(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya is seeking to turn its housing deficit and growing infrastructure needs into an industrial opportunity, with about 15 foreign companies expressing interest in setting up manufacturing or distribution operations in the country to serve East and Central African markets. The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce andContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya’s Employment and Labour Relations Court has upheld the dismissal of a Dormans Coffee employee who allowed her husband to drive a company vehicle when she fell ill on duty, ruling that a health emergency does not excuse a breach of vehicle policy. Irene Vwamula lost herContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Foreign investors sold 23.6 million KCB Group shares valued at KES 2.1 billion ($16.2 million) at the current market price in the three months to September, while local investors increased their holdings in the lender over the same period. Latest shareholder profile shows foreign holdings fell fromContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The Data Management Association (DAMA) Kenya Chapter has launched in Nairobi, creating a national body for data professionals and setting a target to train more than 10,000 practitioners over the next three years. The training programme will run through a partnership with Pathways International, the association saidContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya plans to open 21 grain warehouses to private investors across nine counties in a move aimed at curbing exploitative middlemen and brokers in the agricultural supply chain. The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will drive the concession deals under the warehouse receipts system (WRS). TheContinue Reading
(ELDORET, KENYA) – Kenya has announced plans to cut income tax for low earners, exempt cheap land deals from stamp duty and remove import duty on mobile phones, measures worth billions of shillings in relief to households. Workers earning less than KES32,333 ($250) a month will pay reduced income tax,Continue Reading
(ELDORET, KENYA) – Hotels, Airbnb apartments, restaurants, taxi operators and traders in Eldoret have reported a sharp rise in business as visitors arrive for Mashujaa Day celebrations at Kipchoge Keino Stadium. The arrival of government officials, corporate delegations and other guests has increased demand for accommodation, food, transport and otherContinue Reading
(MAKUENI, KENYA) – Makueni County plans to hand over its KES 1 billion ($7.7 million) fruit processing factory to a private investor under a concession deal aimed at maximising output. The Public Private Partnership (PPP) unit of the National Treasury approved the concept note for the concession in September 2026,Continue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Air travel between Kenya and the Middle East rebounded in the third quarter despite the ongoing conflict, with Dubai overtaking London as the top destination for travellers departing from Nairobi. Departures from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Middle Eastern destinations rose 16% to 151,295 in JulyContinue Reading
(KONZA, KENYA) – Kenya is set to construct a KES 80 billion ($618 million) nuclear research reactor at Konza Technopolis to produce cancer treatment drugs locally and reduce reliance on imports from South Africa and costly medical trips to India. The project, to be implemented through a public private partnershipContinue Reading
