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President Uhuru  Kenyatta Main guest as Dubai celebrates Kenya Day at Dubai Expo.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta Main guest as Dubai celebrates Kenya Day at Dubai Expo.

President Uhuru Kenyatta will be the main guest as Dubai celebrates Kenya Day at the world famous Dubai Expo 2020. Kenya Day, according to organisers, “will involve celebration of the diversity in Kenyan cultures through among others, music, art, Kenyan cuisine, local dance, Kenyan history, looming and weaving, sports, and the country’s rich languages.” Kenya is one of over 150 countries across the world that are taking part in the Dubai Expo 2020 to showcase some of its greatest offerings to potential tourists and business investors. All the countries taking part in the Dubai Expo 2020, have a dedicated day to celebrate their culture and offerings. Accompanying the president are Cabinet Secretaries Peter Munya, Najib Balala, Betty Maina and a host of other dignitaries and...
Kenya lifts first, ban on flights from Dubai
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Kenya lifts first, ban on flights from Dubai

Travellers from Dubai will be allowed into the country from today after Kenya lifted a ban it had imposed on all inbound and transit passenger flights from the Middle East nation two weeks ago. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe told on Monday that the ban was lifted Monday midnight, offering a major relief to hundreds of travellers between the two destinations. Kenya had suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) on January 10 in retaliation against a move by Dubai to ban all passenger flights from Kenya over fake Covid-19 tests. But the ban did not affect cargo flights that are normally flown by carriers such as Kenya Airways (KQ) and Emirates airline from UEA into Kenya. “Kenya shall do a NOT...