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Kenya

Population: 52.44m
GDP: $104bn
Debt: 73% of GDP (2024)

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Cross-party talks open, carrots provided

A new cross-party committee will strengthen ambitious politicians and steer clear of the cost-of-living crisis

The prospect of a political deal between President William Ruto and opposition Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga is unsettling some of their followers and allies who fear...


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Ruto sets sights on port privatisation scheme

The government wants to revive commercial deals on state assets to raise more revenue to pay off debts

President William Ruto's government has revived a plan to concession sections of Lamu, Kisumu and Mombasa ports in a bid to raise up to US$10 billion from private...

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Nairobi vies for green capital status

William Ruto advances his own, and Kenya's interests, but fails to pull in much climate finance from industrial economies

Having spent much of the first year of his presidency staking out the ground as one of Africa's leading voices on climate change and energy policy, Kenya's William...


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Nairobi inquiry on British army conduct reopens old wounds

The terms of a new defence treaty between London and Nairobi are about to be tested in public

Relations between London and Nairobi are likely to be strained by a parliamentary inquiry to assess accusations of human rights abuse by British soldiers based in northern Kenya...

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Ruto backtracks on fuel price rise

The President has frozen gasoline prices as he tries to balance revenue-saving commitments to the IMF against protests over the cost of living 

President William Ruto has executed a small but significant U-turn by unpicking plans to increase the cost of fuel. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced on...

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Kenyan cops vs Haitian gangs

Kenya's offer to send 1,000 police to help train and assist the Haitian National Police in the Caribbean state's battle against criminal gangs has been warmly welcomed by...


The street takes on State House

Bolstered by another billion from the IMF, President Ruto reckons he can face down a militant but uncoordinated opposition

Austerity economics and street protests are dominating William Ruto's first term in the presidency after he rejected restructuring Kenya's debts in favour of two years of fiscal belt-tightening....


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Court blocks housing levy as new taxes bite

Some of those who voted for William Ruto report buyers' remorse as economic conditions worsen

Kenyans are bracing themselves for two years of budgetary austerity but the scale of the hit to payslips will be delayed after the Supreme Court blocked the Finance...

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