Antonio, like many Kenyans, spends at least a full year’s salary on soccer every year. That's a lot of money.

These tweets were sent by @Roomthinker, in reaction to the recent call by the National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende for an increase in MPs’ salaries. According to Kenneth Marende, the KES Sh851,000 monthly salary for the MPs is peanuts. @Roomthinker takes up this subject and explains exactly what it means…

Jambo Jet, KQ’s low cost carrier has received a route license through Kenya Airways. The license granted by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority approves Jambo Jet to operate air services for passengers and cargo within Kenya and across the continent under FastJet and…

KCB Bank has extended banking hours in several of its branches in Nairobi and one in Kisumu. KCB has announced that it will extend banking hours for the Nairobi branches to 10 hours a day. This, the bank says, will give its customers who have busy day schedules…

1. Electricity bill to go up by 16pc this month Your electricity bill will go up by at least 16 per cent this month following a decision by Kenya Power to increase charges levied on the power. In a legal notice published last Friday on the Kenya Gazette, Kenya…

Owning a smart phone comes with one major additional expense, buying mobile internet bundles. Safaricom has a couple of data plans suitable for mobile users. The daily mobile internet bundles, with a 24 hours validity period and the 7 days prepaid data plan. Based on how you surf…

Over 2,500 pastoralists in the Marsabit region can insure their cattle, sheep, goats and camels against drought.  APA Insurance has announced an Index Based Livestock Insurance cover specific for the region. APA Insurance, a member of The Apollo Group aspires to build up to a KES 1.15 billion strategic partnership with Leapfrog Investments –…

Brookside Dairy Limited has partnered with dairy farmers in a deal which could see the price of milk fall shortly after the merger kicks off.  The joint venture, which is aimed at increasing the country’s milk production, will see the company’s intake increase 25% to 2.4 million…

Each eligible NIC shareholder has the right to buy 1 new NIC share for every 4 already held and will until 7th September have the option to freely trade their rights at the NSE at a price set by the market

1. NCPB under spotlight over maize price The government’s latest bid to fill up the national granary by offering maize farmers high prices has turned the spotlight on its role in the market as households forego low prices associated with the harvest season. While weekly data gathered by…