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 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

NSE seeks lift from 2020 bear run as trading resumes

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) will be hoping for a lift in 2021 with trading resuming for the New Year on Monday. Among key remedial measur...

bulls & bears , COVID-19 , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)

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

Uchumi commences fresh audit of supplier bills

By Kepha Muiruri,

Beleaguered retailer Uchumi Supermarkets has commenced a fresh audit of supplier bills as the chain moves to ring fence its court approved Company Vol...

Mohamed Mohamed , uchumi

‘Women must lead not bleed!’ Nairobi County women MCAs resolve

By Citizen Reporter,

“We will partner and walk together in solidarity and sisterhood in our leadership journeys” was the resounding resolve by 21 members of the Nairo...

#womenmustlead , Alice Wahome , Nairobi County Assembly , two thirds gender rule

OPINION: Kenya Power must make its services in Siaya reliable

By Joseph Bonyo,

By Joseph Bonyo Three weeks ago, I was in the village. We experienced power outages for more than 12 hours. I was miffed. I called all the known nu...

KENYA POWER , Ramogi FM , SIAYA COUNTY , whatsapp

Speaker Muturi now wants two-thirds gender rule be ‘subjected to a referendum’

By Citizen Reporter,

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has said that the issue of two-thirds gender rule should be subjected to a referendum over the cost of impleme...

BBI , Chief Justice David Maraga , National Assembly , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Speaker Justin Muturi , two thirds gender rule

‘Obado has terrorized Migori for too long,’ ODM maintains impeachment push

By Ian Omondi,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has maintained that it will proceed with its push for the impeachment of Migori Governor Okoth Obado. OD...

governor okoth obado , impeachment , John Mbadi , Migori County , odm

OPINION: A wasted Damascus moment? Why the window for electoral reforms is fast closing in

By Guest Writer,

When the Supreme Court of Kenya returned its verdict on the August 8, 2017 elections, there was a general feeling that we had arrived at our road to D...

BBI , Chebukati , Chiloba , IEBC , Issack Hassan , raila , ruto

Tuskys owners give nod to sale of majority stake

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tuskys shareholders have agreed to sell a majority stake of the company and now await the acquisition of an investment suitor. The nod, disclosed i...

Tuskys supermarket

Gov’t to set annual debt limit to tame runaway borrowing

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government is expected to set an annual debt limit through its fiscal monitoring agencies and Parliament to contain outlandish borrowing. The n...

debt , National Treasury , Public Debt Management Office (PDMO)

OPINION: Corruption, greed could impede Kenya’s war on COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang I googled the meaning of the word corruption, and this is what I found; dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power; a f...

Tuskys scrambles to tap investor to steady ship

By Kepha Muiruri,

The shareholders of Tuskys supermarket are seeking to tap a strategic investor by the end of July in addition to exploring further funding options to ...

Dan Githua , The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) , Tuskys

Tuskys in fresh plan to fire staff

By Kepha Muiruri,

Retailer Tuskys is in a fresh plan to fire staff, barely four months since a recent round of layoffs in February. The new layoffs have been disclos...

job cuts , Tuskys

3 more retailers on Gov’t watch as Tuskys stays mute on buyer power abuse

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) says three more retailers are under its watch for delaying payments to suppliers as it rounds off investigati...

retail in Kenya , The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) , Tuskys

Safaricom extends Bonga For Good Campaign for 30 more days

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom has extended the Bonga For Good Campaign for an extra 30 days to June 3, 2020 to enable customers continue using their points to buy goods a...

Bonga For Good , Safaricom

Omtatah wants Gov’t to refund money to those in mandatory quarantine

By Dzuya Walter,

Activist Okiya Omtatah has moved to court to challenge the Covid-19 regulations. He wants the court to order the Government to refund in full the m...

coronavirus , Omtatah , Quarantine

Coronavirus: Governor Mutua waives water charges in Machakos, urges Gov’t to suspend electricity, water bills

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua is now urging the government to waive electricity and water bills for household consumption as part of additional measu...

Alfred Mutua , machakos

Kenyans on Twitter rally behind Nairobi girl whose mum suffered devastating stroke in Nanyuki

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) in their numbers have rallied behind a Kenyan girl who made a passionate appeal on Twitter, asking her followers to come to t...

Brenda Wanjiru