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Deals by representative banks fall by Sh40bn

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- Representative offices of foreign banks in Kenya recorded a 15.8 percent drop in value of transactions in 2025 on reduced cross-border payments and project financing business. Th... Read More


Ex-PS whose leap into a State job turned a nightmare

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- Former Principal Secretary (PS) for Public Service and Youth Affairs Lilian Mbogo-Omollo has finally won a legal battle that began more than eight years ago, when she found hersel... Read More


Insurance regulator limits buying of foreign reinsurance

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has tightened rules on offshore reinsurance, requiring insurers to first exhaust local capacity before seeking approval to place Kenyan ri... Read More


Counties leave Sh100bn idle as development projects stall

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- County governments left Sh100.2 billion of available funds unspent in the year to June 2026, while execution of development budgets weakened and 189 projects worth Sh10.51 billion... Read More


'I never borrow or lend money': The CEO shaped by his father's lessons on life and finance

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- The answer to life, according to Paras Shah, is in family and work. Family, because he left Kenya at 18, and by the time his father passed on, he realised he'd never spent enough ... Read More


Digital traffic attacks on Kenyan websites surge 114pc in a year

Nairobi, Sept. 26 -- Incidents of hackers flooding websites, servers and networks in Kenya with huge volumes of malicious traffic to make them inaccessible rose 114.3 percent in the year to June as cy... Read More


Oil drilling rig lands at Mombasa

Nairobi, Sept. 26 -- The drilling rig to be used in the South Lokichar commercial oil project has arrived at the port of Mombasa, moving the country closer to becoming an oil exporter. On Friday, Gul... Read More


Hyrox: The latest fitness craze in Nairobi

Nairobi, Sept. 26 -- The sledge scrapes across the floor as the trainer calls for one more push. Sweat drips onto the rubber mats. Around the gym, people are rowing, lifting and gasping for air before... Read More


Homes, businesses face fines for illegal solar connections to Kenya Power

Nairobi, Sept. 25 -- Homes and businesses with solar power plants face fines for illegally dumping excess electricity into the national grid, in new regulatory changes meant to protect Kenya Power's d... Read More


MPs, Senators' spending on foreign trips rises by Sh800m

Nairobi, Sept. 25 -- Spending by MPs and Senators on foreign travel rose to Sh3.5 billion in the year ended June 2026, up from Sh2.6 billion a year earlier. This added more than Sh800 million to the c... Read More