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Tobacco manufacturers fingered for profiting off the pandemic
By Kepha Muiruri, 1540, November 17, 2020 (EAT)
Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use. This is according to a new rep...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , Covid-19 pandemic , Tobacco
Health CS Kagwe questions licensing of LYFT nicotine pouches
By Reuters, 1440, October 7, 2020 (EAT)
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has accused the regulator of flouting tobacco control laws when it licensed the sale of LYFT nicotine pouches by British Americ...

Lyft , nicotine
Isuzu MD Rita Kavashe named BAT Chair
By Kepha Muiruri, 1437, September 1, 2020 (EAT)
Isuzu East Africa Managing Director Rita Kavashe has been named as the British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya new board chairperson. Ms Kavashe who h...

BAT , Rita Kavashe
NSE sees new slide as dividend season closes
By Kepha Muiruri, 1724, August 6, 2020 (EAT)
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has begun witnessing a new slide as listed entities close their books ahead of dividend payments. The second-...

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , NSE 20
BAT half-year profit rises to Ksh.2.7 billion
By Kepha Muiruri, 940, July 16, 2020 (EAT)
British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya has posted an eight per cent growth in profit in six months to Ksh.2.7 billion. The half year growth in earnin...

BAT Kenya , VAT
Safaricom, EABL leads NSE rebound
By Kepha Muiruri, 958, July 7, 2020 (EAT)
The stocks of Safaricom and the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) have led the rebound witnessed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) from the...

COVID-19 , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
BAT full year profit thins to Ksh.3.9 billion on higher costs
By Kepha Muiruri, 945, February 20, 2020 (EAT)
Tobacco manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya has announced a Ksh.3.9 billion full year profit for 2019 representing a 4.9 per cent dip ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , tobacco regulations
Martin Oduor-Otieno is new EABL Board chairman
By Imani Mitchelle, 1450, November 13, 2019 (EAT)
East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced the appointment of Martin Oduor-Otieno as the new Board chairman. A statement in the local daili...

eabl , oduor-otieno
Top 10 Kenyan companies whose high performance links to gender equality
By Rachel Ombaka, 1312, November 13, 2019 (EAT)
Ten top Kenyan companies have been ranked among global firms that achieved higher returns due to their focus on gender equality, according to a study ...

Equileap , ICPD25 , Press Freedom , Samiksha Koirala
Royal Media Services among top 100 best companies to work for in Kenya
By Ian Omondi, 2158, October 22, 2019 (EAT)
Royal Media Services (RMS) is one of the best companies to work for in Kenya, according to a new report released on Wednesday by Brighter Monday. T...

brighter monday , Royal Media Services , Safaricom
BAT risks expulsion from NSE derivatives market
By Kepha Muiruri, 1856, August 13, 2019 (EAT)
British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya risks expulsion from the recently launched derivatives market at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) over non-o...

BAT Kenya , CMA , derivatives , nse
Tobacco control advocacy lobbys Treasury to probe BAT for tax avoidance
By Kepha Muiruri, 1901, May 28, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (KETCA) has written to the National Treasury calling for the investigation of the British American Tobacco (BAT) ov...

British American Tobacco (BAT) , Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance , National Treasury , Tax Justice Network
E-cigarettes can double success rates of quitting smoking – Report
By Karanja Morgan, 2004, May 23, 2019 (EAT)
People using e-cigarettes to quit smoking are about 95% more likely to report success than those trying to quit without help from any stop-smoking aid...

cigarette , quit , smoking , Tobacco
BAT Kenya losing market share, blames counterfeit cigarettes
By Sherlyne Anyango, 1754, May 10, 2019 (EAT)
Cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco has blamed the rise of counterfeit cigarettes in its domestic market for its receding market share. ...

BAT paid bribes to officials in East Africa , British American Tobacco
Prince Charles becomes first British royal to visit Cuba
By Reuters, 1936, March 25, 2019 (EAT)
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla landed in Havana on Sunday for the first official trip by the British royal family to Communist-run Cuba even as B...

cuba , Prince Charles
U.S. to restrict e-cigarette flavors to fight teenage vaping ‘epidemic’
By Reuters, 1343, November 10, 2018 (EAT)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration next week will issue a ban on the sale of fruit and candy flavored electronic cigarettes in convenience stores a...

e-Cigarette , United States
BAT eyes product diversification to boost income
By Kepha Muiruri, 1309, May 15, 2018 (EAT)
Global tobacco giant British American Tobacco (BAT) has put down plans to access the potential of alternative tobacco products in the country in an ef...

BAT , Beverly Spencer , cigarette , shisha , smoking , Tobacco , World Health Organisation
BAT calls for the rational taxation of tobacco
By Kepha Muiruri, 1209, May 14, 2018 (EAT)
Cigarette maker British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya is urging the government to review its taxation policy for the country’s tobacco sector saying ...

AGM , BAT , Beverly Spencer , British American Tobacco , cigarette , counterfeit , illicit trade , taxation
British American Tobacco facing Africa fraud probe
By AFP, 1214, August 1, 2017 (EAT)
British American Tobacco is being investigated for possible fraud regarding company activities in Africa, it announced on Tuesday. Britain's Seriou...

BAT , BAT paid bribes to officials in East Africa , British American Tobacco , cigarettes , fraud investigations , Serious Fraud Office , smoking
Court upholds stringent anti-tobacco laws
By Moses Ngugi, 1238, February 21, 2017 (EAT)
The High Court has delivered a landmark ruling allowing the Tobacco Amendment Act (2014) to take effect after a protracted legal battle with cigarette...

anti-tobacco laws , high court , tobacco regulations act 2014