Kenya’s passport has been ranked 73rd in the 2023 edition of the Henley Passport Index, climbing three places from last year’s index, placing it at 76 globally. The latest ranking shows Kenyan citizens can now visit 73 countries without a prior visa. This makes Kenya’s passport the ninth most powerful travel document in Africa behind Seychelles at position 29th globally with visa-free access to 153 destinations, Mauritius (34th), South Africa (53rd), Botswana (63rd), Namibia (67th), Lesotho (69th), and eSwatini (71st). Tanzania’s passport, which provides hassle-free entry to 72 destinations, was ranked the 10th-best on the continent. Global travel is now…
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Lynet Awino
Lynet Okumu, a Masinde Muliro University graduate, is a digital journalist passionate about impactful storytelling. She writes on health, business, relationships, and daily life, blending accuracy and creativity to craft engaging, informative content.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola epidemic in Uganda over. “We have successfully controlled the spread of Ebola in Uganda,” health minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday during a ceremony to mark the outbreak’s end. https://twitter.com/MinofHealthUG/status/1613136054927917057?s=20&t=xahRZTDUI905xNtvumdtVQ According to figures from the health ministry, the latest outbreak killed 55 of the 143 people infected since September. Six of the people who died were health workers. The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised Uganda for its response to the virus. “Uganda has shown that Ebola can be defeated when the whole system works…
Kenya Airways has announced flight disruptions due to delays in getting its planes undergoing scheduled maintenance back into operation. A statement by CEO Allan Kilavuka said global challenges with supplying some aircraft components were also causing the disruptions. “This has constrained our aircraft availability because we do not have extra aircraft capacity to help alleviate the delays,” he said. https://twitter.com/KenyaAirways/status/1612498207669424136?s=20&t=Hs23gKab80l9TeylbqYohw The CEO assured the KQ customers that the company was working to reduce the impact of the supply chain delays on its operations. “We are also proactively anticipating these delays and communicating them as soon as possible,” he said. “We…
Safaricom board chairman John Ngumi resigned barely six months after his appointment in July 2022, replacing Michael Joseph. The telco said that his resignation took effect on December 22, and a new Chairman will be elected in the coming weeks. Ngumi leaves the Board to focus on developing green energy generation across Africa, emphasising green hydrogen. “In the brief period following his appointment to the board, John has provided a wealth of industry knowledge and vast expertise,” Safaricom said in a statement signed by Company Secretary Kathryne Maundu. “He has steered the company through a general election and supported the entrenchment…
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