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Diesel prices rise by Ksh.4.57 in latest fuel costs review
By Kepha Muiruri,
1720, January 14, 2021 (EAT)
Users of diesel are expected to see the sharpest increase in costs at the pump effective Friday, January 15 with the price of the commodity going up b...
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Lower fuel costs trim Kenya’s trade imbalance
By Kepha Muiruri,
1740, January 11, 2021 (EAT)
The country has continued to reap benefits from lower fuel import costs with the current account deficit contracting further to 4.7 per cent in Novemb...
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Kenyans close the year with emptier pockets as December inflation spikes to 5.6%
By Kepha Muiruri,
1747, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Motorists to pay more as fuel prices go up in latest review
By Kepha Muiruri,
647, December 15, 2020 (EAT)
Motorists will pay more for fuel from midnight on Tuesday as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) effects higher petroleum costs. T...
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Kenyans set for high December electricity bills
By Kepha Muiruri,
1630, December 11, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyans are set for higher electricity bills at the end of the Christmas festivities courtesy of weakened shilling. According to the just published...
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The pinch of a fading shilling
By Kepha Muiruri,
1503, December 5, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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OPINION: Private energy generators hold the key to cheaper electricity in Kenya
By Guest Writer,
1237, December 7, 2020 (EAT)
By Jeremy Gitonga The raging debate on why more Kenyans are embracing alternative energy sources to escape the Kenya Power Limited high tariffs is ...
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Shilling remains in free fall as it crosses Ksh.111 mark against the dollar
By Kepha Muiruri,
1321, December 4, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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November inflation shoots to 7-month high 5.5% on higher food costs
By Kepha Muiruri,
1036, December 1, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Kenya Airways resumes direct U.S. flights
By Kepha Muiruri,
1735, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed direct flights to the United States effective Sunday ending a near-11-month hiatus. The carrier had...
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Relief as petrol, diesel, kerosene prices all drop
By Kepha Muiruri,
1340, November 14, 2020 (EAT)
Motorists are set for relief after an all inclusive drop in the cost of fuel was announced on Saturday in the mid-month review by the Energy and Petro...
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Kenya’s inflation jumps for the first time since April from high food costs
By Kepha Muiruri,
1541, October 30, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Ksh.500M released for 14 counties in off-grid solar project
By Citizen Reporter,
1529, October 17, 2020 (EAT)
Residents from 14 counties will now have access to solar and clean cooking products following the release of Ksh. 500million from the Kenya Off-Grid S...
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East African Business Council calls for an end to COVID-19 testing at border posts
By Citizen Reporter,
1811, October 15, 2020 (EAT)
The East African Business Council (EABC) is now calling upon the East African Community Partner States to put an end to testing of COVID-19 at border ...
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Petrol price up by 72 cents per litre while diesel drops by Ksh.2.18
By Kepha Muiruri,
1708, October 14, 2020 (EAT)
Petrol prices have picked up for a second time in a fortnight as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) reviewed the cost of the product...
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EAC losing export earnings due to low value addition of horticulture, leather products
By Citizen Reporter,
618, October 9, 2020 (EAT)
East African partner states are losing out billions of dollars by inadequately investing in adding value to horticulture and leather goods produced in...
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KRA effects higher excise rates, signals greater fuel, alcohol prices
By Kepha Muiruri,
1704, October 2, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) adjusted its effective excise duty rate by five percent, signalling higher costs for excisable goods which largely f...
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September inflation cools to 4.2 per cent on lower energy, transport costs
By Kepha Muiruri,
1719, September 30, 2020 (EAT)
The cost of living has continued to ease with the rate of inflation in September cooling further to 4.2 per cent from 4.36 per cent in August. Acco...
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President Kenyatta’s dilemma: What it would cost to dissolve Parliament
By Sam Gituku,
1505, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
Should President Uhuru Kenyatta heed Chief Justice David Maraga’s advice to dissolve Parliament, what would it take for the electoral body IEBC to c...
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Petrol prices rise by Ksh.1.48 as diesel and kerosene costs drop
By Kepha Muiruri,
1703, September 14, 2020 (EAT)
Petrol prices are set to increase by Ksh.1.48 per litre at midnight on Monday as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) impacts its mid-...
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