KENYA Foreign investors lower risk of Kenya defaulting on debt Overseas investors have lowered risk assessment on Kenya’s ability to repay its fast-rising external debts after the Central Bank of Ke...

  KENYA   CBK, investor standoff drives interest rates to 16-year high A standoff between investors and the Kenyan government over interest rates escalated this week after the sale of the Oc...

Kenya Emirati company gets majority stake in Telkom on Helios exit A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based firm will take up a majority stake in Telkom Kenya from London’s Helios Investment Partners, mar...

KENYA Sugar Production Down 31% in Seven Months on Cane Shortage   Output of sugar from local millers has dropped by nearly a third in seven months due to a shortage of cane, with the scarcity sh...

KENYA Shilling tipped to weaken further on low forex inflows Lower foreign exchange inflows and higher global interest rates are the key factors that will see the Kenyan shilling continue to lose grou...

Kenya Loss-making companies to pay as State renews push for minimum tax The William Ruto administration has set sights on a share of revenue from loss-making companies after signalling a revival of mi...

Kenya Inside the multi-million dollar deals at the Nairobi climate summit Kenya and other African countries struck climate-related financing deals worth $23 billion (Sh3.36 trillion) at the just-ended...

KENYA   State to legalise phone, email tapping in dirty cash fight   Telephone calls and emails of Kenyans suspected to be dealing in money laundering and terrorism financing will be tapped ...

KENYA   Miraa farmers pay the price of a slump in exports, cartels Alexander Mwenda, a Miraa farmer in Gaciongo, Igembe North chopped down his earlier treasured trees three weeks ago sparking upr...

KENYA Banks to access secret State database in dirty cash fight Financial institutions will soon be granted access to a State database on secret owners of companies to enable them to swiftly flag and ...

Kenya US guarded on Kenya trade deal past Agoa expiry The US is non-committal about when negotiations for a free trade deal with Kenya will be concluded despite Nairobi earlier saying the talks would ...

KENYA Desperate for loans, Kenya offers highest returns in 7 years The Kenyan government is increasingly borrowing more expensive loans from the domestic market in a trend that has set up households a...