Kenya

Egypt private equity fund opens office in Nairobi
- Business Daily
- 29 December 2009
Citadel Capital will deploy significant capital across East Africa in 2010 in sectors spanning from agriculture to consumer foods.
Recognize land as a human right- Sellout of agricultural lands will aggravate food crisis
- FIAN
- 10 December 2009
"On today's Human Rights Day, we demand that States fulfill their obligation to respect and protect the right to food of their citizens and abroad by preventing large scale land grabbing" says Sofia Monsalve of FIAN International.
Taking land from African farmers unfair
- Daily Skiff
- 03 December 2009
After signing a 25-year lease from Kenya's Lands Ministry in Nairobi, Burgess made auxiliary payments to various groups to ensure that the plan could continue unhindered. Unfortunately, the people of the Luo tribe and members of other tribes in similar situations are unhappy.
Dominion Farms rebuttal to Business Week article
- Dominion Farms Ltd
- 28 November 2009
While Dominion Farms is honored that Business Week saw our company as a global front runner in doing business in Africa, we are disheartened by the lack of commitment to the true story of Dominion Farms.
Land rush in Africa
- Business Week
- 25 November 2009
Agribusiness and global investors are scooping up farmland. Are corporate farmers the new colonialists? asks BusinessWeek
Egypt's Citadel eyes investments in Kenya, Uganda
- Reuters
- 25 October 2009
Stephen Murphy, managing director of institutional fundraising, said the firm had eyed agriculture and infrastructure investments in Uganda.
Land bank scheme now comes under scrutiny
- Business Daily
- 19 October 2009
The plan to create a land bank brings back memories of the fury that greeted proposals by the Qatar government to buy 40,000 hectares in Tana River for agricultural purposes in exchange for $3.5 billion for the Kenya government to build a second deep-water port in Lamu.
Kenya: Proposed law to rid country of rampant public land-grabbing
- Daily Nation
- 16 October 2009
Foreigners and foreign companies will also not be allowed to own land in the country but can acquire leaseholds not exceeding 99 years, the draft says.
China may sponsor Lamu Port
- BMI
- 15 October 2009
No deal was ever secured with Qatar, and China is now being eyed as a more appropriate suitor for the project.
Le Premier ministre du Kenya félicite Obama
- PANA
- 11 October 2009
Par ailleurs, le Premier ministre du Kenya, Raila Odinga, déclare que la nouvelle politique agraire s'attaquera à la question de l'accaparement des terres et autres mauvaises pratiques dans le cadre de l'administration des terres du pays.
Egypt's Citadel to invest $200-$400 mln in 2010
- Reuters
- 29 September 2009
Citadel, which also announced on Tuesday that it was investing in 500,000 feddans (210,000 hectares) of farmland in Sudan, is also looking to potential investments elsewhere in Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia.
Kenya: Govt blamed for persistent food crisis
- Daily Nation
- 27 September 2009
Small scale farmers have accused the Kenyan Government of failing to act to address persistent food insecurity. They also opposed the leasing of agricultural land to foreigners.