Investors press for higher interest rates to lend to government in bonds market

Nairobi, June 10 -- Bond investors have for the first time in eight months demanded an interest rate above 14 percent to lend to government in the bonds market, as high inflation erodes returns in the... Read More

Tough Finance Bill lessons from 2024 and plan to fund Sh4.8trn budget

Nairobi, June 10 -- The National Treasury has refrained from introducing higher taxes to fund this year's Sh4.845 trillion budget, as lessons from the controversial Finance Bill 2024, which triggered ... Read More

Rising T-bill rates drive up cost of borrowing for companies

Nairobi, June 9 -- Companies with loan facilities pegged on Treasury bills are facing higher financing costs as interest rates on the securities continue to go up in weekly auctions. Banks often pric... Read More

Rising T-bill rates raise cost of borrowing for companies

Nairobi, June 9 -- Companies with loan facilities pegged on Treasury bills are facing higher financing costs as interest rates on the securities continue to go up in weekly auctions. Banks often pric... Read More

Foreigners offload Sh10bn stock in big-five firms at NSE

Nairobi, June 7 -- Foreign investors made net sales worth Sh10.17 billion on the five largest firms at the Nairobi bourse in the year to April 2026, locking in large capital gains after their share pr... Read More

Kenyattas, Ndegwas to get over Sh22bn in NCBA deal

Nairobi, June 3 -- The families of founding president Jomo Kenyatta and former Central Bank of Kenya governor Philip Ndegwa have committed to sell at least 66 percent of NCBA shares to Nedbank Group, ... Read More

T-bill rate rises above 8pc as inflation pressure piles on CBK

Nairobi, May 4 -- The 91-day Treasury bill interest rate has risen above the eight percent level for the first time in eight months as investors continue to put pressure on the Central Bank of Kenya (... Read More

Nairobi satellite land boom slows as prices lock out buyers

Nairobi, May 3 -- The rapid growth of land prices in Nairobi's satellite towns has cooled off on falling demand as middle-class home builders increasingly find it difficult to afford property whose av... Read More

Apartment prices fall following excess supply in Nairobi

Nairobi, April 29 -- Apartment prices in Nairobi's suburbs fell in the year to March 2026 as supply of the units exceeded demand, with developers leaning on standalone house sales and rising rental pr... Read More

Kenya's pay divide deepens as NGO salaries increase

Nairobi, April 29 -- Employees of foreign multilateral and non-governmental agencies widened their position as the highest paid private sector workers in Kenya in 2025 ahead of their counterparts in t... Read More

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