Sonko under fire as Nairobi MCAs threaten to impeach him

By Jacque Maribe,

Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko now faces an impeachment motion over the Pumwani Hospital crisis. A section of Senators and members of the Nairob...

Nairobi County Assembly , Pumwani , Sonko

Fuel shortage now hits President Uhuru Kenyatta’s backyard

By Citizen Team,

Motorists were forced to park their cars at petrol stations in Gatundu following the fuel shortage that has hit the country after the 16pc tax was imp...

fuel shortage , fuel tax , Gatundu

MPAKE publishes royalties paid to Kenyan acts

By Ian Omondi,

The Music Publishers Association of Kenya (MPAKE) has announced its inaugural distribution of revenue to musicians and other rights holders. In a s...

KAMP , MPAKE , PRISK , Royalties for musicians

On fire Kaberia mum, as Muthee, Muteti trade blames over World U-18 scam

By Carol Kones,

In what is turning out to be startling revelations, the IAAF World Under-18 Local Organising Committee CEO Mwangi Muthee has claimed that Sports Kenya...

Chandarana supermarket takes action against employee behind racist email

By Mbuthia Bashir,

Chandarana Foodplus Supermarket has conceded that there was a chain of communication that profiled some of its customers sparking the ongoing racism a...

Chandarana , Chandarana Foodplus Supermarket , License cancellation , Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko , racism

Uchumi banks on franchising after Govt pulls plug on bailout

By Mumbi Warui,

Uchumi Supermarkets has called for franchise bids for its Nairobi west branch just a month after it invited bids for its Langata Hyper branch. This...

bailout , Chris Kiptoo , franchise , government , Mohammed Ahmed , retail , Retail Traders Association , uchumi , Wambui Mbarire

Google and Facebook could be caught in the US-China trade war

By CNN,

President Donald Trump's trade wars have reached Silicon Valley. The Trump administration is considering tariffs on networking equipment from China...

Amazon , facebook , Google

Govt rules out Uchumi bailout

By Mumbi Warui,

Uchumi Supermarkets is staring at a bleak future with the government ruling out pumping in more money to revive the struggling retailer. Uchumi, wh...

bailout , cash crunch , Chris Kiptoo , debt restructuring , investment , Mohamed Ahmed , nse , retail , ROI , Trade , uchumi

NYS looking for new suppliers

By Ian Omondi,

The National Youth Service (NYS) has invited suppliers and service providers to register afresh to supply goods and services to the institution for a ...

CS Margaret Kobia , Director General Matilda Sakwa , NYS , suppliers

Kenyan Gov’t suppliers go unpaid as corruption depletes State coffers

By Reuters,

The Government is failing to pay many of its contractors on time, as corruption drains funds for legitimate projects from State coffers, reports have ...

corruption

There was an excess of imported industrial sugar admits Kiunjuri

By Mbuthia Bashir,

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has admitted that there was an excess importation of industrial sugar in the year 2017. Speaking befo...

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Sugar importation

UK supermarket squeeze on suppliers fuels poverty and abuse

By Reuters,

Millions of farmers and factory workers worldwide who produce food for Britain’s leading supermarkets are exploited and struggle to feed their famil...

British Retail Consortium , Ethical Trading Initiative , farmers , Oxfam , poverty , retail , supermarkets , suppliers , UK

Competition watchdog to jointly evaluate Govt procurement

By Kepha Muiruri,

All government procurement will be subjected to competition and fair trade rules by the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK). This after the compet...

bid rigging , collusion , Competition Authority , government , procurement , Public Procurement Regulatory Authority , public resources , tendering , Uhuru kenyatta , Wang'ombe Kariuki

Governor Samboja declines to pay Ksh. 900M debt owed to contractors

By Julius Joho,

A group of contractors have vowed to sue the Taita Taveta County Government over pending bills amounting to over Ksh.500 million. Led by the group ...

Granton Samboja , TAITA TAVETA , tenders

Uhuru orders lifestyle audit on all public servants

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that a lifestyle audit will be conducted on all public servants, including himself, as the government intensifi...

Government officials , lifestyle audit , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Uchumi bets on franchising to lift fortunes

By Citizen Reporter,

Loss making retailer Uchumi is set to venture into a franchising deal as it seeks to salvage its operations. The move is aimed at offering private ...

bailout , branches , franchise , loss , retail , uchumi

CBA eyes suppliers with new financing package

By Sophie Kinoti,

Regional lender Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has launched banking service aimed at speeding up supplier payments. The move comes as an estimated...

Africa Guarantee Fund , banking , CBA , Ennovative Capital , Goods , government , Jeremy Ngunze , retail , suppliers , supplies , supply chain

War on corruption: Uhuru announces changes in gov’t procurement system

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued an executive order directing all government institutions to begin publishing full details of tenders and those who...

ifmis , National Treasury , Uhuru kenyatta

BWIRE: Graft purge must outlive dramatised arrests

By Victor Bwire,

As usual, there is dramatized arrests and leak-led exposes on corruption going on, as established and determined by the various investigative agencies...

Big four agenda , corruption , Joseph Kinyua , President Uhuru Kenyatta

NYS boss Richard Ndubai arrested alongside 20 other suspects

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Richard Ndubai has been arrested amid an ongoing probe into the Ksh. 9 billion scandal at the youth agen...

NYS , Richard Ndubai