George Obulutsa

Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa at Reuters

Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa, Reuters News. All opinions are mine. Before you tweet/retweet, think. The other way round is a disaster.

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Kenya finance minister projects lower deficit and sustained growth

2 weeks ago | zawya.com | Hereward Holland |George Obulutsa

NAIROBI - Kenya is on a trajectory of sustained economic growth but also faces potential risks from global trade sanctions, market volatility and extreme weather conditions, its finance minister said on Thursday. The economy is projected to grow by 5.3% in both 2025 and 2026, John Mbadi told parliament while presenting his budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year. "This growth is premised on a stable macroeconomic environment over the medium term," he said.
Kenya finance minister projects lower deficit and sustained growth

2 weeks ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Hereward Holland |George Obulutsa

Published on 12/06/2025 at 05:02, updated on 12/06/2025 at 15:00NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's finance minister said on Thursday that the country was on a sustained economic growth trajectory but warned of potential risks from global trade sanctions, market volatility, and extreme weather conditions. The economy is projected to grow by 5.3% in both 2025 and 2026, Finance Minister John Mbadi told parliament while presenting the budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year.
Kenya finance minister projects lower deficit and sustained growth

2 weeks ago | marketscreener.com | Hereward Holland |George Obulutsa

Published on 06/12/2025 at 00:02, updated on 06/12/2025 at 10:00NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's finance minister said on Thursday that the country was on a sustained economic growth trajectory but warned of potential risks from global trade sanctions, market volatility, and extreme weather conditions. The economy is projected to grow by 5.3% in both 2025 and 2026, Finance Minister John Mbadi told parliament while presenting the budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o's remarkable journey ends at 87

4 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | George Obulutsa

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Iconic Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two decade in exile, has died at the age of 87, Kenya's president said. Ngugi wa Thiong'o has passed away at 87. Source: Reuters.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author who reckoned with colonial legacy, dies at 87

4 weeks ago | msn.com | George Obulutsa

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Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author who reckoned with colonial legacy, dies at 87

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | George Obulutsa

By George ObulutsaNAIROBI (Reuters) -Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two decade in exile, has died at the age of 87, Kenya's president said. Shaped by an adolescence where he witnessed the armed Mau Mau struggle for independence from Britain, Thiong'o took aim in his writings at colonial rule and the Kenyan elites who inherited many of its privileges.
Tanzania deports foreign activists supporting detained opposition leader Tundu Lissu

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Hereward Holland |George Obulutsa

21 May 2025 - 15:10 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Tanzanian security forces stand guard as the opposition leader and former presidential candidate of Chadema party Tundu Lissu arrives at the Kisutu resident magistrate's court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 19 2025.
Dozens of Al-Shabaab militants killed in Somalia, government says

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | George Obulutsa

Mogadishu, Somalia — An airstrike by Somali forces killed 12 Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia and another 35 Islamists were killed by the army in a southwestern area as they tried to attack a military base there, the government said on Thursday. The air strike carried out late on Wednesday came hours after fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked group that has been waging an insurgency since 2007 attacked a strategic town in the area.
Tanzania court charges main opposition party leader with treason

2 months ago | sightmagazine.com.au | George Obulutsa |David Adams

Nairobi, KenyaReutersTanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week that prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairman of the main opposition party CHADEMA and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she bids for re-election.
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu charged with treason

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | George Obulutsa

Nairobi — Tanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week which prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairperson of the main opposition party Chadema and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she bids for re-election.