East Africa News

[Nairobi News] Kenyan actor Pascal Tokodi is over the moon after getting a nod in the 7th Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards.

[East African] Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has hinted at firing more ministers in the coming days, accusing them of lying, carelessness and indiscipline.

[East African] Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has signed a law that gives the central government powers to sell the country's oil blocks for commercial drilling, giving his administration full control of the unexploited crude deposits.

[East African] Safaricom has opened talks with undisclosed investors to form a consortium that will this year bid for one of two Ethiopian telecoms licences due to the high entry costs that are likely to breach the Ksh100 billion ($1 billion) mark.

[East African] Uganda's Central Bank has kept its policy rate at nine per cent at its first Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2020. This reflects opportunities for stronger credit growth and a stable exchange rate but falls short of being an economic stimulus.

[Nairobi News] Former Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been released on a Sh1 million cash bail amid investigations into the Sh40 billion arms fraud case.

[Nation] The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will tomorrow (Wednesday) hold a full sitting amid a looming crisis at the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal over lack of judges due to a protracted stalemate caused by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

[Nation] Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya has been implicated in the Mau Forest encroachment saga.

[Nation] The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has placed some of the people that will testify against Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko under witness protection.

[Nation] Kakamega Homeboyz coach Nicholas Muyoti was on Tuesday named the January Fidelity Insurance Coach of the Month.

[Nation] Fourteen officials from Harambee House Annex, the building that houses the office of the Deputy President, have been identified for questioning by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) as more explosive details about the Sh40 billion fake arms deal continue to unravel.

[Nation] A security officer at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport who was sacked for being disrespectful to Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has suffered a blow after her case was dismissed by the court.

[Nation] Cash strapped AFC Leopards have been ordered to repair the damages their fans caused at the Moi Interactional Sports Centre, Kasarani three months ago before they are allowed to host their matches at the refurbished Nyayo stadium.

[Addis Standard] Some 400 people remain displaced in the outskirts of Manda town, Elidaar woreda, zone 1, Afar region for more than 7 years now. They fled Akule, their areas of origin, along the Eritrean border mainly due to a recurrent drought but also to some extent due to sporadic tensions within the pastoralist communities along the border. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who live in Bora site of Elidaar woreda had always hoped that they would go back to their areas of origin one day, but the opportunity had no

[Addis Fortune] The tribunal is expected to be operational in three years.

[Nairobi News] Olympics marathon champion and world record holder Eliud Kipchoge on Monday night lost the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award to Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and footballer Lionel Messi.

[Dalsan Radio] Had President Farmajo visited Somaliland, he would not only have made history but also won international acclaim for seeking peace with the break away state.

[Nation] The effluent discharge point is carefully hidden deep inside a thicket, about 200 metres away from the busy Kisumu-Busia highway. It took us more than an hour walking in circles along a small stream that meanders into Kisat River to finally find it.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Maua -In drought-prone central Kenya, a farmers' cooperative is growing resilient sweet potato and making popular bakery products with it

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda may have bitten more than he could chew today, February 17, 2020, when he sought to praise the impact of a pro-poor government programme.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The population of Tanzanian households that live in extreme poverty has gone down by two percentage points during the past eight years, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

[Citizen] Arusha -Declining prices of coffee in the world market is partly due to increased production in South America. This has significantly impacted the East African Community (EAC) region where coffee is among the leading export commodities.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -The next East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit is scheduled for Feb. 28 and it is expected that Rwandan President Paul Kagame who has had a tumultuous term as chair will handover to a successor.

[New Times] At approximately 5a.m., Monday morning, a police officer at Remere Police Station in Kigali discovered gospel singer, Kizito Mihigo's lifeless body hanging from a window of his cell.

[Monitor] As you sit at home or in a hotel, drinking that glass of water, you could be putting your life at risk since some of it, whose source is Lake Victoria, may be contaminated.

[Monitor] Kampala -Police have said they have not yet received instructions to respond to Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine's, notice to resume consultative meetings for his 2021 presidential candidature.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya Sunday appealed for patience from Kenyans in locust-infested counties saying the government had upscaled ongoing efforts to contain desert locusts.

[CIO] The parliament of Ethiopia recently passed a law imposing jail terms for people whose internet posts stir unrest, a move the government says is needed to prevent violence ahead of elections.

[New Times] The United Kingdom is seeking to enter into a trade pact with the East African Community member countries.

[DW] Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok sat down with DW's Aya Ibrahim to discuss the country's transitional period, issues of inner peace and justice and how countries like Germany can help Sudan during this phase.