George Obulutsa

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

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

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's central bank cut its policy rate on Tuesday for the fifth meeting in a row, a surprise move aimed at further stimulating private sector lending. The Central Bank Rate was lowered by 75 basis points to 10.0%, the bank's Monetary Policy Committee said in a statement. Seven of nine economists polled by Reuters had expected no change in the rate.

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | George Obulutsa |Hereward Holland

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrives at Juba International Airport on April 3 2025 ahead of meetings aimed at averting a new civil war after South Sudan's first vice president Riek Machar was placed under house arrest. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.

4 weeks ago | bizcommunity.co.ke | George Obulutsa |Alexander Winning |Alison Williams |Duncan Miriri

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Advertise your job vacancies Kenya Airways said on Tuesday that it had made a pretax profit last year after more than a decade of losses, helped by foreign exchange gains. Kenya Airways planes are seen through a window at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya, 1 August 2020.