BusinessFocus Reporter

Kenya's electoral commission has announced changes in its top personnel to oversee the new presidential election next month, while campaigning officially began Wednesday. Six officials have been appointed to run the new vote ordered by the Supreme Court after it nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election, a statement by commission Chairman

There was drama in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa when two suspected car thieves, one of them with a snake around his neck, walked naked through the streets. But it turned out to be a publicity stunt. The men, covered in mud, were said to have been bewitched after stealing

Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) says politicians’ interference in road works across the country is increasingly becoming unbearable. This was revealed by Eng. Joseph Otim, the Director in charge of Road Maintenance at UNRA on Wednesday during a stakeholder’s engagement meeting held at Silver Spring Hotel-Kampala. The meeting was aimed

Four people have been beheaded in two Kenyan villages  by suspected Al-Shabaab militants. The attacks occurred in Silini-Mashambani and Bobo villages located in Hindi, Lamu West, the Daily Nation reports. A senior administrator in the area who talked to the Nation on Wednesday morning and requested not to be named

Uganda’s taxman has commenced the auction of Nakumatt goods as it moves to recover millions of shillings owed by the struggling regional retail chain. The Uganda Revenue Authority on Tuesday started the public auctions by selling perishable goods owned by Nakumatt, reports Business Daily Africa. The clearance sales at two

A prominent businessman in Uganda and East Africa at large, Kassim Omar has died after a blood clot operation in Nakasero Hospital on Tuesday. Omar was a former President of Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarding Association (UCIFA) and the new elected Chairman of East Africa Business Council (EABC). Daily Monitor