The Relationship between Aid and Security in Eastern Africa
Listen In Africa, the United States (US) military since 9/11 has been involved in the provision of humanitarian and development assistance. This trend is being consolidated in the new US Command for Africa – AFRICOM – that advances a role for the US military in Africa’s development. One of the models for the new command [...]
The Relationship between Aid and Security in Eastern Africa
Listen In Africa, the United States (US) military since 9/11 has been involved in the provision of humanitarian and development assistance. This trend is being consolidated in the new US Command for Africa – AFRICOM – that advances a role for the US military in Africa’s development. One of the models for the new command [...]
East African Community Common Market is born
Listen With the launch of East African Community Common Market on July 1, 2010 by the Heads of State of the five member countries, the region has therefore ushered in free movement of goods, persons, labour and services. The common market provides for the right of establishment, the right of residence, free movement of services [...]
Questions over Anti-Piracy Court in Kenya
Listen At the end of last week, Kenya opened a special court to try suspected pirates operating from Somalia in the Gulf of Aden The Court, which is funded by a number of international organizations and States including the UN, the EU, Australia and Canada, is a significant step in the fight against piracy. All States [...]
Bright future prospects for Africa’s economy
Listen The 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa was held recently in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The best organized forum was the first one to be held outside South Africa. The forum, which attracted young leaders from 70 countries in the world, showcased Africa very well. It observed that the future is bright for Africa’s growth [...]
De-congest the Kenya city to increase productivity
Listen Reporting on duty in Nairobi is proving to be too hard and contributing to under productivity among the city workers. There is too much traffic from early the morning to around 9:30am making most city workers report to work 1 hour late. The city council has done very little to address the traffic jam [...]
Viable security strategy or total demise!!
Listen Many Somalis were stunned by an announcement made recently by the spokesperson of the Somali government, in which he said that his government is preparing a big offensive to regain the control of Mogadishu-the seat of the government- and surrounding localities because TFG propped up by AMISOM troops is weak and dysfunctional and lacks [...]
National Interests Paramount in Kenya-South Africa Relations
Listen The Kenyan Government in its early stage of independence showed commitment to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) course of eradicating apartheid and racial discrimination in South Africa. In pursuit of its commitment to the isolation of South Africa, Kenya did not fully implement the economic embargo on South Africa as business interests still [...]
Garissa; The safest town in East and central Africa.
Listen The insecure Nairobi has lessons to learn from the safest town in East and Central Africa — Garissa. It has been described by the International Police as the safest town in the region, yet Garissa, the headquarters of North Eastern Province, is famous as Kenya’s trouble spot. Located 380 kilometres north-east of Nairobi, the [...]
An Overview and Prospects of East African Integration
Listen (a) Historical Context of East African Community East African Cooperation dates back to 1900 when Uganda made her first formal customs arrangement with Kenya. Mombasa became the Customs collection centre. The building of Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) shifted trade rapidly from Tanganyika Port of Dar-es-Salaam to Mombasa. During this period, Uganda and Kenya were under [...]