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Striking RVR workers at the Nairobi Railway station. Picture: Anthony Omuya
  Troubled RVR in quiet talks with investors, as it seeks an exit plan
Faced with a protracted strike by its unionisable employees, the tribulations of the Rift Valley Railways Ltd (RVR) appear to be worsening by the day. RVR was contracted more than a year ago by the Kenya and Uganda governments to own and run the 900-kilometre Kenya-Uganda railway connecting the port of Mombasa with landlocked Uganda under a 25-year concession — The EastAfrican has learnt that ...
Uganda brokers, dealers plan boycott of the USE
Tanzanians to pay much more for power


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Tanzanians to pay much more for power
Tanzania may have to implement another electricity tariff increase later this year to enable power utility, Tanesco, to operate profitably.
Dar to spend $35m on natural gas project
The Tanzanian government will spend $35 million to set up a natural gas project in Dar es Salaam to solve the country’s fuel crisis. The natural gas.
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Kenya Energy ministry moves to mend ties with Indian investors
Kenya’s Energy minister has moved to assure Indian petroleum sector industrialists that it is still keen on...
Outgrowers to boost cotton production in Tanzania
Cotton ginners in Tanzania will from this year contract outgrowers to boost cotton production.
Newcomer Liberty Life upstages industry giants
Barely one year in Uganda, Johannesburg-based multinational life insurance giant Liberty Life...
Editorial Commentary CARTOON

Ali lost chance to start reforms WHEN KENYA’S POLICE COMMISSIONER MAJOR-General Hussein Ali last week appeared before the commission investigating the post-election violence that rocked Kenya early in the...

Are corporates about to own govts and end democracy?
If you want to know what is going to in the East African telecommunications market in the near future, look no further than Kenya.
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