Finance minister gears up for tight budget statement in March.

Requirement to lease land instead is part of government's broad land reform proposals.

The country grew 8.5% last year, less than predicted under the economic plan in place.

The International Organisation for Migration say that expatriates contribute towards the economic development of their countries.

State-owned railway system will modernize its infrastructure.

African and Western nations promise more than $450 million to fund an African-led military force to fight Islamist extremists in Mali.

Year-on-year inflation hit 34.6% in December,

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) benchmark NSE-20 Share Index -which tracks the market's performance- rose by 28.95 per cent to close at 4,133.02 points at the end of 2012. These numbers places the bourse as the second highest gainer among the stock exchanges in Africa and Middle East, after Egyptian Stock Exchange, and eighth globally. Growth in investor confidence has been a key reason in the positive results and is yet to see if it continues before the presidential and parliamentary elections set to be held on March 4.

The four mobile operator's Safaricom, Orange, Yu and Airtel switched off 1,280,840 unregistered lines after the expiry date for regulation on mandatory SIM card registration on December 31. An amendment to the Kenya Information and Communication Act was passed by Parliament last year that compels mobile operators to keep a register of customers they provide services to in order to avoid crimes aided via telecommunications such as extortion and hate speech.