MP Demands Answers on New KCC Sale as Sotik Plant Dues Go Unpaid
Sotik MP Francis Sigei wants Parliament to explain plans to move New KCC to private management, citing unpaid dues at...
September 11, 2026Section
Kenya News in English
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Kenya’s Best-Known Investment Manager Just Moved to the Public Side
James Mworia Centum ties end after 18 years as he takes over Kenya's new National Infrastructure Fund, with an insider...
September 8, 2026
Kenya Ordered Foreign-Run Shops Shut, Then Offered an Amnesty
Kenya foreign traders faced a shutdown order this week, and the government then offered undocumented East Africans a registration amnesty.
September 8, 2026
Kenya’s IMF Test Comes Due as the Shilling Holds Near KSh 129.47
The Kenya economy awaits a new IMF programme after its last one lapsed in 2025, as the shilling holds near...
September 4, 2026
Kenya Overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s Biggest Market for Deals
The Kenya M&A market jumped 670.5% to US$1.44bn in H1 2026 while Nigeria's fell 88.9% to US$105.8m, on new DealMakers...
September 1, 2026
Eight Million Kilos of Kenyan Tea Are Stuck in Mombasa
Kenya tea Iran shipments fell 40.7 percent in the first quarter and about 8 million kilos now sit in Mombasa,...
August 29, 2026
I&M Group Cleared US$79 Million, Led by Rwanda and Uganda
I&M Group made Sh10.2 billion after tax in the six months to June, with Rwanda and Uganda growing fast while...
August 28, 2026
Kenya Moved Three Railway Loans Out of Dollars and Into Yuan
Kenya yuan debt has more than doubled to 11.7% of external borrowing, worth about US$5.1bn, after three SGR loans were...
August 21, 2026
Africa’s Corporate Giants Buy Their Way to Scale as M&A Overtakes Organic Growth
African deal value rose 36 percent in the first nine months of 2024 as companies from South Africa, Kenya and...
August 12, 2026