The Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) has raised serious health and safety concerns over fake personal care and cosmetic products circulating in the market, warning that these illicit goods pose severe risks to public health. The warning follows a successful enforcement operation in Nairobi’s Eastlei...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 20 – A Miami-based food entrepreneur was among seven people who died after a helicopter crashed near Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County on Wednesday. Roger Duarte, 42, was the founder of George Stone Crab, a business that sold fresh Florida stone crab claws. He also co-founde...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 – CFAO Mobility Kenya has recalled some Toyota vehicles manufactured between 2001 and 2017 over defective airbags linked to injuries and fatalities globally. The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI), in a letter to insurance company CEOs, said CFAO Mobility had engaged th...
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 19 – Kenya Airways has set out plans to restore its grounded aircraft, expand its fleet to more than 60 planes, increase cargo operations and grow its maintenance business as it seeks to strengthen the airline’s operations and financial position amid high fuel costs, a...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 – Sidian Bank’s net profit rose 28.9 percent to Sh1.21 billion in the first half of 2026, supported by higher earnings from loans, mortgages and government securities. Net interest income increased 123.1 percent to Sh3.64 billion in the six months to June 30, 2026,...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 – KCB Group plans to raise up to Sh300 billion over five years through a Medium Term Note Programme to finance green, blue and social projects. The programme, unveiled in Nairobi on Wednesday, will have an initial tranche of up to Sh100 billion and will be subject to reg...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 – Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Group posted a 37 percent rise in half-year pre-tax profit to Sh9.8 billion for the six months ended June 2026, driven by higher revenue and growth in its loan and deposit portfolios. The lender’s top-line revenue increased by 21 percent, with ...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19-The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has identified governance and oversight weaknesses within Kenya’s co-operative sector that could create opportunities for corruption, calling for urgent reforms to strengthen accountability and protect billions in sector resourc...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 – Equity Group’s profit after tax rose 32 percent to Sh45.5 billion in the first half of 2026, up from Sh34.6 billion recorded in the same period last year. The lender attributed the growth to a 17 percent increase in net interest income to Sh69.3 billion from Sh59...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has started the process of recruiting a new Director General (DG) following the resignation of Daniel Kiptoo in April amid investigations into alleged manipulation of national fuel stock data. EPRA has advertised the posit...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has started the search for a new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer ahead of the retirement of Peter Njenga upon attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60. In an advertisement published in a local daily, the pow...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has rolled out a new mobile payment option that lets investors pay for successful government securities bids of up to Ksh250,000 directly from their phones. In a notice posted on its X account on Monday, August 17, 2026, CBK said the feature is available through the D...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – Directline Assurance Company Limited is facing a liquidation petition filed at the High Court in Garissa by three creditors, with the matter set for hearing on October 1, 2026. The petition was filed by Yusra Ahmed Abubakar, Maryam Maamun, a minor suing through her aunt and ...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – Family Bank’s half-year profit after tax grew by 62 percent to Sh3.7 billion, up from Sh2.2 billion recorded in the six months to June 30, 2025. The lender attributed the growth to a 41 percent increase in net interest income to Sh9.7 billion, supported by higher inter...
MOMBASA, Kenya, Aug 18 – Bolt has expanded its Bolt Send delivery service in Mombasa to include motorbikes, offering individuals and businesses a faster and more flexible way to move small parcels across the city. Bolt Send, which was introduced in Mombasa in March using cars, is targeted at s...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – Kenya Power and Lighting Company, Unga Farm Care (EA) Limited, Enzi Motors Company Limited and other businesses and individuals have had consignments listed by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) as overstayed goods in customs warehouses, putting them at risk of public auction...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – Ride-hailing platform YEGO Mobility has entered Kenya’s boda boda market, expanding beyond taxi services with the onboarding of more than 4,000 electric motorcycle riders in Nairobi. The company, which launched its taxi and corporate mobility services in Kenya in 2022,...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – The Senate Energy Committee has directed the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to establish and operationalise a digital system for real-time monitoring of petroleum stocks as part of efforts to strengthen fuel security. The ministry, together with agencies including Ke...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched a satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), making it the first African market where the technology has moved to commercial use. The service, launched on August 14, allows Airtel customers with compa...
AUG 17 – Ferrari’s first ever all-electric car has fetched $40m (£29.5m) in a charity sale, setting a record for a new car sold at auction. The RM Sotheby’s auction in California raised more than 35 times the usual price of a Ferrari Luce. The auction house said the “first pr...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 — The government more than doubled its domestic borrowing in July, raising Sh138.25 billion from the local market as it began the 2026/27 financial year. The amount was 105.5 percent higher than the Sh67.26 billion borrowed in July last year, according to the latest National T...
