countless Kenyan women the courage to also speak up about their own pain,” Njeri said.She urged the Government to turn the increased awareness generated by advocacy into concrete measures for early diagnosis, affordable treatment and wider access to specialised care.“The greatest homage we can pay to her and to every woman living with endometriosis is to translate endometriosis awareness into meaningful policy and accessible
Read briefing The officers had covered their faces and refused to identify themselves when challenged by the human rights team.
Read briefing The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has outlined how Kenyans living abroad can apply for and obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct without travelling back to Kenya.During the Nairobi International Trade Fair 2026 on Tuesday, September 29, Principal Criminal Registrar W.N. Kirai said the process requires applicants to log into their eCitizen accounts and submit an application for the certificate. After making the required payment, applicants are expected to download the relevant forms and present themselves at a Kenyan embassy, high commission or consulate in the country where they reside. Their fingerprints are then captured and sent to Kenya through diplomatic channels for processing. Once the fingerprints reach the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, they are received by the relevant authorities and forwarded for analysis. The DCI then processes the fingerprints and generates the Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) online through eCitizen. For foreign nationals who previously lived in Kenya but are now abroad, they must provide documentation showing their immigration status in Kenya, such as a work permit, dependent pass, diplomatic card or student pass. Those applicants are required to create an eCitizen account if they do not already have one and upload the relevant immigration documents for approval on the DCI portal. After the directorate approves the application, the applicant makes the required payment, downloads the application forms and receipt, and visits a Kenyan diplomatic mission for fingerprint capture.DCI then processes the fingerprints and generates the certificate online through eCitizen, with remarks provided according to each applicant’s status. Foreign nationals currently living in Kenya follow a similar application process but have their fingerprints captured at a Huduma Centre instead of a diplomatic mission. Applicants should note that, following a September 10 announcement by Huduma Kenya, payments for the certificates will expire after six months, giving applicants that period to present themselves for biometric capture.Currently, DCI said it is providing information and PCC services at its stand during the Nairobi International Trade Fair at Jamhuri Park Showground running until October 4.
Read briefing The falling yields is a signal of Kenya’s opportunity to raise cash cheaply in the internal capital markets through instruments like Eurobond.
Read briefing Sacco membership also continued to expand in the period under review, increasing to 7.87 million in 2025 from 7.39 million in 2024.
Read briefing ODM Party Leader Oburu Oginga at Lake Naivasha Resort during a broad-based Government retreat on August 10, 2026. He is back in the country after a three-week stay in the UK for medical attention.Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Dr Oburu Oginga is back in the country after a three-week stay in the United Kingdom for medical attention.He returns to a busy political and party calendar that will place him at the centre of events marking the first anniversary of the death of his younger brother, Raila Odinga.Dr Oginga returned to the country last Friday, September 25, with the party announcing his return the following day and saying the Siaya Senator was ready to resume his responsibilities.His return comes at a critical moment for ODM which has lined up a month-long programme to honour Raila, its founding leader, as it navigates a changed political landscape following his death in India on October 15, 2025.Dubbed “Mwezi wa Baba”, the programme will begin on Friday, October 2, with a nationwide candle-lighting ceremony and include rallies and memorial activities in different parts of the country before culminating in Nairobi on October 31.Dr Oginga therefore returns to a party preparing for one of its most politically significant periods since Raila's death.During his absence, ODM has operated under the stewardship of National Chairperson Gladys Wanga, who has led a series of activities, including mobilisation in the Maa community and Nyanza.His absence was particularly conspicuous during President William Ruto's recent five-day tour of Nyanza, where Ms Wanga and other senior ODM officials accompanied the President and openly backed the broad-based government arrangement.The tour provided a snapshot of the political direction taken by a section of ODM under Dr Oginga's leadership since Raila's death.Ms Wanga told President Ruto during the tour that almost the entire ODM leadership in Nyanza was present, with only one senior leader missing — an apparent reference to Dr Oginga, who was then in the UK.President Ruto used the tour to emphasise his relationship with ODM and his intention to continue working with the party as part of the broad-based government.“I want to assure you, as the national leader and as a student of the late Raila Odinga, that we will walk together. ODM and UDA are not competitors; they are partners in the broad-based government,” Dr Ruto said in Kisumu.ODM party leader Dr Oburu Oginga. He is in the United Kingdom for medical attention.Dr Oginga's return now gives him an opportunity to take charge of the party's affairs as debate over ODM's future intensifies.ODM has planned activities across several regions, beginning with the October 2 candle-lighting ceremony. The party will hold a major memorial rally in Kakamega on October 9, followed by activities led by the Raila family between October 10 and 15.The main memorial service is scheduled for Kang'o Ka Jaramogi in Bondo on October 15, exactly one year after Raila's death.The programme will then move to Garissa on October 17, the Coast on October 18 and 19, Kajiado on October 21 and Turkana between October 23 and 25 before concluding with a major rally in Nairobi on October 31.The anniversary preparations have, however, also exposed differences over who should lead the commemoration.Raila's widow, Mama Ida Odinga, has separately established a national steering committee to coordinate family-led celebrations.The committee, chaired by Prof Adams Oloo and deputised by Rarieda MP Dr Otiende Amollo, brings together representatives from government, political institutions, civil society, academia, the private sector and the Odinga family.Mama Ida said the celebrations would be about the people who loved Raila and that the family would retain a central role in determining partnerships and activities.“This celebration does not belong to the committee; it belongs to the people. Baba's people are all welcome,” she said.The family committee's programme is expected to run from October 10 to 17, overlapping with ODM's own month-long calendar.The parallel preparations have raised questions over the ownership and character of the anniversary, with ODM and the family organising separate programmes to honour the former Prime Minister.For Dr Oginga, therefore, the anniversary season will be both commemorative and politically consequential.Raila's death left ODM facing the difficult task of redefining itself without the politician who had dominated its identity for decades.Mama Ida Odinga and Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga during Raila Odinga’s funeral in Bondo, Siaya County.Dr Oginga, Raila's elder brother, took over the leadership of the party amid competing views about its political direction.The party has since become divided between leaders supporting continued cooperation with President Ruto under the broad-based government and those who have joined the Linda Mwananchi movement and positioned themselves in opposition.
Read briefing The growth in loans to agriculture signals a shift in how lenders view a sector long considered difficult to finance because farmers’ incomes are tied to rainfall, harvest cycles and...
Read briefing The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has intensified preparations at Manda Airstrip ahead of the East African Oil Refinery groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Wednesday. The facility has been undergoing major rehabilitation to enhance its capacity, safety and operational efficiency ahead of the milestone. The rehabilitation works include runway improvements, construction of a passenger walkway and expansion of the aircraft parking apron, aimed at strengthening the airstrip’s capacity to accommodate increased aircraft and passenger movements. KAA Managing Director Moses Wekesa, said the the improvements are meant to enable the facility to effectively handle anticipated increase in aircraft and passenger movements. “We are pleased by the progress of the rehabilitation works at Manda Airstrip. Our focus is to ensure that the facility is fully ready to safely and efficiently handle the anticipated increase in aircraft and passenger movements during this important event,” said Wekesa. Lamu is expected to welcome Heads of State and Government, over 400 VIPs, senior Government officials, investors and other distinguished guests for the landmark ceremony, resulting in increased activity at the county’s aviation gateway. The improvements at Manda Airstrip are expected to enhance operational capacity while improving the overall passenger experience and supporting safe and efficient aircr...
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Read briefing The Net-Metering Regulations of 2024 allow prosumers with power plants whose capacity does not exceed one Megawatt (MW) to ink agreements with Kenya Power.
Read briefing OpenAI has announced it will not release its latest AI model due to safety concerns. Its GPT-6.1 Astra system, which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself, “didn’t quite meet the bar” of the company’s standards, according to Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI. The ChatGPT-maker also issued an update on incidents that occurred in June but were not made public until last week, where its models accessed Australian government websites and systems without authorisation. It comes as breaches by major AI firms’ models intensify the debate about risks posed by the tech – with Anthropic underlining its concerns AI might threaten humanity as it prepares to go public. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the AI developer – which makes ChatGPT-rival Claude – plans to warn potential investors in its Initial Public Offering (IPO) that the tech may pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity”, according to a prospectus it has seen. Despite the stark warnings, the company is expected to become one of the most valuable in the world when it goes public. “I think it’s kind of crazy that companies are continuing to push forward with developing these capabilities when we’ve already seen over the last couple of months of incidents that they’re nowhere near safe and controlled enough”, said Jess Whittlestone, a senior advisor on AI policy for the Centre for Long...
Read briefing President William Ruto says the groundbreaking of the Ksh2 trillion East Africa Refinery in Lamu will proceed as planned on Wednesday. The President is expected to lead the groundbreaking ceremony at Lamu Port, which will bring together several regional leaders and other dignitaries. Speaking during the issuance of title deeds to residents in Kilifi on Tuesday, Ruto said the refinery will transform Kenya’s economy and create thousands of jobs. “By God’s grace, Inshallah, tomorrow we will launch the Sh2 trillion refinery in Lamu. I want to tell you that this refinery will transform a large part of our national economy,” Ruto said. The President accused those opposing the project of attempting to undermine investment through court cases and public statements. “There are people who think they can sabotage the investment in this refinery. I have seen them trying all sorts of things on social media and at press conferences. I want to tell them that you cannot deceive us all the time,” he said. Ruto also criticised what he described as past attempts by brokers to frustrate major investments in Kenya, saying such actions had cost the country potential projects. He cited Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote’s previous plans to establish a cement plant in Kenya, which he said were frustrated by disputes over shares and other conditions. Ruto also referred to plans for Uganda to build a cr...
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