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OPINION: It’s been 3 weeks since we heard from MPs after Kenya confirmed first COVID-19 case
By Yvonne Okwara,
1146, April 3, 2020 (EAT)
It’s been 3 weeks since we reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19. It’s also been 3 weeks since we heard from our Members of Parliament. ...
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OPINION: KQ’s bleak future as COVID 19 digs in
By Joseph Bonyo,
1320, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
By Joseph Bonyo As the last of Kenya Airways plans taxi to parking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) later today (Wednesday, March ...
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Coronavirus: CBK seeks Ksh.116 billion in emergency support from World Bank and IMF
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1415, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is seeking in excess of Ksh.116.6 billion in emergency support from the World Bank and IMF to strengthen Kenya’s res...
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CBK to buy 400 million dollars from banks amid global volatility fears
By Kepha Muiruri,
1939, March 3, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has expressed its intent of growing its usable foreign currency reserves above normal levels by buying US dollars from...
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Gender inclusivity key in attaining food security
By Agencies,
2002, February 25, 2020 (EAT)
In nearly two thirds of the countries worldwide, women are more likely than men to face food insecurity. The differences in gender roles, norms, and r...
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Bank of America projects Kenya’s potential Eurobond to outperform peers
By Kepha Muiruri,
1810, February 5, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya is more receptive of investments to its external debt market issues placing the country at the peak of regional Eurobond issuers, a new report s...
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‘We don’t need the IMF telling us what to do,’ says CBK boss
By Kepha Muiruri,
2045, January 28, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has downplayed the recent assessment of Kenya’s fiscal management by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) insisting...
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Treasury admits to intangible economic growth returns to Kenyans
By Kepha Muiruri,
2129, January 15, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has admitted to lack-lustre economic growth by conceding to Kenyans' feelings of intangible growth in recent years. According...
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Bank stocks set to drive NSE Bull Run
By Kepha Muiruri,
2002, January 13, 2020 (EAT)
The large capped banking sector stocks are set to drive the recovery in stock valuations at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) with analysts holdin...
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Two Popes, Cats: New movies to watch over the holidays
By CNN,
732, December 31, 2019 (EAT)
Cats With a cast that includes stars like Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo, Judi Dench and Taylor Swift, this meow-sical has cross-generat...
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2019 Review: Treasury gets free pass on new borrowing
By Kepha Muiruri,
1131, December 29, 2019 (EAT)
In a complete mirror opposite to his predecessor, Acting National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani threw in the towel on Kenya’s debt sustainability claims. ...
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CBK: Shilling has largely been undervalued
By Kepha Muiruri,
1213, December 9, 2019 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has reignited its tiff with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by disapproving the institution’s stance of the sh...
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The Ksh.92B hole in Kenya’s budget that Treasury will not tell you about
By Kepha Muiruri,
1642, November 23, 2019 (EAT)
Hidden away in the proposed first supplementary to the 2019/20 approved budget estimates is a Ksh.92.1 billion financing hole whose funding is yet to ...
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Senate votes to raise Kenya’s debt ceiling to Ksh.9 trillion
By Kepha Muiruri,
2101, November 6, 2019 (EAT)
Senators have this afternoon approved of the adjustment of the National Assembly-backed revised borrowing ceiling to Ksh.9 trillion. The approval b...
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U.S. ignores red flags on Kenya’s debt in fixation to match China’s role
By Kepha Muiruri,
905, November 5, 2019 (EAT)
The United States government has rolled up its sleeves in a bid to match up to China’s huge infrastructure undertakings in Kenya. The newly found...
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Kenya’s budget projections are unrealistic, World Bank warns
By Kepha Muiruri,
950, October 31, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya should initiate realistic budget projections; the World Bank has told the National Treasury. In the latest publication of the Kenyan Economic...
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IMF anxious to see jump in Kenya’s tax base
By Kepha Muiruri,
1936, October 28, 2019 (EAT)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pinned taxes as the central pillar to the attainment of a satisfactory fiscal consolidation program as the c...
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Kenya retains 3rd place in continental investor attraction ranking
By Kepha Muiruri,
2023, October 23, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya has retained third place in its attraction to investments on the continent, according to the recently published ABSA Africa Financial Markets In...
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BWIRE: Why Universal Health Coverage will remain a pipe dream
By Victor Bwire,
2055, October 22, 2019 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire While the intent to provide health care to Kenyans is evident, things on the ground are different; the current state of policy conf...
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Inside Treasury’s fresh public debt management strategy
By Kepha Muiruri,
1339, October 14, 2019 (EAT)
The National Assembly granted Treasury the green light to move Kenya’s borrowing ceiling to Ksh.9 trillion last Wednesday igniting the planning mini...
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