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Kenya
Business: High Court punishes lender for recalling loan before expiry period
The High Court has punished Kenya Commercial Bank for terminating a 10-year mortgage loan ahead of its expiry period.
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Kenya
Business News: High Court punishes lender for recalling loan before expiry period
The High Court has punished Kenya Commercial Bank for terminating a 10-year mortgage loan ahead of its expiry period.
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Kenya
Business: Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders' children as drought deepens
A borehole dug by herders in a desperate attempt to survive Kenya's last severe drought has been transformed into a lifeline for thousands of children and animals as a new drought hits, thanks to the addition of solar pumping and water storage.
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Kenya
Kenya: LSK President Okero warns public officers against voters' intimidation
The Law Society of Kenya President Isaac Okero has condemned the alleged intimidation of voters by public officers which he termed it a gross violation of the right of every citizen.
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Kenya
Kenya: Bitter life for residents after collapse of Miwani Sugar Company
The sugar company, tucked right in the middle of Muhoroni Constituency in Kisumu County, was the chief driver of the township's economy. It eventually went into receivership in 2000, crushing the hopes and economic survival of many.
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Cina
Hyundai Motor Delays Debut of Sonata EV in China
Hyundai Motor's Chinese joint venture Beijing Hyundai delayed the launching date of Sonata plug-in electric vehicle from April 2017 to February 2018. This decision came after LG Chem batteries which were supposed to be mounted on the Sonata EV are excluded for the Chinese government's EV subsidies. A setback is ...
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Cina
China Shuns Imports of Korean-made Cosmetics
The Chinese government has refused to approve the imports of Korean-made cosmetics in December 2016, citing poor quality as a reason. According to the list of cosmetic and food items that failed to gain import approval in December 2016, released by China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, ...
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USA Giappone Australia Vietnam
2016 Tobacco Export Surpasses $1 Bil...UAE Biggest Export Market
Last year's tobacco export and import volume hit record highs. According to the Korea Customs Service on February 8, the volume of tobacco exports last year was US$1.01 billion, up 11.1 percent from the previous year's $910 million. Of the total, 96.9 percent of exports were cigarettes. By region, the United ...
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Nigeria
Three arrested with 559 kilogrammes of cannabis
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday handed over three suspects arrested with a boat conveying 559 kilogrammes of cannabis to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Commodore Maurice Eno, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, handed over the suspects and exhibits in Lagos. Eno said that the three suspects were apprehended with ...
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Nigeria
Senate committee screens ambassadorial nominees using lamp
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday resorted to the use of a lamp on Tuesday following a power outage during the screening of the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. This drama played out at the venue ...