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The public must obtain permits before transporting forest products, KFS warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 24, 2025

The clarification came after a company in Sabatia, Vihiga County, questioned the legality of an arrest involving the transportation of bamboo.

Rwanda receives genocide fugitive deported from US
XINHUA  |  Mar 05, 2025

About 1 million people, mostly of the Tutsi community and moderate Hutus, were killed in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi by Hutu extremists in a s...

Kenyans turn to Lipa polepole to afford smartphones amid high costs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 03, 2025

KNBS revealed that the number of people using Lipa polepole services has increased dramatically, from 579,242 in 2021 to 1,751,994 in 2024.

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during short rains season –  study
The Conversation  |  Mar 13, 2024

In the last few months of 2023, the rainy season was much wetter than normal, bringing severe flooding to Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

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