- Farming is encouraged as a source of income through planting crops that can be traded internationally, rather than as a source of food for subsistence.
- There have been instances where a few large players in a sector have formed cartel-like coalitions that collude to keep retail prices high locking out other players.
- Unit exchanged at an average of Sh143.5182 against the dollar on Friday. Development elevates newfound hopes of ending a currency crisis involving a steep decline in value.
- Kenya is keen on mainstreaming energy efficiency away from the sustainable energy talk that has resulted in energy efficiency becoming a forgotten issue.
- Parliament haS invited the DCI to investigate the Sh6.3 billion maize flour subsidy programme initiated under the reign of former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
- Last year, the farmers incurred losses estimated at billions of shillings after they resorted to hawking the produce at less than Sh30 per kilogramme.
- Once ratified and entered into force, Kenya will receive duty-free and quota-free access to the EU, its biggest market where it sends roughly one-fifth of all its exports.
- Kenya's tea industry holds immense potential not only as a significant contributor to the economy, but also as a catalyst for positive change in employees, smallholder farmers and industry players.
- Parliamentary Budget Office wants State to set aside Sh150 billion kitty each financial year to settle pending bills for the next five years. Treasury CS says verification to be completed in March.
- Night-time construction is one of the key safety hazards identified by players in the built industry, who recently met to deliberate on ways to improve health and safety standards in the sector.
- February inflation rate drops to 6.3 percent from 6.9 percent in January; KNBS says prices in commodities such as housing, water and electricity decreased by 0.8 percent.
- Ships in countries in the Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa region will be registered under one standardised platform if a new policy that seeks the creation of that platform is adopted.
- Coffee auction activities increased this week at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) following the delivery of 30,162 bags of the commodity for the market.
- Linturi has said that his ministry is in the process of drafting regulations to provide for the management of weighbridges to ensure fairness in sugarcane weighing.
- Canada's Africa Oil Corp now says its earlier announced plans to pull out of Kenya's Turkana oil project have hit fresh headwinds following delayed State approvals.
- The Invest and Grow (IG) Sacco recorded a profit of Sh1.91 billion in the year 2023, representing a 2.5 percent increase from Sh1.86 billion realised in 2022.
- Go Electric Ltd is set to unveil its latest electrical and solar vehicle models in Rwanda, marking a significant stride in the realm of sustainable transportation.
- Politicians predicted a rate of dollar to Sh100 from a high of Sh160. They have even advised us to sell off the dollars to avoid losses. Their timing was very coordinated.
- Post-IPO was a not-so-happy period for several investors. To date, some 16 years later, some of them are still reeling from the aftermath of what is still the biggest IPO at the NSE.
- Ruto has been painting a rosy picture on his government's management but economists say other measures used to tell state of economy show country is not yet out of the woods.
- Increased electricity consumption by Kenyans also contributed to the profitability as utility firm shrugged off a major hit from the weakening of the shilling last year.
- CS Simon Chelugui said delayed or non-remittance of Sacco dues by county governments, universities, and other government agencies stands at over Sh3.5 billion.