Kenya misses out on full debt service suspension slice

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government has come under scrutiny for failing to take full advantage of opportunities presented by the Debt Service Suspension Imitative (DSSI). ...

debt , Debt Service Suspension Imitative (DSSI) , Treasury

Trump bars U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’...

Donald Trump

OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management 

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...

menstrual hygiene management , MENSTRUATION , Safepad , sanitary towel

Uhuru urges young Kenyan scientists to push country to global stardom

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged young Kenyan scientists to expend their energies wisely and remain focused so as to come up with cutting edge innov...

Kenyan scientists , Uhuru

Take charge of the country’s destiny, Uhuru tells Kenyan youth

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenyan youth to stop shying away from pertinent national issues saying time had come for them to take charge of the...

Uhuru

OPINION: Private energy generators hold the key to cheaper electricity in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The raging debate on why more Kenyans are embracing alternative energy sources to escape the Kenya Power Limited high tariffs is ...

energy

Serie A backs Sh221b bid for media unit stake

By Reuters,

Italy’s top-flight Serie A soccer league moved closer to selling a stake in its media business to boost virus-hit revenues when it agreed on Thursda...

Serie A

Burnley confirm talks over potential takeover

By Reuters,

Burnley are in talks with unspecified investors over a potential takeover, the Premier League club confirmed on Thursday. American sports investment ...

Burnley , Premier League

All Blacks ‘up for sale’ as virus hits funding

By Agencies,

The All Blacks rugby team is in talks with private equity investors as it struggles with the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. N...

All Blacks , Covid-19 pandemic , New Zealand , private investors

CMA seeks new orders to quash court battle with Cytonn

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has requested High Court’s commercial and admiralty division to throw out a petition by Cytonn Investment in whi...

CMA , Cytonn Investment

President Kenyatta kicks off France visit at Elysee Palace

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his official visit to France on Wednesday evening at Elysee Palace where he was received by his French host Emmanu...

FIDA: Withdraw VAT Bill President Uhuru Kenyatta , in france

Tuskys siblings in truce to progress make or break rescue deal

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tuskys majority shareholders represented by the Orakam Holdings Limited have unanimously approved terms progressing the efforts to secure emergency cr...

Tuskys

Treasury raises Ksh.64b from local borrowing in September

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has raised Ksh.64.2 billion from local borrowing in September as it continues to profit from the high investor appetite for gove...

domestic borrowing , National Treasury

Blow to Brookhouse parents as High Court declines to order reduction of school fees

By Dzuya Walter,

Brookhouse parents were on Thursday dealt a blow after the High Court declined to reduce school fees ruling that the rights of all stakeholders must b...

Brookhouse School , high court , Justice Weldon Korir , school fee

BWIRE: Time to focus on high cost of content production

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire One of the issues coming out during this COVID-19 pandemic is that the cost of doing media business in Kenya is very high; especial...

Money in circulation grows by Ksh.203 billion in four months

By Kepha Muiruri,

Money in supply within the Kenyan economy has defied the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic expanding by Ksh.203 billion or an equivalent 30.7 per cent. ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , money in circulation

124 private schools set for closure over huge bills occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic

By Makori Ongechi,

About 124 private schools in the country with a student population of 43,000 are on the verge of shutting down completely as a result of huge bills th...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Peter Ndoro , Private schools , Prof. George Magoha

Ruiru, Ruaka and Utawala among satellite towns leading lift in Nairobi land prices

By Kepha Muiruri,

Sustained demand for parcels of land inside Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA) satellite towns has paid dividends for land investors as land prices recov...

Cytonn Real Estate , land prices

OPINION: The future of new cities in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The unfolding troubles bedeviling some large scale developers of residential houses in the country provide an important reali...

Chinese boss gets attempted murder charge for shooting two black employees

By CNN,

The shooting of two Zimbabwean workers by a Chinese boss shows the "systematic and widespread" abuse that locals face in Chinese mining operations, sa...

attempted murder , chinese , Zimbabwe