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RBA asks StanChart pension to review new ex-staff claims

Nairobi, June 18 -- The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) has directed trustees of Standard Chartered Kenya Pension Fund to undertake an independent review of claims raised by a section of the bank'... Read More


CBK pushes back, rejects Sh35bn bond bids at auction

Nairobi, June 18 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) rejected bids worth Sh35 billion in the latest Treasury bond auction as it pushed back against demands by investors for higher interest returns of u... Read More


Kenya races to become a specialist healthcare hub

Nairobi, June 18 -- Kenya is emerging as a destination for international investment in specialist healthcare, with foreign and regional providers moving in to address the growing burden of non-communi... Read More


Centum property dollar fund hits Sh3.9bn target

Nairobi, June 18 -- Centum's dollar-denominated TRIFIC property fund has met its target of raising Sh3.86 billion ($29.83 million), unlocking funds for the construction of an environmentally friendly ... Read More


Africa's new sickle cell crisis plan to boost care

Nairobi, June 18 -- Africa carries the world's sickle cell burden - and largely suffers it in silence. Eight in 10 people living with the disease are on this continent, with 400,000 children born into... Read More


Absa Group offers Sh31bn for extra 16.5pc stake in Kenya unit

Nairobi, June 18 -- South Africa's Absa Group Limited is set to spend Sh30.9 billion to raise its ownership in Absa Bank Kenya to 85 percent from the current 68.5 percent, marking the latest mega deal... Read More


Court rejects bid to use old rows to stop sale of EABL stake

Nairobi, June 18 -- The High Court has dismissed a third legal suit that sought to block the final sale of British multinational Diageo's entire 65percent stake in East African Breweries Limited (EABL... Read More


'In This Valley of Dying Stars': Jess Atieno's meditation on memory and modernity

Nairobi, June 18 -- Jess Atieno's work at the African Arts Gallery, where she is holding an exhibition titled In This Valley of Dying Stars, sticks out not just because of how immersed in the black cu... Read More


The one question driving KCB Foundation's boss Mendi Njonjo

Nairobi, June 18 -- Who cares about legacy? Legacy, Mendi Njonjo suspects, is one of humanity's more flattering delusions - a hubristic little belief that we will be remembered, that history keeps car... Read More


How Treasury officials stole Sh1.5 billion from UN project

Nairobi, June 18 -- Some senior officials of the National Treasury and their cronies have been hit with asset seizures, including buildings and bank accounts, after investigations unearthed the embezz... Read More