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How worker assaults sparked exit of security boss of giant tea firm

Nairobi, Sept. 30 -- An employment fight between giant Sri Lankan-owned Browns Plantation and a former security manager has revealed the assault of three employees suspected of siphoning fuel from a c... Read More


Mbadi: Kenya willing to grow stake in the Dangote refinery

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Kenya will acquire extra shares beyond the 10 percent the country has been allocated in Aliko Dangote's Lamu refinery if other East African countries opt out or buy few stocks. T... Read More


Banks pour record Sh53bn loans into farming in one year

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Commercial banks increased lending to the agriculture sector by a record Sh53.1 billion in the year to June 2026, as stronger farm incomes and improved cash flows made the traditi... Read More


Saccos cut bad loans by Sh10bn in a year

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Regulated savings and credit society cooperatives (saccos) reduced the volume of bad loans by Sh10.42 billion in the year ended December 2025 to Sh60.45 billion in the prior year,... Read More


Dangote offers Kenyans shares for Sh49 via NSE

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Kenyan investors will have access to the ongoing Dangote Petroleum shares sale for as little as Sh490 through the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) under a new vehicle that awaits... Read More


Cancer drugs among most counterfeited in Kenya

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Cancer drugs are among the medicines most frequently targeted by falsifiers, putting patients at risk of receiving treatments containing the wrong ingredients or no active medicin... Read More


Lessons for Lamu from Dangote's court battles

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- In May, Dangote Petroleum Refinery returned to court in Lagos. It asked the Federal High Court to strike down petrol import licences that Nigeria's downstream regulator had just g... Read More


Jambojet stops Zanzibar flights as fuel, insurance costs bite

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Jambojet has suspended its direct flights between Mombasa and Zanzibar, citing the surge in fuel costs and the recently introduced mandatory travel insurance in Tanzania, which ha... Read More


Jambojet suspends Zanzibar flights

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Jambojet has suspended its direct flights between Mombasa and Zanzibar, citing the surge in fuel costs and the recently introduced mandatory travel insurance in Tanzania, which ha... Read More


Kenyan Eurobond yields fall, defy renewed jitters

Nairobi, Sept. 29 -- Kenyan Eurobond yields have eased in recent weeks, defying jitters which have seen interest rates on similar instruments from advanced economies like Japan and the US rise. The f... Read More