Kenya
Local manufacturers invited to supply materials for Kenya Power project
NAIROBI: Kenya Power is urging local manufacturers to participate in the supply of materials for the implementation of the multi-billion-shilling...
70% LPG in Kenyan market is counterfeit
NAIROBI: Close to 70 per cent of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the Kenyan market is counterfeit, according to the newly...
Vivo Energy opens its biggest service station in Kenya
NAIROBI: Vivo Energy Kenya, which distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, has opened Shell Bonje Service Station in Kwale...
Barclays insurance enters Kenya and eyes Ghana
NAIROBI: The group expects Barclays Life Assurance Kenya to be a base to expand to East African countries such as...
Titanium company seeks Sh2 billion in VAT refunds
NAIROBI: Australian-based Mining firm Base Titanium Ltd says it is owed Sh2 billion in Value Added Tax ( VAT) by...
Kenya proposes rules to require local stake in oil exploration firms
NAIROBI: Kenya has proposed rules requiring oil exploration firms to give local investors a five per cent stake and use...
Kenyans want tax break on beer
NAIROBI: Kenyans want a tax break on beer and heavier taxation on spirits, the ‘Citizen Alternative Budget’ has found out....
Kenya’s President Uhuru raises basic minimum salary by 12 percent
NAIROBI: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta increased the workers basic minimum salary by 12 percent.The President who presided over this year’s...
Construction of road linking Kenya, South Sudan to start in 2016
Kenya: The construction of the 601-kilometre road linking the country’s north-west town of Lesseru to Nakodok/Nadapal border with South Sudan...
Kenya institute of directors enters into partnership with IFC to promote corporate governance
NAIROBI: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Institute of Directors Kenya, (IOD), today entered into a...
Barclays Africa enters Kenya life insurance market
NAIROBI: Barclays Africa Group Limited has formally entered the Kenyan life insurance market with the launch of Barclays Life Assurance...
Kenya buys over 680,000 tonnes oil products from May to July
NAIROBI: Kenya’s oil importers have bought over 680,000 tonnes of oil products for delivery over May to July, about 20...
Kenya’s growing appetite for imports widens trade deficit
NAIROBI: Kenya's trade deficit continues to widen owing to a large import bill dampening the prospect of East Africa's largest...
Agriculture still Kenya’s top growth engine
NAIROBI: Agriculture and manufacturing remained the key growth drivers as the country's economy grew by 5.3 per cent last year....
Tata Motors launches ‘Prima’ range in Kenya
NAIROBI: Auto major Tata Motors on Wednesday launched six models from its 'Prima' range of heavy commercial vehicles in Kenya....
Kenyan economy slows down in 2014
NAIROBI: The Kenyan economy grew slower in 2014 registering a 5.3 per cent growth compared to 5.5 per cent recorded...
Kenya launches new changes to online tax payment
NAIROBI: Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on Wednesday introduced a raft of new changes to the mobile tax payment solution, iTax...
KRA asked to delay rollout of capital gains tax
NAIROBI: Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been asked to soften its stance on Capital Gains Tax to prevent a contraction...
Thai customs seizes more than 500 smuggled tusks from Kenya
NAIROBI: Over 500 elephant tusks smuggled from Africa and destined for an Indochinese state were seized at a Thai port...
Court of Appeal stops Sh250m case against Kenya Pipeline Company
NAIROBI: The Court of Appeal has temporarily stopped a Sh250 million suit against Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) emanating from a...
