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Kenya Rising Tanker Costs Add Fresh Pressure to Kenya’s Fuel Prices Record-high oil tanker freight rates are adding fresh pressure on fuel prices in Kenya as disruptions to global shipping routes raise the cost of importing petroleum products. Kenya relies entirely on seaborne imports for its petroleum needs, so higher freight and marine insurance costs […]...
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19 Sep 2026
A Balancing Act? Judicial Correction, Investor Confidence and the Price of Uncertainty
Eleven weeks after the Court of Appeal cleared the way for the Government of Kenya to sell 15% of its Safaricom shareholding to Vodafone Kenya, a three-judge High Court bench has undone the transactio...
19 Sep 2026
CBK Sets New Expectations for AI Risk Management in the Banking Sector
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how banks assess creditworthiness, detect fraud, interact with customers, monitor transactions, manage portfolios and make strategic decisions. As these syste...
29 Aug 2026
The Big NIF Bet: Can Kenya Fund Infrastructure Differently?
For years, Kenya has built its major projects, including roads, railways, and even the ambitious nuclear power plant, largely on borrowed money. That model is now running out of road. With public ...
29 Aug 2026
The KSh3.2M Question: Who Pays for Kenya’s Customs Loopholes?
A technical adjustment in customs administration has quickly escalated into a confrontation over the cost of doing business in Kenya. Following the Kenya Revenue Authority’s decision to raise the Cu...
29 Aug 2026
Electric Mobility Hits a New Gear in Kenya
Kenya’s electric mobility sector is moving beyond pilot projects and small-scale demonstrations, as new data show a sharp rise in electricity consumption by electric vehicles and motorcycles. Acco...
31 Jul 2026
Beyond 2030: Kenya Must Now Chart a New Development Path
The goal of making Kenya an upper-middle-income economy by 2030 remains far from being realised. However, the shortcomings should not be interpreted as a failure of Vision 2030 but as an opportun...
31 Jul 2026
Vision 2030 Revisited: Hits, Misses and the Transition to Kenya’s Next Development Compact
Nearly two decades after its launch, Vision 2030 has reached an inflection point. As President William Ruto initiates a national conversation on Kenya’s next long-term development framework, th...
24 Jul 2026
Bank Interest Rates: Who Should Hold the Approval Power?
The CBK-Treasury Standoff If you have a bank loan in Kenya, you might assume your bank can raise your interest rate whenever the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) raises its benchmark rate. For years, banks...
6 Jul 2026
What Kenya is getting wrong in the Asahi Diageo Deal
For much of its constitutional history, Kenya’s judiciary has occupied an uneasy position in economic governance. The Constitution, 2010, transformed the courts into active custodians of public ...
3 Jul 2026
Kenya’s Evolving Relationship with the IMF and World Bank
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has always been closely linked to Kenya’s economic history. When the country’s need for financial support and debt repayment has become extremely ur...
3 Jul 2026
Compliance or Punishment? Inside NTSA’s Tough New Era of Road Enforcement
Starting this month, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has launched a major new road safety enforcement plan. The changes include instant traffic fines, yearly inspections for priva...
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