The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is closely monitoring weather patterns and their potential impact on food prices as it maintains a cautious outlook on inflation and economic growth for the rest of the year. Read More
South Africa’s Vodacom has strengthened its influence over Safaricom after appointing two senior executives to the Kenyan telecommunications company’s board, following an increase in its ownership stake. Vodacom appointed Mariam Cassim, its chief Read More
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is set to have a bigger stake in Kenya’s insurance industry if an investment company linked to him completes a deal to acquire majority ownership of two insurers from Read More
Birth of a new legal challenge over mobile money fraud has kept the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) firmly in the spotlight after the regulator failed to convince the High Court that it should be Read More
Treasury borrowed Sh983.7 billion in the financial year ended June 2026, with Sh207.7 billion of the debt going towards recurrent expenditure exposing continued pressure on the government to finance its day-to-day operations without relying on loans. Read More
Sometimes the most expensive lessons in public finance are written in the quiet margins of parliamentary reports that nobody was supposed to interrogate too closely. When the Kenya National Treasury and the National Assembly decided Read More
Dark side of Kenya’s palm oil import business is emerging as a major concern after a parliamentary investigation into suspected revenue losses of Sh64 billion stalled, leaving questions over how billions of shillings may Read More
The High Court has temporarily stopped the prosecution of Co-operative Bank of Kenya and its Chief Executive Officer Dr Gideon Muriuki over the alleged Sh363.3 million fraud at First Assurance Investment Company. Justice Gregory Mutai Read More
Nairobi City County has been ranked the country’s worst-performing county in managing pending bills, with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) warning that its growing debt burden reflects deep weaknesses in budget execution and financial Read More
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) is setting its sights on reshaping the nation’s freight and postal landscape by stepping aggressively into the domestic courier market. Long viewed primarily as a mass passenger carrier and bulk Read More
