Kenya has been granted a licence to manufacture a new monthly HIV prevention pill for African markets, making it one of three countries on the continent set to produce the drug. The move marks the first time African manufacturers have been included in the licensing of an HIV medicine from the beginning. Pharmaceutical company Merck
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has clarified his recent remarks on government-to-government (G-to-G) petroleum deals, saying the late Kenyan politician Cyrus Jirongo informed him about the involvement of middlemen in Uganda’s fuel procurement. In a statement on Sunday, September 20, Museveni said Jirongo raised the issue with him around 2019. “It was a Kenyan Senator called
Kenya and Uganda are seeking to expand maize trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), with Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe calling for stronger food safety measures before Ugandan maize enters the Kenyan market. Uganda is well positioned to supply part of Kenya’s maize requirements, Kagwe said, while urging the country to strengthen