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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 transaction entirely. The KSh204.3 billion sale was completed on 30 June and structured to unlock a further KSh40 billion in dividend-rights financing […]...
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19 Sep 2026
Democracy in the Digital Age: ODPC Sets New Rules for Handling Voters’ Data
As Kenya gradually shifts into election mode, another campaign season is taking shape behind the scenes. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has issued Guidance Notes for Electoral P...
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...
31 Jul 2026
New Reforms to the structure of the National Police Service
A Special Issue was on 30th July 2026 gazetted that outlined new reforms to the structure of the National Police Service. Key structural changes introduced by the amendment Kenya Police Service ...
10 Jul 2026
How the Intellectual Property Bill Could Reshape Kenya’s Innovation Economy
For much of the 20th century, intellectual property law was concerned mainly with protection: rights created to reward inventors, encourage creativity and prevent misappropriation. Today, the m...
10 Jul 2026
Security at a Cost: Why Kenya Has Become Africa’s Second-Largest Arms Importer
New data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that Kenya became Africa’s second-largest importer of major conventional arms in 2025. Kenya now overtakes long-establi...
10 Jul 2026
Kenya’s Pension Assets Cross KSh2.83T as Sector Consolidates
Kenya’s retirement benefits sector closed 2025 on a high note, with total assets under management crossing KSh2.83 trillion, even as the number of active schemes declined. This paints a picture ...
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
Diageo Prepares for Post-EABL Life with John Musunga as Africa Boss
Diageo PLC rolled out part of its plan for the African market this week by appointing John Musunga as Managing Director of its African arm, Diageo Africa. Musunga, a former Managing Director of ...
3 Jul 2026
The Asahi-EABL Transaction: A Candid Test of Kenya’s Regulatory Maturity & Predictability
When multinational investors assess a market, they rarely focus on a single transaction. Instead, they observe how institutions behave when large investments, significant tax revenues and competing ...
26 Jun 2026
MPs Back Bill to Scrap Penalties for Attempted Suicide
Section 266 of the Penal Code of Kenya classifies attempted suicide as a misdemeanour. Under this provision, a person who attempts to take their own life may be punished with imprisonment for up to ...
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