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Uganda-UK coffee pact brews rivalry with Kenya
Blow to jobless Kenyan nurses as UK halts recruitment
I wonder whether it has anything to do with the case of the British soldier who murdered a woman in Nanyuki, and the ensuing calls by some quarters to terminate the training programme; or maybe the escalating tensions in Laikipia. The Brits are not very enthused with Kenya right now.
Uganda has signed a deal with the UK for the supply of coffee, stepping up rivalry with Kenya for Britain’s Sh111 billion market.
UK is among Kenya’s top 10 markets for the beverage with the country last year exporting coffee close to Sh1 billion.
Quite notable, the exports to the UK have been dwindling over the years with last year’s shipments to Britain declining by 12 percent.
Blow to jobless Kenyan nurses as UK halts recruitment
The British government has stopped the recruitment of jobless nurses from Kenya in a surprise move.
The UK Department of Health announced Thursday, November 11, that it was suspending the hiring process, citing an existing labour shortage of the health workers in the country.
Kenya and Britain on July 29 signed a deal that was expected to benefit unemployed surplus medics, who would serve in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) before returning to Nairobi.
I wonder whether it has anything to do with the case of the British soldier who murdered a woman in Nanyuki, and the ensuing calls by some quarters to terminate the training programme; or maybe the escalating tensions in Laikipia. The Brits are not very enthused with Kenya right now.
