Oil marketers in Kenya under fire over hoarding fuel stocks in anticipation of price increase

By Kepha Muiruri,

Oil Marketing companies (OMCs) are once again on the spot as they now hold back stocks of fuel in anticipation of a price increase in the next maximum...

EPRA , fuel prices

Oil marketers conspire to raise fuel prices as Kenyans brace for tough times ahead

By Kepha Muiruri,

Oil marketers have made an attempt to manoeuvre existing marketing rules to retain higher fuel costs to Kenyans this month, denying relief to consumer...

EPRA , fuel prices , KenolKobil , oil prices

Gov’t says 17,000 Kenyans have signed up to housing fund salary deductions

By Kepha Muiruri,

17,000 Kenyans have begun making voluntary deductions to the State’s affordable housing plan, the State Department of Housing has confirmed. The ...

affordable housing , Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga , National Housing Development Fund (NHDF)

Blow to Sonko as court suspends plan to hike parking fees to Ksh.400

By Citizen Reporter,

The High Court has temporarily halted the planned parking fees hike in Nairobi County. This follows a suit where the Consumer Federation of Kenya (...

Parking Fees

Francis Wangusi to remain in office as court stops appointment of new CA boss

By Dzuya Walter,

Outgoing Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Director General Francis Wangusi will remain in office longer after the court on Tuesday extended orde...

Francis Wangusi

Digital payments on the rise in hidden-sight

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital payments have continued to rise inconspicuously to break the trend of cash dominance discretely, even as cash remains king in the settlement o...

CBK , Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) , digital payments in Kenya , financial inclusion

Activists threaten to stop search for new CA Director General

By Zeddy Sambu,

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) and human rights activist Okiyah Omtatah have now threatened to stop recruitment of a new Director General a...

CA , COFEK , Francis Wangusi , Ngene Gituku

Court consolidates 11 cases challenging 1.5% housing levy

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has consolidated 11 cases challenging a plan by the government to deduct a 1.5% levy from employees salaries for the creation of a hous...

housing levy , Justice Maureen Onyango

Court extends orders suspending 1.5% housing levy

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi has extended orders barring the government from implementing the 1.5% housing levy until May 27, 2019. Justice Maureen On...

housing levy

Court suspends housing levy as COFEK challenges move

By Dzuya Walter,

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has filed a suit challenging the government's decision to implement the Housing Fund levy saying it is illeg...

COFEK , Consumers Federation of Kenya , housing fund , housing levy , NHIF

Property developers back the stay of interest caps

By Citizen Reporter,

Property developers have raised the alarm on the recent High Court ruling on interest caps to warn of reduced real estate uptake should expensive loan...

Consumer Federation seeks recourse on rate-cap ruling

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has filed an application in court, objecting last week’s High Court directive to scrap off holds on interes...

COFEK , interest rate cap , Stephen Mutoro

Fuel prices: Don’t celebrate just yet, union warns

By Citizen Reporter,

The Finance Bill could be assented to later than September 1, the date when the implementation of the new tax is to take effect, which means companies...

finance bill , fuel prices

Matatu fares to be increased in September over new tax levy

By Werunga Kevin,

Matatu fares are set to increase after a Government move to introduce 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel products next month. According to M...

fuel prices , Matatu fares , Matatu Owners Association Simon Kimutai

CBA lawsuit on cost of M-Pesa loans dismissed

By Abednego Tendu,

The High Court has dismissed a case filed by Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) to stop a local bank from charging its M-Shwari customers a higher i...

Central Bank of Kenya , COFEK , Commercial Bank of Africa , M-pesa , M-Shwari , Safaricom

Gov’t agency staring at endless law suits over mobile phone spying

By Gentrix Oduor,

The Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has threatened to move to court should the Communications Authority implement a spy system to monitor all mob...

Airtel , CA , COFEK , COFEK Secretary General Stephen Mutoro , Communications Authority i , Consumer Federation of Kenya , Mobile Phone spying , monitor all mobile phone calls and texts in the country. , Safaricom , spy system , telkom kenya , threatens to sue

KCB changes tune on M-Pesa loan account

By Citizen,

The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has made a hasty retreat on its hard-line stance on micro mobile loans, saying they will attract the 14.5 percent inte...

2013 KCSE Results , Banking Amendment Act , Bob Collymore , CBA , COFEK , Eazzyloan , equity bank , Interest Rates , KCB , KCB M-Pesa , Lipa na M-Pesa

Gov’t compromised to lift ban on GMO – COFEK

By Benjamin Wafula,

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has alleged that the government was compromised to lift the ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). ...

COFEK , GMO , william ruto

Rejection of Monica Juma by MPs raises political temperatures

By Koome Kimonye,

Pressure is now mounting on President Uhuru Kenyatta to resubmit the name of Monica Juma to Parliament for re-vetting as senior personalities and inst...

africa , kenya , monica juma

Nakumatt withdraws ‘harmful’ Maggi noodles from shelves

By Lisa Kamau,

Nakumatt Supermarket chain has withdrawn Nestle’s Maggi Noodles from its shelves. The supermarket chain, which is the biggest in East Africa, has...

africa , health , kenya , maggi noodles , nakumatt , nestle