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Battles over 'goodwill' expand as manufacturers, distributors pull apart

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- For nearly two decades, a local building-materials distributor, Space and Style Limited, helped build the Kenyan market for New Zealand roofing brand Decra. But when the roofing ... Read More


IMF backs central banks' currency interventions to ease financial shocks

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed central banks' interventions in the foreign exchange market to address fluctuations emerging from financial shocks like increased ... Read More


Standard Bank reveals Sh167bn war chest for regional buyouts

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- South African multinational lender Standard Bank Group has revealed a Sh166.7 billion warchest for investments across its markets in Africa, at a time when it is looking to deepen... Read More


Kenyans lose money in off-plan development projects that never took off

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- In February 2026, a Nairobi developer unveiled a glossy pitch to a circle of high-net-worth Kenyans. Luxury off-plan apartments in Westlands and Riverside were marketed as dollar-... Read More


Bamburi, transporter locked in battle over missing cement

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- Bamburi Cement risks asset auctions over a cash claim for 224 tonnes of cement that were not delivered to a Chinese contractor eight years ago. Bamburi says GPS data from the tra... Read More


Kenya's diaspora inflows from Tanzania overtake Saudi Arabia for first time

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- Kenyans living and working in Tanzania sent more money home than their counterparts in Saudi Arabia for the first time in August, coinciding with new foreign-worker rules in the G... Read More


Homes drive record-high electricity sales on increased connections

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- Households drove Kenya Power's record high electricity sales in the year to June 2026, accounting for half of the additional 1,374Gigawatt-hours (GWh) the utility sold amid increa... Read More


Tuberculosis, HIV, malaria dominate active clinical trials

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- Research into tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malaria accounts for 50 percent of all active clinical trials in Kenya across four main categories listed by the Pharmacy and Poisons Boar... Read More


Capital Markets Tribunal paralysis stalls appeals

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- The Kenya Capital Markets Tribunal (CMT) is facing a severe operational crisis, crippled by a complete lack of quorum for close to five months now, leaving several high-profile co... Read More


Parliament defends banking law in fight over 14 Riverside asset

Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- The National Assembly has defended Section 44A (4) of the Banking Act, which excludes judgment debtors and court decrees from the protection of the in duplum principle, terming it... Read More