President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured Kenyans that Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Kenya would help boost security,
agriculture and health sectors.
Kenyatta on Tuesday said that several bilateral agreements have been signed though Netanyahu insisted on not revealing details.
Netanyahu said Israel has been supporting Kenya to fight terrorism
and has been sharing intelligence information with Kenyan security
forces.
“The best way to fight terrorism is reporting any suspect activities to relevant authorities,” he said.
Kenyatta said that Kenya would benefit from Israeli technology to
fight cyber crime during the joint press conference with Netanyahu at
State House, Nairobi.
“The agreements will allow us to build the capacity of our health
systems and professionals in the area of emergency preparedness and
resources as well as specialized medical services,” said President
Kenyatta .
During their talks there were agreements made that would ensure removal of certain categories of visas.
Israel also called for warmer relationship with African Nations.
“Kenya can support Israel’s bid to be given an observer status at the African Union,” said Netanyahu.
Showing posts with label Kenya. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Saturday, 25 June 2016
Brexit might push the world to recession, warns CBK governor
Central Bank of Kenya CBK has expressed concern that the global
economy risks undergoing a recession, if the United Kingdom UK pulls out
of the European Union through the Brexit Referendum Polls.
“Brexit could strain the global economy as it would introduce a lot of uncertainty. Economic actors would be more unwilling to make decisions and this would affect investments,” said CBK Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge.
Dr. Njoroge has said that in the short term, the market would experience turbulence in the financial markets.
“The global economy is weak. And it would not take much to push us into negative territory and keep us there for a period of time.” Added Njoroge.
Dr. Njoroge has given hope to the Kenyan economy explaining that this economy would not be immensely affected by the Brexit.
“Kenya has proven in the past that it is resilient. Although Kenya is part of the world economy it is not as connected to the UK economy as compared to other countries. We are mainly connected to the economies of the African region,” he explained.
“25% of our exports go to our EAC Partners. 40% goes to COMESA. In that sense the direction of our trade is more to the region,” he continued.
He added that if there was a chance that Kenya would be affected then it would be through indirect channels.
“Nevertheless we are in an interconnected world so Kenya could feel some effect. That notwithstanding we are still ready; we have enough foreign exchange reserves of $5.6 billion. We also have enough reserves in case of need in the IMF Precautionary Program, ” he said.
“Brexit could strain the global economy as it would introduce a lot of uncertainty. Economic actors would be more unwilling to make decisions and this would affect investments,” said CBK Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge.
Dr. Njoroge has said that in the short term, the market would experience turbulence in the financial markets.
“The global economy is weak. And it would not take much to push us into negative territory and keep us there for a period of time.” Added Njoroge.
Dr. Njoroge has given hope to the Kenyan economy explaining that this economy would not be immensely affected by the Brexit.
“Kenya has proven in the past that it is resilient. Although Kenya is part of the world economy it is not as connected to the UK economy as compared to other countries. We are mainly connected to the economies of the African region,” he explained.
“25% of our exports go to our EAC Partners. 40% goes to COMESA. In that sense the direction of our trade is more to the region,” he continued.
He added that if there was a chance that Kenya would be affected then it would be through indirect channels.
“Nevertheless we are in an interconnected world so Kenya could feel some effect. That notwithstanding we are still ready; we have enough foreign exchange reserves of $5.6 billion. We also have enough reserves in case of need in the IMF Precautionary Program, ” he said.
Friday, 4 September 2015
Sports Searches Dominate August Google Search Trends as EPL Resumes
Nairobi, September 3, 2015: Google Search Trends that show search patterns for a particular period indicate that sports searches by Kenyans were dominant on the search engine after English Premier League (EPL) resumed on August 8th.
Searches related to sports secured the first three spots out of the top 10 trends as Kenyans went online to gather more information on the EPL, UEFA Champions League and the IAAF World Championships. Sports lovers also searched for Eva Carneiro, Baba Rahman and Summer Slam bringing to six the total number of sports searches which made it to top 10 trending searches.
The English Premier League, which had taken a break for 11 weeks from May 23rd to August 8th, emerged the number trending search.
The annual continental club football competition, the UEFA Champions League, simply known as the Champions League, was the second trending search. The third trending search was the IAAF World Championships, which rose to prominence after Kenya made history to became the first African country to win the IAAF World Championships since its inception in 1983. Kenya topped the medal standings with 7 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 silver medals respectively as the curtain fell on the 2015 World athletics championships in Beijing China.
American biographical drama film Straight Outta Compton came in fourth on the top 10 trending searches. The film, directed by F. Gary Gray about the rise and fall of the Compton, California hip hop group N.W.A. - continues to dominate the US box office and is currently the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time. Chelsea Football Club’s first team doctor - Eva Carneiro - occupied the fifth position after her clash with Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho.
Other search terms that trended in August are: the Guinea worm disease, also known as Dracunculiasis,which became a prominent search term after the Government of Kenya announced that any Kenyan who reports any case of the disease at the nearest health facility will pocket a cash reward of Sh100,000; Baba Rahman the 21 year old Ghanaian footballer who was transferred to English football club Chelsea from german Football Club FC Augsburg; Summer Slam - a professional wrestling event, produced annually in August by professional wrestling entertainment company WWE; and Jared Otieno - an affluent businessman who sent Kenyans online after he made his way to Meru in a convoy of posh vehicles and 4 choppers to deliver dowry for his fiancee Kendi Mwiti. Sudi Boy - a music artist from Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa who lost his wife, Salma, after she succumbed to pneumonia at the Coast General Hospital also trended.
Kenyans also turned to Google for answers to specific questions. What is poverty topped under most searched ‘What is’ category followed by: What is bureaucracy - as they sought to understand how the government makes decisions; What is variation - as they went online to find out more about the biological concept; What is climate - as users went online to gather more information on climate change; What is globalisation - as they wanted to find out more about the process of international integration; and What is breeding - which points to the need for internet users to understand the reproductive process. Other queries under this category included: What is apartheid, What is heritage, What is advocacy and what is impunity.
In the most searched ‘How to’ category, ‘How to love’ was the number one search while How to flirt was number two. Kenyans also searched for How to blog, How to skateboard, How to pray, How to cook, How to invest, How to bake, How to romance, and How to conceive.
Via Google
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