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Kenya revives 'golden visa' plan to lure capital

Nairobi, July 16 -- Kenya has revived plans to introduce a "golden visa" programme that would grant immediate permanent residency to wealthy foreign investors, signaling a shift towards immigration in... Read More


Stanbic taps Safaricom's top strategy executive as CEO

Nairobi, July 16 -- Stanbic Bank Kenya has appointed a Safaricom executive, Michael Mutiga, as its chief executive, handing leadership of the lender to a banker credited with driving corporate strateg... Read More


Kenya among 18 nations most hit by fertiliser chaos

Nairobi, July 15 -- Kenya is among 18 economies most exposed to nitrogenous fertiliser supply disruptions in the Gulf due to the US-Israel conflict with Iran, an assessment by the World Trade Organisa... Read More


Firms overtake employees indriving fresh KRA collections

Nairobi, July 14 -- Kenya's income tax burden is increasingly shifting from salaried workers to companies, with businesses generating more government revenue as company profits rebound while the forma... Read More


Firms overtake employees in driving fresh KRA collections

Nairobi, July 14 -- Kenya's income tax burden is increasingly shifting from salaried workers to companies, with businesses generating more government revenue as company profits rebound while the forma... Read More


KRA squeezes debtors as new taxpayer growth fades

Nairobi, July 13 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collections from tax defaulters in the year to June 30, 2026, were nearly 16 times higher than inflows from newly recruited taxpayers, indicating ... Read More


Banks cut lending to parastatals by Sh60bn as reforms raise risk

Nairobi, July 12 -- Commercial banks have cut lending to State corporations by more than two-thirds, or Sh59.7 billion in two years as legal reforms and tighter National Treasury controls prompt lende... Read More


Audit exposes Kenya Railways' Sh140bn land valuation gap

Nairobi, July 8 -- An interim valuation has revealed that the Kenya Railways Corporation's (KRC) vast land portfolio may have been undervalued by more than Sh140 billion, exposing years of failure to ... Read More


Kenya's foreign investment inflows hit a record Sh414bn

Nairobi, July 8 -- Kenya attracted an estimated $3.2 billion (Sh413.6 billion) in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2025, marking its strongest performance ever as investors poured money into the cou... Read More


Kenya saves Sh22 billion after China SGR loan deal

Nairobi, July 5 -- Kenya cut annual repayments on Chinese loans by Sh21.61 billion in the financial year ended June 2026 after restructuring standard gauge railway (SGR) debts, easing pressure on the ... Read More