Shipping & Logistics Court stops building of second grains terminal at Mombasa port Wednesday August 18 2021 Containers at the Port of Mombasa on March 2, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG By SAM KIPLAGATMore by this Author Summary Okiya Omtatah says KPA flouted the procurement process to award licence to a firm associated with a prominent Mombasa politician. Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has been stopped from awarding a licence to Portside Freight Terminals Limited for the development of a second grain bulk handling facility at the Port of Mombasa.High Court judge Reuben Nyakundi suspended the plans pending the determination of…
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(PHOTO: Direct Maintenance) Direct Maintenance, a certified line maintenance service provider and part of Magnetic MRO, announced the recent expansion of their partnership agreement with China Southern Airlines, taking over full technical handling of the operator’s fleet line maintenance services in Nairobi, Kenya. “This is the first time a Chinese aircraft has been fully handled by an authorised third-party line maintenance provider in Africa, “ said Jacco Klerk, managing director at Direct Maintenance. Since 2015 Direct Maintenance has provided line maintenance technical support and related logistics services for A330 on the Changsha-Nairobi route for China Southern Airlines. “Direct Maintenance has…
Ajani handmade came to be after realizing a gap in the local Kenyan beauty industry. Our products are developed to cater to natural and conscious self-care and lifestyle practices.They are a social enterprise aimed at catering to the demands of a growing natural and organic hair and skin care market. Ajani messages are socially rooted in challenging socially imposed beauty ideals. Through their work, they act as a platform for empowerment for women. Some of Ajani handmade products Ajani handmade target nurturing self acceptance by redefining mainstream standards of beauty by celebrating differences in physical make up and advocating for safe and…
Issued on: 18/08/2021 – 16:57 At least seven people have died in flash flooding that hit the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa after torrential rains, officials said on Wednesday. Images from the capital showed firefighters wading through brown water to inspect flooded houses and in one instance walking through sludge with a stretcher to remove a body.Houses and cars were submerged by the waters following the downpour which pelted several neighborhoods of Addis Ababa on Tuesday, causing chaos.Mayor Adanech Abiebie said on Twitter after visiting affected areas that there had been “heavy” damage caused by the flooding, but gave no further…
Pencils scratch as students in year eight feverishly work through an exam paper. At the back of the classroom, Clara Edna Chevambo, 37, a minute figure in hand-me-down clothes, finishes first and hands her paper to the teacher. As she leaves, her 11-year-old daughter is arriving for afternoon class. A vegetable farmer who supported, clothed and fed five children, her mother and her grandmother, Chevambo is now living in a borrowed tent in a camp, one of the ones with something to do to fill a few hours.“I’m in school every day, and I don’t want to miss class. I…
Given the restrictions necessitated by the spread of the coronavirus, the organiser of last weekend’s Dakar Fashion Week, held in the country’s capital, got creative by hosting it beneath the trees in an ancient baobab forest.The 18th edition of Dakar Fashion Week was initially cancelled outright due to coronavirus restrictions, but organiser Adama Ndiaye came up with a creative alternative hosting the show outdoors instead of indoors.Fashion Under The Baobab TreesThe result was a single magical day of sustainable and eco-responsible fashion in the baobab forest of Senegal’s Bandia Reserve.“With COVID we had to be creative, I had to find solutions,…
Issued on: 18/08/2021 – 05:13 The UN health agency said Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly Ebola virus had been detected in Ivory Coast. World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said that as of Monday, there had been one confirmed and one suspected case, with nine contacts identified so far. No deaths have been reported.He said the WHO was “very concerned” about the ability of the virus to spread in the West African country’s economic hub Abidjan, with a population of more than four million.Ebola, which is transmitted through close contact with bodily fluids,…
Kenya’s elites, including the church, use ponzi schemes for predatory accumulation and Kenyans will continue to see their dreams deferred if the law doesn’t change. Nairobi. Photo by Yonko Kilasi on Unsplash. As precarity grows worldwide, many in Kenya are turning to Ponzi schemes that lure them with the promise of inclusive borrowing conditions and returns that will help them realize their dreams. Instead they are the subject of a predatory accumulation that scatters their aspirations, prompts debt and even suicide. The post is republished from The Elephant, the Kenyan news and information website, and is part of a series…
Naspers Ltd updatesSign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Naspers Ltd news. Naspers punches both above and below its weight. Rather like a South African SoftBank, it pulled off a truly terrific coup. Twenty years ago, the investment business paid $32m for a 31 per cent stake in Tencent. The Chinese internet group went on to become one of the world’s 10 most valuable companies. There is another similarity with the Japanese tech group: Naspers has consistently traded at a big discount to net asset value.Unlike SoftBank, location might be one reason. Naspers is…
Mothers are a special breed of humans who are both selfless and sacrificial. They put their children first at most times even before themselves and are responsible not only for the upkeep of the home but for raising responsible beings. For generations, many mothers have had to play multiple roles as they juggled between working jobs and taking care of the household to keep the family intact. So, we ought to celebrate mothers everywhere! The least that one could really do is show some love and appreciation for the one who gave birth to or raised you on this Mother’s…