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Five million households to get electricity under new World Bank project

Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- An estimated five million households will be connected to electricity under a Sh114 billion ($880 million) World Bank-backed project that mainly seeks to light up rural Kenya. The... Read More


Emergency jet fuel import averts JKIA, Moi shortage

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- Kenya imported a consignment of jet fuel outside the Government-to-Government (G-2-G) supply contract between Kenya and three Gulf oil majors, to avert a shortage of the commodity ... Read More


Nock's revival plan fails as Rubis Kenya walks away

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- National Oil Corporation of Kenya's (Nock) proposed deal with French oil major Rubis fell through, dimming hopes of reviving the struggling State-owned oil company. Sources say th... Read More


Kenya electricity imports rise further to avert rationing

Nairobi, Aug. 30 -- Kenya's reliance on electricity imports increased in the six months to June 2026 as the country raced to avert potential rationing, with the share of supplies from Ethiopia and Uga... Read More


Equity enters the autogas vehicle market

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Equity Bank has entered the fast-growing market for vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas, also known as autogas, with loans of up to Sh200,000 for motorists seeking to conve... Read More


Equity, Proto Energy sign deal for loan on vehicle clean fuel

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Equity Bank has entered the fast-growing market for vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas, also known as autogas, with loans of up to Sh200,000 for motorists seeking to conve... Read More


Kenya failed to block bad petrol in high-seas drama

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Before the arrest of senior State officials in the energy sector over contested fuel cargo, Kenyan authorities tried unsuccessfully to block a ship carrying 60, 000 tonnes of petro... Read More


DCI gets ultimatum over former energy bosses fuel probe

Nairobi, Aug. 23 -- Parliament has issued an ultimatum to the investigators to submit a report on the outcome of a probe of three senior officials in the energy sector arrested in April over accusatio... Read More


Vivo Energy leads Sh279bn tax windfall from oil firms

Nairobi, Aug. 21 -- Vivo Energy accounted for nearly a quarter of the Sh278.6 billion in taxes and levies that oil marketers paid in the 10 months to April 2026, even as the overall fuel tax collectio... Read More


Consumers hit as electricity prices rise in August

Nairobi, Aug. 20 -- Electricity prices have risen in August, driven by tariff changes to two critical pricing components, piling pressure on homes and businesses already grappling with costly goods an... Read More