Bloomberg Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta drew criticism from the chief justice and the nation’s top legal body after he questioned the independence of the judiciary over a court ruling in favor of the main opposition. Kenyatta on Sunday said the courts were “increasingly getting entangled” in what he said was the opposition’s attempts to delay elections scheduled for Aug. 8. ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The improvements in the overall business conditions in Dubai’s non-oil private sector gathered steam in June, with the seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index – a composite indicator designed to give an accurate overview of operating conditions in the non-oil private sector economy – registering at 56.5, up from May’s seven-month low of 55.0. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology has announced that its CubeSat development programme, MYSAT-1, has completed its critical design review (CDR) marking a key milest- one for the University’s space systems and technology programme. The programme has been designed with support from Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, Yahsat, and global aerospace manufacturer and defense industry ...