Kenya's economic growth is still depressed but signs of recovery are starting to emerge, the country's top economic advisory organ has said. The Monetary Policy Committee, which advises the Central Bank of Kenya on how to manage the economy, noted

The country will take over two months to plug the wheat deficit created after two vessels with 75,000 tonnes were hijacked by pirates early this month, millers said on Friday.

In yet another clear indication of why MPs should not be entrusted with too much power over economic policies, parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill seeking to reinstate price controls in certain segments of the economy.

UGANDA'S average temperature will increase by up to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 20 years as a result of global warming, according to the State of the Uganda Population Report, released yesterday by finance minister Syda Bbumba.

The terms regulation and control sound retrogressive when used in the context of information and communication technology.

An Indian vehicle manufacturer has launched its brands in the Kenyan market in a move that is bound to intensify competition.

Kenya Ferry Services Limited has requested tenders for the expansion of its Peleleza mooring jetty to accommodate the two 70-metre new ferries.

Sand quarry owners in Magarini District must from now on sell their sand to the Magarini Sand Harvesters Cooperative Society.

Employers are opposed to a section of the draft constitution, but have generally termed it as a good document for Kenya.

East African governments hope to open up all job opportunities for fair competition among the region's citizens even as concern rises that retaining national immigration laws in the signed common market protocol could restrict movement of labour.

Exporters of live animals to Mauritius are preparing to resume the business following the recent rainfall that has improved pasture in Coast province.

China is making a big push to encourage greater international use of its currency, the renminbi.

According to oil marketers, the Kenyan refinery is holding some 300, 000 tonnes of crude belonging to marketers.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir was on Wednesday held up in Gulu for nearly seven hours after he survived an incident in which the plane carrying him ruptured a tyre.

The Government may terminate the Sh30 billion project to modernise Songwe Airport in Mbeya should the contractor fail to show progress in six weeks, the minister for Infrastructural Development Dr Shukuru Kawambwa has said.

Koala Bears are to Eastern Australia what Pandas are to China. The same can be said of Gorillas and Uganda. Uganda is home to a little over half of the world's population of these amazing creatures which stands at about

The statistics of our country's economy still rate Uganda as predominantly peasant.Peasant life basically entails trying to obtain livelihood from toiling for oneself on one's piece of land. This is usually based on the use of rudimentary implements to work

Orange Uganda and Apple will launch the iPhone 3GS in the country next month after the phone turned heads in the USA and UK. Orange is hoping to target the elite clientele, seeking more value for their money from their

MILK producers and processors, who compromise quality, will be dealt with "ruthlessly," Bright Rwamirama, the animal husbandry state minister, has warned.

THE National Organisation of Trade Unions of Uganda has started an HIV/AIDS programme for workers to reduce stigma and boost productivity at the workplace.