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Kenya cuts thermal power usage to avert steep electricity prices

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has reduced expensive thermal power on the national grid to avoid burdening consumers with steep electricity prices even as fears deepen over Kenya Power's ability to meet a ... Read More


Bitter Tata-government fights scuttle Sh3.6bn Magadi expansion

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A bitter dispute between Tata Chemicals Magadi Ltd and the Kenyan government has put a Sh3.62 billion expansion of the soda ash plant in doubt, threatening an investment that aimed... Read More


The CEO who kept a promise he made at five

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A red Datsun 120Y, year of manufacture 1973. Registration KDV 780. Charming it was, but fast it was not. It was the kind of car most of the established men those days had owned on ... Read More


Kenya eyes Sh400bn investor deals as jobs pressure mounts

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has raised its investment target by more than 80 percent, citing more aggressive campaigns to court investors to bring in capital to start and expand businesses in a bid to c... Read More


How a mother of three lost 30kg, without starving herself

Nairobi, Sept. 5 -- The difference between Frieda Kimanga's physique last year and the one she carries today is striking. At 40, Ms Kimanga has managed to reshape her body in a way that takes more tha... Read More


Co-op Bank customers tap Sh2.4bn overdraft for bills, shopping

Nairobi, Sept. 5 -- Co-operative Bank of Kenya customers tapped Sh2.4 billion worth of digital overdrafts in the seven months to July, reflecting the rising demand for short-term credit to bridge cash... Read More


Unicef flags child abuse on Kenya WhatsApp, Facebook platforms

Nairobi, Sept. 5 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has called for stronger safeguards from digital platforms and better protection for children as online sexual abuse increasingly takes p... Read More


Foreigners sell Sh4.5bn stocks in August as blue-chips rally

Nairobi, Sept. 5 -- Foreign investors cashed in on shares worth Sh4.55 billion on the Nairobi stock market in August, taking advantage of a rally in blue-chip share prices to secure profits on their i... Read More


Twist as sacco moves to block State-picked Kuscco liquidators

Nairobi, Sept. 4 -- A Ruiru-based sacco wants the High Court to block the three liquidators appointed by the Commissioner for Co-operative Development to liquidate the Kenya Union of Savings and Credi... Read More


Kenya's insurance hits 8-year high as life covers overtake general insurance

Nairobi, Sept. 4 -- Kenya's insurance penetration climbed to an eight-year high of 2.63 percent last year, lifted by a sharp rise in life insurance premiums that saw long-term covers overtake general ... Read More