Nairobi, July 9 -- Word from a well-placed insider: the government is about to go shopping, again, for a strategic investor to run and refinance Telkom Kenya. It is the height of irony that a multibil... Read More
Nairobi, July 2 -- The Ministry of Mining is on the verge of announcing the shortlist for a niobium and rare earths mining licence for Mrima Hills in Kilifi. Thirteen companies from China, the United... Read More
Nairobi, June 25 -- Trade and regulatory arbitrage are becoming the new frontier for grand corruption in Kenya. Consider what Parliament has just done to the sugar industry. Under the populist banner... Read More
Nairobi, June 18 -- In terms of theatrical delivery, and in articulating the sweeping spending and revenue decisions central to economic policy, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi's performance dur... Read More
Nairobi, June 11 -- The news of the Court of Appeal judgment hit the retirement benefits sector like a thunderbolt. A three-judge bench delivered a ruling that threatened to upend the entire legal fra... Read More
Nairobi, June 11 -- The news of the Court of Appeal judgment hit the retirement benefits sector like a thunderbolt. A three-judge bench delivered a ruling that threatened to upend the entire legal fra... Read More
Nairobi, June 4 -- A well-placed source recently told me that the government is at an advanced stage of considering plans to launch gold monetisation. Under the proposal, the Central Bank of Kenya (CB... Read More
Nairobi, May 28 -- As the public debate over Finance Bill 2026 rages, the loudest arguments are predictably about numbers - whether a 25 percent excise duty is too high, or whether a particular VAT re... Read More
Nairobi, May 14 -- Even President William Ruto's most committed critics would struggle to fault the optics of last week's France-Africa Summit. Nairobi hosted 30 heads of state, President Emmanuel Ma... Read More
Nairobi, May 7 -- Many observers did not fully grasp the symbolism and significance of the appointment of Benedict Oramah as chairman of the Governing Council of Kenya's newly created National Infrast... Read More