1. Cheaper electricity bills in the offing Kenyans could be set for cheaper electricity bills in the next two months, Kenya Power has announced. The move will be music to the ears of many electricity consumers who are grappling with high power charges. -Daily Nation…

Some articles to keep you company this weekend: 1. Future foods: What will we be eating in 20 years’ time? “Rising prices mean we are now starting to see the return of meat as a luxury. As a result we are looking for new ways to fill the…

1. All Kenyans must fight counterfeits – Kirubi Industrialist Chris Kirubi is urging all Kenyans to be on the frontline against the distribution and consumption of counterfeit products in the country. He acknowledged that his company Haco Industries, a leading manufacturing and trading company in the fast moving consumer goods…

A Deutsch Bank Market research has listed Kenya as Africa’s third largest beer consumer, with its market share at 17 per cent of the continent’s.

1. MPs demand to know where fuel levy is The government was on Wednesday morning put to task over fluctuations in fuel levy collections despite a steady rise in the cost of living. The matter came up in Parliament when Roads Assistant Minister Wilfred Machage told Parliament that the amount…

A lecturer at the Kisumu Polytechnic has put together a movable house.The house is a single-storied construction, built with prefabricated steel and wooden fringes in the interior. Speaking to the press, Samson Alemba, who put it together with the help of other lecturers in the institution and Arc…

1. How De La Rue currency deal cost taxpayers Sh10bn  The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) used Sh10.2 billion (£75.3 million) to procure 2.6 million bank notes from De La Rue between March 2003 and December last year through expensive stop gap orders. The CBK placed six interim orders for…

The Kenyan Revenue Authority (KRA) has advised the public to be on the lookout for individuals and groups purporting to assist them to escape taxation of rental income. The groups, KRA says in a statement, are asking taxpayers to pay money for the service, and in the process…

A couple of things you are waking up to this morning: 1. K-Rep Bank profit rises 25 per cent on back of loan income- Business Daily 2.  What investors should learn from Olympics- Business Daily 3.  Mbao pension plan registers 149pc growth – Business…

1.  Urban transport systems set for Sh35bn upgrade- Business Daily 2.  Safaricom saves billions in new deal with Vodafone- Business Daily 3.  Dating can be very costly, exercise restraint- The Standard 4.  The costs that accompany aging without savings- The…