BWIRE: Review Statistics Act to facilitate data driven policy making at county level

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire That Kenya still relies on national legal framework on data collection and management while operating a devolved governance structu...

Kenyans close the year with emptier pockets as December inflation spikes to 5.6%

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans pain at the close of the year has been exacerbated by thinning disposable income with the rate of inflation spiking to 5.6 per cent in Decembe...

Kenya inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

2020 review: Millions mark end of the year in economic despair

By Kepha Muiruri,

Like any other year, the start of 2020 was premised on high hopes for better fortunes and tidings by Kenyans with many coining the unofficial phrase �...

coronavirs , economy , tax

Kenya’s economic rebound tied to COVID-19 vaccine access

By Kepha Muiruri,

The potential rebound of Kenya's economy in 2021 has been tied down to the access of COVID-19 vaccines and their eventual distribution. According t...

coronavirus , Kenya's economy , vaccine

OPINION: Recovering from COVID-19 through greater youth economic inclusion

By Guest Writer,

By Patrick Mutahi and Steven Rebello Just on nine months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Egypt, more than 1,800,000 cases have bee...

coronavirus , youth

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

November inflation shoots to 7-month high 5.5% on higher food costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans are expected to feel the pinch of greater costs with November inflation shooting to a seven-month high 5.46 per cent from 4.84 per cent in Oct...

Inflation , KNBS

NGEC raises concern over rising cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment

By Rachel Ombaka,

The National Gender and Equality Commission has expressed concern over emerging  trends of domestic violence and sexual harassment directed to women,...

coronavirus , GBV , gender based violence , NGEC , sexual harassment

Govt plans fund to cushion workers in financial distress

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans holding jobs could soon be obligated to pay a two percent tax from their incomes to cushion the unemployed as part of new government plans in ...

Covid-19 crisis , National Treasury , unemployment in Kenya

13% of businesses shut during COVID-19 pandemic yet to reopen: KEPSA

By Kepha Muiruri,

13 per cent of businesses shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic or an equivalent one enterprise for every ten shut are yet to resume operations. Th...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , jobs , KEPSA

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

Kenyan economy projected to see V-shaped recovery trend

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan economy has been projected to see a V-shaped recovery trend as it re-emerges from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according...

COVID-19 , economy , Genghis Capital , NCBA

Stabex International rolls out LPG brand in Kenya and Uganda

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Stabex International (STABEX), one of largest oil marketers in Uganda and fast growing petroleum company in Kenya, is rolling out its Liquefied Petrol...

Stabex International

Bar, hotel owners confident of staying in business as COVID-19 restrictions loom

By Kepha Muiruri,

Bar and hotel owners are confident of remaining in operation even as the return of COVID-19 related restrictions looms on the back of increased infect...

bars , coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , PERAK

Macdonald Obudho named new KNBS Director General

By Kepha Muiruri,

The board of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has picked an insider Macdonald Obudho to take over as the agency’s new Director General...

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

Women in Business: Rose Mwebi fights to stay afloat amid COVID-19

By Dorcas Wangira,

Rose Mwebi, 42, steels herself everyday to keep her business ventures in Kenya's Kisii County afloat at the time of a global pandemic. She cannot a...

rose mwebi , Sheilamo Investment Uniform Centre and Noa Printing Press

Kenya’s inflation jumps for the first time since April from high food costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s inflation rate has increased for the first time since April this year to stand at 4.84 per cent in October from a low 4.2 per cent in Septem...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

WFP, Gov’t set up cash transfers for Mombasa families hit by COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the government have launched cash transfers for 24,000 families whose livelihoods were destroyed by the impact of c...

coronavirus , JOHO , Mombasa , WFP

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

Kenyan economy shrinks for the first time since September 2008

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan economy contracted for the first time since the third quarter of 2008 as second quarter growth dropped to a negative 5.7 per cent from a po...

COVID-19 , Kenya's economy , recession