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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


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


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


Payment firms capital raised up to Sh250m in new Treasury Bill

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- Payment service providers and system operators will now be required to keep five times as much capital as the minimum capital requirement is raised to Sh250 million. The National... Read More


CBK leans on two bonds, targeting Sh50 billion

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has turned to two familiar 15- and 20-year Treasury bonds in its Sh50 billion October issuance, hoping to ride the demand they attracted last month... Read More


Kenya has a chance to turn clean cooking into a business opportunity

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- When a Kenyan mother lights a firewood stove to prepare the evening meal, she is not thinking about climate diplomacy at the United Nations. She is thinking about feeding her fami... Read More


When a board outvotes the owner

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- Late last year, I wrote about the Tata Trusts in India as a model of family ownership with a purpose: two charitable trusts, which, together with other smaller trusts and family-r... Read More


Why that stiffness could be linked to menopause

Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- The menopausal transition, or perimenopause, is a period of hormonal and physical change that occurs over several years. Women may experience changes in bone density, increasing ... Read More