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Oil firms get Sh3.5bn for losses at defunct refinery

Nairobi, April 7 -- The State released Sh3.52 billion to compensate oil marketing firms for losses incurred at the defunct Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL), Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu sai... Read More


Gathungu flags irregular pay for 'absent' top refineries officer

Nairobi, April 7 -- Auditor- General Nancy Gathungu has flagged irregular salary payments to a senior officer of the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) who continued to earn from the company de... Read More


Kenya small businesses to tap IFC's planned Sh6.7bn fund

Nairobi, March 1 -- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) proposes to invest up to Sh6.7 billion ($52 million) in microfinance institution, Platcorp Holdings Limited, to boost its liquidity and ... Read More


Spiro bags Sh6.45bn debt financing to expand electric motorbike network

Nairobi, Feb. 24 -- Electric motorcycle company Spiro has secured fresh Sh6.45 billion ($50 million) debt funding from African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and two other investors to support the e... Read More


Vehicles assembly rises 18pc to hit new high on tax breaks

Nairobi, Feb. 21 -- Motor vehicles assembled in Kenya rose 18.5 percent to hit a new high of 13,692 in the year ended December 2025, driven by expansion of new models being put together at plants in N... Read More


Kenyan men spend least time on unpaid care work in East Africa

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- Kenyan men spend just 52 minutes a day on unpaid care work compared to women's 269 minutes, placing the country among the most unequal in East Africa. Unpaid care work refers to t... Read More


Poisons Board on the spot for irregular acting CEO appointment

Nairobi, Feb. 15 -- Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has flagged the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) over what she terms the irregular appointment of a chief executive officer in an acting capacity. M... Read More


Kenya to tap planned Sh27bn farm produce support project

Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) proposes to invest up to Sh5.16 billion ($40 million) in planned two risk-sharing facilities with Standard Chartered to support the purc... Read More


Tribe Hotels takes over management of Kilifi Beach Villas

Nairobi, Jan. 28 -- Tribe Hotels Group, the Nairobi-based hospitality firm behind Tribe and Trademark Hotels, has taken over the management of a coastal property in Kilifi, as part of its strategy to ... Read More


Regulator clears buyout of fintech firm Riverbank

Nairobi, Jan. 26 -- The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved KCB Group's acquisition of a 75 percent stake in an IT firm associated with former Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mw... Read More