More pain at the pump as petrol, diesel costs rise

By Kepha Muiruri,

Motorists are set to feel a further pinch at the pump as petrol and diesel prices increased for a second consecutive month in the latest costs review ...

EPRA , fuel prices

52% of Kenyans at risk of sliding into poverty

By Citizen Reporter,

A new report from the World Bank Group now shows that 52 percent of Kenyans are now at the risk of falling into the net of poverty within the next two...

Food, fuel costs hit consumer wallets

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans will now be forced to fork out more from their thinning pockets as the November inflation rate skyrockets to a four month high of 5.6 percent ...

consumer pressure , EPRA , Inflation , KNBS

CBK cuts base lending rate to 8.5%

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has cut its base lending rate to 8.5 percent from 9 percent, marking the first adjustment to the Central Bank Rate (CB...

CBK , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , mpc

Bottled water prices to increase from next week

By Kepha Muiruri,

The price of bottled water is expected to increase by an average Ksh.7 per litre as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) moves to implement new excise ta...

EGMS , KRA , Water Bottlers Association of Kenya

Unga shortage pushes October inflation to 2-month high

By Kepha Muiruri,

A notable rise in prices of major food commodities including maize grain and sifted maize flour saw October's inflation rise to a two-month high 4.95 ...

Inflation , KNBS , unga prices

September inflation falls to 17-month low

By Kepha Muiruri,

Growth in consumer prices across the month of September grew at the slowest pace in 17 months as the inflation rate fell to 3.83 percent over the peri...

Inflation

CBK retains base lending rate at 9% for the 16th straight month

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has retained the base lending rate at nine percent for the 16th consecutive month on the back of predictable inflation...

benchmark interest rate , CBK

Experts warn of inflation risks despite price cool down

By Kepha Muiruri,

Experts have warned of downward risks from inflation in spite of a significant cool down in the growth of consumer prices in recent months. Food-fu...

CBK , consumer prices in Kenya , Inflation , National Treasury

Falling food-prices cool inflation to 5-month low

By Kepha Muiruri,

The inflation rate fell to a five-month low five percent in August, the monthly consumer price-survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS...

CPI , Inflation , Kenya Shilling , KNBS

July inflation hits 3-month high

By Kepha Muiruri,

The inflation rate in July has touched a 3-month high of 6.3 percent from 5.7 percent in June highlighting increased pressure on the consumer spending...

Inflation , Kenya Shilling , KNBS

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Real estate brokers ease fears of sector crashing even as property prices fall

By Kepha Muiruri,

Developers in the real estate industry have quelled fears of an impending crash to one of Kenya’s key economic segment even as property prices remai...

Cytonn Real Estate , Hass Consult , Knight Frank , real estate in Kenya , Regent Group

Forex,Fuel Charges Up in July Power bills

By Citizen Reporter,

The forex charge in July power bills have risen to Sh4.52 per unit of electric power as consumers also bear high fuel prices with the levy up by Sh3.6...

Forex , Fuel Cost Adjustment

Rising food, fuel prices push June inflation rate to 5.7pc

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has quoted the end month inflation rate at 5.7 percent to indicate a 0.2 percent upward adjustment to c...

CBK , consumer prices in Kenya , Inflation , kenyan shilling , KNBS

Demonetization effects filter into value of Kenyan shilling

By Kepha Muiruri,

The value of the Kenyan shilling has continued its recent slide against the US dollar breaching the Ksh.102 mark for only a second time this year, sig...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , demonetization , kenyan shilling , patrick njoroge

Sponsored: Infrastructure projects: Being on the lookout for cost overruns

By Sponsored,

“48 percent of projects were over budget and 87 percent of projects have a time overrun.” – Deloitte East Africa [1] It’s all fine and dand...

centum

Govt to allow 12M bags of maize to be imported

By Dennis Otieno,

The government will now allow millers and traders to import twelve million bags of maize in a bid to cushion Kenyans against higher maize prices. A...

Agriculture cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri , COMESA , EAC , maize , MAIZE SHORTAGE

Kenya inflation falls to 5.49percent in May

By Zeddy Sambu,

Kenya’s year-on-year inflation fell to 5.49% in May from 6.58percent a month earlier. This is thanks to lower food prices, the Kenya National Bur...

Inflation

Cheap homes to shakeup housing market

By Kepha Muiruri,

The fruition of the government backed cheap homes initiative is expected to create a radical shift in the housing market, this as the sector on boards...

affordable housing , Jared Osoro , KBA-HPI , KMRC