Energy Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma says there is need for Kenya to embrace green energy production in the wake of the skyrocketing fuel prices. Juma who is also the acting …
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Blow as KRA Shuts Down Keroche Breweries in Fresh Tax Dispute
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has shut down Keroch Breweries again, on claims that the latter had defaulted in their earlier agreement on the settlement of tax arrears. The company …
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Kenya Airways sets up hub for training drone pilots
Kenya Airways has launched the country’s first-ever drone cage to be used for training Unmanned Aerial Vehicle pilots. Through its subsidiary, Fahari Aviation, the airline will use the facility for …
The number of Kenyans in need of food aid has now hit 4.1 million as the country feels the effects of below-average long rains in the March-April-May season. The growing …
StanChart ( Standard Chartered Kenya) plans to increase lending to climate-friendly investments amid the transition to low carbon practices. The lender has said it will offer cheaper credit to customers to adopt …
Billionaire businessman Joe Wanjui has filed a lawsuit seeking to block British multinational Unilever from selling its 52 percent stake in Limuru Tea to a private equity fund as part …
Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) collected KSh 14billion at this week’s treasury bills auction and received bids worth KSh 14.7billion out of the KSh 24billion on offer, an under subscription rate of 61.26%. …
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Access Bank acquires Kenya lender, Sidian Bank, with N15 billion
Access Bank Plc has paid a sum of N15 billion to acquire Kenyan lender, Sidian Bank Ltd, owned by Centum Investment Plc. The acquisition amounts to 83.4% equity ownership stake …
The National Assembly has agreed to raise Kenya’s debt ceiling to Ksh 10 trillion from the current Ksh 9 trillion in what is aimed at giving the National Treasury allowance to borrow …
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Access Bank acquire $37 million stake in Kenya’s Sidian Bank
Access Bank has brokered a deal with the investment firm Centum Investment Plc to procure the 83.4 per cent interest the latter holds in Nairobi based lender Sidian Bank making …