Motorcycle TVS StaR HLX 150 launched in Kenyan market

 Listed equipment supplier Car and General has launched a motorcycle, TVS StaR HLX 150, with state-of-the-art features in the local market.   “Kenya has recently witnessed a positive upswing in the economy, thus creating opportunities in the transport and mobility sector,” Car and General group managing director Vijay Gidoomal said in a statement.   The motorcycle is targeted at boosting the firm’s sales in the country through fuel efficiency and.... Read more »

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General Motors East Africa is now Isuzu East Africa

 The change of name took effect from 1st August, 2017 after attaining the required regulatory approvals.   Speaking at Isuzu East Africa offices, Isuzu East Africa Managing Director, Rita Kavashe, noted that the change is a continuation of the vision the management and board of the company had for 40 years now.   “Over the last 40 years, GMEA has continued to assemble quality Isuzu vehicles for the market impacting several industries in the East African.... Read more »

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Japanese architect to design 20,000 homes for refugees in Kenya

 Shigeru said he got involved after hearing about the immense challenges facing humanitarian agencies in providing shelter to tens of thousands of refugees arriving in the area from countries such as South Sudan.   The architect visited the Kalobeyei settlement and met with refugees and the local community and looked at the existing structures housing thousands of displaced people, to help assess their needs.   Over 37,000 refugees, mainly from South Sudan and.... Read more »

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Kenya: Furniture Designer Makes Impossible Dreams Come Alive in Wood

 Painted and gleaming wood surfaces might have been all the rage in the past, but natural wood pieces are slowly taking over. And nowhere does this come to life more than at Rampel Designs furniture production studio.   At the company's workshops in two adjacent buildings at the back of the vast JCB Ganatara GoDowns on Baba Dogo Road in Nairobi, one is welcomed by the din of planes, cutters and sanders against wood.   But it is in studio upstairs where the pieces.... Read more »

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Kenyans take liking to German furniture

 Tucked away in a bungalow off Ngong Road in Nairobi, just behind Uchumi Supermarket, is Niche Décor Furniture, which boasts a collection of German furniture dating back more than 50 years ago  but made in classical Victorian design. Niche Décor Furniture deals in a variety of items, including chairs, tables, lampshades, grandfather clocks, paintings and other wooden functional and decorative items that will give your house a feel of  the.... Read more »

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The Kenyan mining sector: a win-win investment opportunity

 The Kenyan mining sector is indebted to Kenyan government and mining cabinet secretary Dan Kazungu for these changes that will enable the country to emerge as an ideal destination to build new mining businesses, writes Laura Cornish.    At a national level   “At a national level, Kenya has been active in promulgating a legislative and regulatory environment which promotes ease of doing business and subsequently will attract investment.... Read more »

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Mining CS appoints team to map quarries

 The Government plans to map all active and inactive quarries in an attempt to map the country’s lucrative construction mining sites. Mining Cabinet Secretary Dan Kazungu has already set up a task force to conduct the survey across the country. “The task-force will identify all active and inactive quarries in Kenya and the state of their environmental compliance,” said a Kenya Gazette notice from the ministry. The study is also expected to establish the legal.... Read more »

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Kenya to host regional mining conference to explore investment opportunities

 The Nov. 13-14 conference to be hosted by the ministry of mining in collaboration with the Chamber of Mines will bring mining stakeholders and senior government officials from Eastern Africa.   “We want to establish and consolidate Kenya’s position as a regional mining hub in order to use the sector as a key driver for socio-economic growth,” said Elodie Delagneau, event director of Kenya Mining Forum that is returning to Nairobi after a hugely.... Read more »

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Sudan: Kenya Expresses Desire to Take Advantage of Sudan's Mining Experience

 The Kenyan Ambassador in Khartoum Aaron Kee has expressed his country's desire to activate the aspects of joint cooperation with Sudan in the field of minerals.   In a meeting with the Minister of Minerals Prof. Hashim Ali Salim Wednesday, the Kenyan ambassador said that the Kenyan Ministry of Minerals determined to benefit from the Sudanese experience through the exchange of expertise between the technical the two countries and sending the technicians to be trained on.... Read more »

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Long-term relationships key to growth of Kenya's mining sector, says Ministry of Mining

 The Kenyan mining sector is on the rise.   With ambitious plans to turn the country into a flagship mining sector, one that is attractive for investment, stable and predictable, the Ministry of Mining in Kenya is already starting to see progress.   Collaboration with governmental bodies and organisations is key to any mining operation, but how big a role will this relationship play in the future of Kenya’s mining industry?   “As a country, we.... Read more »

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Kenya Mineral Rights Board key to reform agenda in the mining sector

 The Kenya Mineral Rights Board paves the way for issuance of mining licenses as required under the Kenyan Mining Act 2016.   The nine-member team of the Kenya Mineral Rights Board comprises:   Chairperson appointed by the president (Abel K. Chumba) Principal Secretary Ministry of Mining (Dr Ibrahim M. Mohamed) Principal Secretary National Treasury (Dr Kamau Thugge) Chairman National Land Commission (Dr Mohamed Swazuri) Director of Mines/Secretary to the board.... Read more »

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Kenya: New Team to Lead Kenya's Mining Sector Reforms

 Kenya's Mining Ministry has received the green light to issue licences - which had been frozen for one year since May 2016 - following the inauguration of the Mineral Rights Board.   "The inauguration of the board is the epitome of our reform agenda for the mining sector. This is something the ministry has been looking forward to even as industry stakeholders have been waiting for this day to come to pass so that the pending expired licences and new applications can.... Read more »

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