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10 May 2024 - The cost of maintaining a team advising President William Ruto will cross the Sh1 billion mark.

10 May 2024 - Reversal fears by small businesses have driven up the adoption of Safaricom’s Pochi La Biashara.

10 May 2024 - It's the story of Daniel that Linda Ndungu, Country Manager of Bolt, resonates with the most.

10 May 2024 - The Treasury has proposed to reduce the budget for Helb by Sh3.7 billion in the financial year starting in July.

10 May 2024 - CBK is setting up a new bond system to attract small retail investors in efforts to grow access to Treasury instruments.

10 May 2024 - Safaricom suffered a Sh21.7 billion loss from Ethiopia operations in the year ended March.

10 May 2024 - Stanbic Bank Kenya has posted a 2.7 percent growth in net profit for the first quarter ended March to Sh3.9 billion.

10 May 2024 - NSE is expected to see improved portfolio inflows from foreign investors following the end of the hard currency drought.

10 May 2024 - The Senate has opened an inquiry into the alleged sale of harmful and unregulated beauty products by L’Oréal.

10 May 2024 - BAT Kenya is eyeing at least Sh263 million from the sale of five pieces of land.

10 May 2024 - Sugar cane farmers and millers are battling over pricing, with the factories threatening to shut their plants from Friday.

10 May 2024 - Kenya has no immediate plans of controlling prices of liquefied petroleum gas used to power vehicles.

10 May 2024 - CMA has admitted real estate tokenisation platform Alphabloq Technologies Limited to its sandbox programme.

10 May 2024 - I love Kerio View Hotel’s main restaurant and bar.

10 May 2024 - Kenyatta University (KU) theatre students staged their version of Three Wooden Crosses last Friday night.

10 May 2024 - Sugarcane farmers have welcomed the order even as the Agriculture and Food Authority urges the warring parties to embrace dialogue for sector's growth

10 May 2024 - Total revenues for the year stood at $4.98 billion (Sh667 billion) in the year to March 2024 - a 5.3 per cent drop from $5.26 billion (Sh705 billion) it posted in 2023.

10 May 2024 - The Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (Tarda) has opened up 3,400 acres of idle arable land in Embu County for a 15-year lease.

10 May 2024 - Being the baby in his father’s first litter of children, Peter Elungat first learned to paint by copying the artworks of his oldest brother Hosea.

10 May 2024 - Twenty-two-year-old Teddy Otieno was last Sunday picked as a finalist in the second episode of the current series of The Piano.

10 May 2024 - Since the alternative investment funds regulations came into force there’s been no shortage of critics.

10 May 2024 - Kenya is experiencing an energy revolution, with 9.5 million Kenyans now connected to electricity.

10 May 2024 - After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, various countries and climate players took paths different from the consensus adopted a few months earlier at COP26 in Glasgow.

10 May 2024 - The doctors' strike has ended. It is a good conjuncture to discuss the big issues around frequent strikes in the public sector.

10 May 2024 - Betting firms and gaming entities can now apply for the renewal of their licenses for the financial year 2024/25.

09 May 2024 - As the soils become saturated with water, several buildings have shown signs of instability, with one flat in Uthiru collapsing on Tuesday.

09 May 2024 - The court on April 24, 2014, ordered millers to revert to the previous rate of Sh5,900 per tonne up from the current rate of Sh5,100 per tonne.

09 May 2024 - SBM Bank Kenya has appointed former I&M Bank chief operations officer Bhartesh Shah as its new chief executive.

09 May 2024 - The Adili Group has appointed Chris Diaz as its Executive Chairman to champion insights and solutions needed to tackle today's corporate challenges.

09 May 2024 - Tall and in colorful five-inch Louis Vuitton heels, epitomizing grace and success, Sabrina Elba, the model, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), activist and founder of S’ABLE Labs, was in…

09 May 2024 - The airport said 78 passengers were on board and 11 people were wounded in the accident, including four serious injuries.

09 May 2024 - Calls for evidence-based review of tobacco laws for new product innovations.

09 May 2024 - China's first crude shipment from Niger has been blocked due to an ongoing dispute between the landlocked West African nation and Benin.

09 May 2024 - Microsoft, in 2022, had more than 200 engineers in Lagos and more than 500 in Nairobi, Kenya.

09 May 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya – April 29, 2024 – Amazon Web Services has announced availability of its initiative, ‘AI Ready,’ in Kenya. Designed to equip 2 million people by 2025 with free and essential artificial intelligence (AI) skills to thrive in the digital…

09 May 2024 - LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) — The Bank of England (BoE), the United Kingdom’s (UK) central bank, announced on Thursday that it will maintain its benchmark interest rate at 5.25 percent for the sixth consecutive time. At its meeting ending on Wednesday, the…

09 May 2024 - BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) — China strongly opposes the recent U.S. sanctions applied to 20 Chinese companies for allegedly supporting Russia’s military-industrial and energy development, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. China always opposes…

09 May 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – SBM Bank Kenya has appointed Bhartesh Shah as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective today. Shah takes over from Moezz Mir, who has been in that position for the past six years and has moved to pursue other interests. The…

09 May 2024 - The Board of Safaricom Investment Co-operative (SIC) has appointed Churchill Ochieng’ as the new Chief Executive Officer.

09 May 2024 - Egypt's foreign debt increased by $3.5 billion in the three months leading up to the end of December, according to the central bank data released on Thursday.

09 May 2024 - The United States intends to establish its military presence in coastal West Africa. This is despite its almost futile and continuous effort to maintain its influence in said West African countries. Niger is one such country that has shunned US military…

09 May 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has urged traders in Kenya to be specific on areas to invest, saying this will make cooperation with China more productive. Miano, who spoke at the China-Africa…

09 May 2024 - COLOMBO, May 9 (Xinhua) — Forty-six percent of women and 10 percent of school children in Sri Lanka are obese, state media reported on Thursday, quoting Secretary to the Ministry of Health Palitha Mahipala. Speaking at a lecture to educate journalists…

09 May 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – E-commerce platform Jumia has picked Vinod Goel to lead its East African operations. Goel, who is the current CEO of the Ugandan unit, will oversee Kenya and Uganda. The new regional CEO takes over from Charles Ballard, who…

09 May 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – The government has urged Kenyans living in the Diaspora to invest back at home. In a statement delivered during a cultural event in Kingston, Jamaica, the Principal Secretary of Diaspora Affairs, Roseline K. Njogu, urged people…

09 May 2024 - NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — Air India Express has sacked at least 30 employees, mostly cabin crew, over mass sick leave amid flight cancellations, officials said Thursday. The terminations came a day after nearly 300 employees of the private airline…

09 May 2024 - KPA said it has wired a total of Sh1.1 billion to fishermen adversely affected by dredging activities at Kilalani to construct three berths of the port.

09 May 2024 - The government is targeting at least Ksh1 billion daily revenue on eCitizen by December by increasing subscribers to its digital services platform to 30 million.

09 May 2024 - Safaricom PLC recorded Ksh.139.9 billion in earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the period ending March 31, 2024, financials released on Thursday showed.

09 May 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – Elgeyo Marakwet investors have urged the government to allow them to harvest mature and overmature trees in public forests. Speaking during an awareness workshop on the disposal of forest plantation materials in Iten, Elgeyo…