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Nairobi driving Kenya Power's new electricity sales

Nairobi, Oct. 4 -- The Nairobi region accounted for 45 percent of the extra 1.114 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity sold in the year to June 2026, underscoring the impact of heavy industrial... Read More


US overtakes Uganda as Kenya's top export market

Nairobi, Oct. 4 -- Kenya's earnings from exports to the US market surpassed Uganda's in the five months to July 2026, amid resumed orders following the restored preferential market access terms under ... Read More


The CEO who likes to be underestimated

Nairobi, Oct. 4 -- People could easily overlook her. Underestimate her. Big mistake, she says. By the time you realise she's high-ranking, she has already taken your measure. Influence isn't just a w... Read More


Enhance use of digital speed cameras for traffic

Nairobi, Oct. 3 -- Annual average figures of fatalities on Kenyan roads stand above 4,000, a mean of 10 deaths daily. This is a huge social-economic loss, which calls for commensurate responses. One o... Read More


Thugge raises compliance fees for non-deposit-taking credit firms

Nairobi, Oct. 3 -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has set a Sh1 million fine for late payment of annual fees by non-deposit-taking credit providers (NDTCPs), adding to an array of steeply increased c... Read More


The 50-year-old building the body she wants at 80

Nairobi, Oct. 3 -- Mrya Dennousse, 50, became a grandmother in June. Retirement from the rat race was not part of the plan. If anything, grandmotherhood appears to have given her another reason to kee... Read More


Rubis takes 34pc share of Kenya's jet fuel market

Nairobi, Oct. 3 -- French oil multinational Rubis is the biggest seller of jet fuel in Kenya with the firm taking a leading 33.6 percent market share in the year ended June 2026, according to data fro... Read More


A warm bar, cold whisky and strange company

Nairobi, Oct. 2 -- The last time I was at Red Ginger, there was a birthday party out in the gazebo. I had forgotten my jacket and was so cold I couldn't have fun. I remember looking across at the bar ... Read More


Airtel Money bets on low fees against M-Pesa as market matures

Nairobi, Oct. 2 -- Airtel Money Kenya's parent firm has signalled a mobile money market price war with Safaricom's M-Pesa in its effort to expand its local market share, saying that high market penetr... Read More


Mau Summit-Malaba dual road plan passes first test

Nairobi, Oct. 2 -- The planned 243-kilometre Mau Summit-Malaba dual carriageway has passed an initial viability test, with experts pointing out that the proposed toll road can be developed within the ... Read More