The National Treasury has upped the ante in domestic borrowing as it now seeks Ksh.70 billion in August’s infrastructure bond sale.

The raised target in the bond sale from Ksh.60 billion sort in July’s bond sale is attributed to the government’s quest to filter in high investor appetite for Treasury securities amidst COVID-19 led volatility in riskier investment classes.

The University of Nairobi is position 10 in Africa according to the just released July 2020 Webometrics Ranking. The ranking web of universities places UoN at position 1 in the East African region and 956 in the world. In the four parameters considered in this ranking, the UoN is position 198 in the presence rank, 1075 in impact, 749 in the openness rank and 1602 in excellence.

Global economists see economic activity expanding 1.1 per cent this year, the slowest growth since 2002 (0.5 per cent growth) when the country was heading to presidential polls that ended the 24-year rule of President Daniel Moi.