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Trade and Financial Services Round-Up
Kenya CBK Draft Bill Seeks Powers to Raid Payment Firms and Remove Executives The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has issued the draft National Payment System Bill, 2026, introducing direct supervisory powers that allow the regulator to conduct unannounced raids, inspect records, and remove corporate executives at payment service providers. The Bill also establishes stricter […]...
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3 Oct 2026
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Kenya Kenya’s Electricity Consumption Rises as E-Mobility Uptake Grows Kenya’s electricity consumption increased in the year ending June 2026, with electric mobility recording the fastest grow...
26 Sep 2026
Trade and Financial Services Round-Up
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 route...
19 Sep 2026
Trade and Financial Service Round Up: Issue No. 36 of 2026
Kenya Market Regulators Monitor Financial Liquidity Amid Treasury Adjustments Market participants and institutional investors continue to track the Central Bank of Kenya’s macroeconomic poli...
11 Sep 2026
Trade And Financial Services Round-Up
Kenya Rironi-Naivasha Road Dualling Targeted for Completion By 30 October Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport Davis Chirchir says the dualling of the Rironi-Naivasha road will be complete...
6 Sep 2026
Trade And Financial Services Round-Up
Kenya KRA eCitizen Outage Frustrates Taxpayers Taxpayers have faced frustration after technical disruptions on the Kenya Revenue Authority’s eCitizen services persisted for several days, affecti...
29 Aug 2026
Trade and Financial Service Round Up: Issue No. 33 of 2026
Kenya Lenders Reap as Workers’ Appetite for Salary Advances Grows Lenders are increasingly benefiting from growing demand for salary advances as more workers turn to short-term credit to bridg...
21 Aug 2026
Trade and Financial Services Round-Up: Issue No. 32 of 2026
Kenya Housing Levy: What KRA Can Do to Recover Unpaid Contributions KRA is considering stronger enforcement measures to recover unpaid Affordable Housing Levy contributions, including seizing hous...
14 Aug 2026
Trade And Financial Services Round-Up: Issue No. 31 of 2026
Kenya Mudavadi-Linked Investment Firm to Acquire Insurance Stakes from Absa Absa Group has agreed to sell its 63.32 per cent stake in Absa Life Assurance Kenya and First Assurance Company Limited to...
7 Aug 2026
Trade and Financial Services Round-Up: Issue No. 30 of 2026
Kenya Gov’t Maintains Sugar Import Ban and Import Licence Freeze for Traders Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has reaffirmed the government’s ban...
31 Jul 2026
Trade and Financial Service Round Up: Issue No. 29 of 2026
Kenya Government Halts Tata Chemicals Magadi Mining Operations Over Regulatory Breaches The Kenyan government has ordered Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited to immediately suspend all mining activiti...
24 Jul 2026
Trade and Financial Service Round Up: Issue No. 28 of 2026
Kenya Kenya Drops US Firm, Plans Four-Lane Nairobi–Mombasa Road The government has abandoned plans for a new 419-kilometre Nairobi–Mombasa expressway proposed by US investor Everstrong Capital and...
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