Fred Matiang’i appointed acting Interior CS – Kenya
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Fred Matiang’i as acting interior secretary to replace Joseph Ole Nkaissery, who has died suddenly. The replacement was named to avoid a vacuum in leadership as the country prepares to hold elections, Kenyatta said in a televised national address in the capital, Nairobi, on Saturday. Nkaissery, 67, died shortly More...
Kenya interior CS Gen Nkaissery dies in hospital after a short illness
Kenya’s interior minister has died in hospital, the government said on Saturday, a month before the country is due to hold national elections. “It is with deep sorrow and shock that we announce the sudden More...
Islamic finance provides Kenyans with cushion against drought
Hamara Hujale tries to keep an eye on two squirming children and a pot of simmering ugali – a white doughy dish – as she reaches for her buzzing phone. After speaking a few words, she hangs up and scribbles More...
Kenya’s Opposition discredit Governments’ handling of Food Crisis and Graft to win votes
The Kenyan government’s handling of food shortages caused by one of the East African nation’s worst droughts in three decades and allegations of corruption are emerging as the key opposition weapons in its bid More...
Murder Part of Drama at Kenya Sugar Miller Up 50% in a Month
The company’s chief executive has fled the country. Its legal officer was killed in an unsolved murder case. Operations are shut for three months for maintenance and mounting losses mean it needs a bailout from More...
How Islamic finance players can win trust of consumers
By Jaafer A rapid growth of Islamic finance in Kenya has continued to raise questions over its benefits to society as well as its possible impact on the stability of the country’s financial services sector. These More...
Urban growth a boon for Africa’s industrialization
The 2017 Economic Report on Africa calls for harnessing urban growth By Franck Kuwonu There has been much talk about Africa’s urban dividends—the increased prosperity and sustained socioeconomic development More...
Is there a property bubble in Kenya?
By MuchiriMuchoki So, here is the big question; is there a property bubble in Kenya?This query has popped up repeatedly, especially in the Kenyan local property market fora. And according to Mr. George Wachiuri, More...
East Africa International Arbitration Conference to be held in Kigali Rwanda
The conference will profile East Africa’s arbitration centres in Nairobi, Kigali and Mauritius as competitive centres to the already established centres in the world offering reliable and efficient alternative More...
African waters are powerful magnets for illegal and unregulated foreign fishing operations
Overfishing destroying livelihoods African waters are powerful magnets for illegal and unregulated foreign fishing operations By Kingsley Ighobor It was midnight on 14 December 2016, when five fishermen in Tombo More...
