Delta Airlines have recently announced the start of their direct passenger and cargo flights to the US in June 2009, and during the same week, the Norfolk Hotel, one of Nairobi’s historical properties, presented the results of its extensive refurbishments. More flights and better hotels, or global slowdown and political crisis – what are the perspectives for Kenya’s tourism? By Andrea Bohnstedt
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Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi all qualify for free EU market access under the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, but chose to sign a joint EPA with Kenya to preserve the EAC customs union. As the conclusion of the EPA negotiations approaches and the global economic crisis continues, the debate over how an EPA will affect East Africa has produced few clear answers. By Rachel Keeler.
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Kenya may be one of the largest foreign investors in Tanzania, but Kenyan companies cannot take along their legal representation – in contrast to Ugandan and Tanzanian companies. Albert Muriuki looks at the progress in harmonising legal practice in the EAC.
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