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The renaming of a road after a prominent changemaker is a three-step process. After a motion calling for the renaming of a road is passed by the assembly, the assembly’s implementation committee writes to the county executive communicating the approved motion.

Kenyans complained over the seeming erasure of the role of Kenyan security forces and local heroes such as Inayat Kassam; the licensed fire-arm holder who saved lives at Dusit, and the Westgate and 14 Riverside attacks before that.

Cities eyed for new locations include Accra (Ghana), Lusaka (Zambia) and Lagos (Nigeria). Java already operates in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Locally, Java has remained competitive despite the entry of PE-backed players and international restaurant chains.

During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, women-led businesses on the continent are more susceptible to closure than those led by men

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe had in October 2020 declared the registration of nicotine pouches including BAT's Lyft brand illegal. The move followed intense lobbying by groups including the Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (Ketca), who wanted the products heavily regulated and taxed.

Bharat Thakrar has over thirty six years in advertising and communication. He is considered a pioneering figure for the country's lucrative marketing industry. He founded Scanad, now Scangroup, in 1982 and built it up into a marketing behemoth.

The ObamaCare model it borrows from has been a thorny issue in the United States, facing criticism from many leaders even as others praise it for supporting the nation's most vulnerable to access quality healthcare. Its adjustment, replacement or abolishment was an important campaign issue for all candidates in the 2020 US Presidential Election

IoT and connectivity have certainly helped keep us closer on a personal level while we've all been physically apart. The pandemic has nudged businesses to push forward with IoT adoption perhaps faster than they would have liked. To unleash the full value of IoT, secure, wireless connectivity is required.   

Most affected were players in the tourism, travel and hospitality industries who lost out on billions of shillings in revenue. Widespread job cuts, wage cuts and business closures were witnessed across the sector. Like in many other industries, however, stakeholders are banking on the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to turn things around in 2021.

Kenya was overtaken by Tunisia, Algeria, Ghana and Libya who occupied third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively on the index. Africa's largest B2C ecommerce market, Nigeria, also dropped to eighth from third.