UNEP rolls out electric bikes project in Nairobi’s Karura forest

By Citizen Reporter,

49 motorcycles made little noise but raised much interest in Nairobi’s Karura Forest on Tuesday morning, as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) laun...

electric bikes , UNEP

KenGen half year profit down by 38 per cent to Ksh.5.1 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Electricity generating firm KenGen has reported a 37.8 per cent profit decline in six months of operations to December 31, 2020 with earnings falling ...

kengen

Kenya Power half-year profit sinks by 80% on bloated financing costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Utility Company Kenya Power has seen its half year earnings across six months to December 31, 2020 slump by 80.1 per cent to Ksh.138 million from Ksh....

KENYA POWER

Kenya to complete grid connection to Ethiopia by June

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya is expected to complete the connection of its national grid with Ethiopia’s by June this year. Speaking during a tour to inspect various de...

Energy CS Charles Keter , Ethiopia-Kenya Inter-connector , KETRACO

Global data centre market size poised to hit USD 200 billion by 2021

By Agencies,

Data centers are the heart of our online world. They store the data and increasingly they host the applications that we use to work, shop, bank, and e...

Waiguru launches two markets along the upcoming Kenol-Sagana-Marua dual carriage

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru on Thursday launched two markets along the upcoming Kenol-Sagana- Marua dual carriage. The two markets -- Kibingoti...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kirinyaga

KenGen clinches Ksh.709M deal to drill geothermal wells in Djibouti

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) PLC has won yet another international contract to drill three geothermal wells in Djibouti. The company...

kengen

Kengen pays Ksh1.15B to National Treasury as 2019 dividend

By Citizen Reporter,

Leading power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) on Tuesday paid the National Government Ksh. 1,153,856,022 in dividends for t...

kengen

KenGen doubles profit to Ksh.18.4B on tax credits, flat costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Electricity generating company KenGen has announced a Ksh.18.4 billion profit for the year ending in June 2020 having more than doubled earnings fron ...

kengen , Rebecca Miano

From 64 branches to just 5: Retailer Tuskys nears its last breath

By Kepha Muiruri,

Troubled retailer Tuskys is nearing its last breath with its branch count having fallen to just five from a high of 64 in a little over 12 months. ...

liquidation , nakumatt , Tuskys

Kenya Power targets 55,000 SME customers with smart meters

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has rolled out a smart metering project that will benefit 55,000 customers in the Small and Medium Enterprise sector across the country. ...

KENYA POWER

Kenya Breweries Limited turns to self-electricity generation to cushion against blackouts

By Kepha Muiruri,

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) subsidiary Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has sought regulatory approval for self-electricity generation. A se...

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL

Kenyans set for high December electricity bills

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans are set for higher electricity bills at the end of the Christmas festivities courtesy of weakened shilling. According to the just published...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , shilling

EABC urges East Africa partner states to market region as single investment destination

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Business Council (EABC) is urging East Africa Partner States to harmonise investment incentives and market East Africa as a single in...

EABC , EAC , nesbitt

Ghana votes as candidates pitch route out of economic crisis

By Reuters,

Ghanaians vote in elections on Monday in which President Nana Akufo-Addo and former president John Mahama offer rival promises to help the economy reb...

akufo addo , Ghana , Mahama

The pinch of a fading shilling

By Kepha Muiruri,

On January 2, 2020, Ksh.101.34 would have been enough to get your hands on a US dollar, today, you would require Ksh.110.97 to close the same transact...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , shilling , US Dollar

OPINION: Private energy generators hold the key to cheaper electricity in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The raging debate on why more Kenyans are embracing alternative energy sources to escape the Kenya Power Limited high tariffs is ...

energy

Shilling remains in free fall as it crosses Ksh.111 mark against the dollar

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan shilling has remained in a free fall as it crosses a new confidence marker to trade past Ksh.111 mark against the US dollar. The local u...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , shilling

Mass COVID-19 vaccination unlikely to start in Africa until mid-2021

By Reuters,

Mass COVID-19 vaccination is unlikely to start in Africa until midway through next year and keeping vaccines cold could be a big challenge, the contin...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine

Man kills lover over Ksh.270 electricity bill in Limuru

By Gikunga Kariuki,

Police officers drawn from the Tigoni Police Station are pursuing a middle-aged man accused of slashing his lover to death on Wednesday. On Wednesda...

crime