Mumias share price up on Comesa safeguards extension Mumias Sugar Company shares at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) rose 6.7 per cent Tuesday following the extension of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) quantitative safeguards that give a lifeline to the industry for…

Imperial Bank owners and CBK feud over reopening delays Imperial Bank shareholders have blamed Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) over the delayed reopening of the closed bank, days after the regulator accused them of inaction. The owners also accused KDIC of failing to appoint a team…

StanChart’s net profit drops 36pc on bad loans  Standard Chartered Bank’s rising load of non-performing loans has pulled down its net profit for the six months to June by 36 per cent and seen the lender overtaken by two of its peers. With all six top-tier…

Top foreign funds see returns on NSE equities drop 11pc The top-five foreign mutual funds investing in Kenya have seen their returns decline by an average of 11 per cent year-to-date, a new report by consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers shows.Investor returns have taken a hit from the…

Rea Vipingo plans diversification into power generation Agricultural firm Rea Vipingo will invest Sh1.3 billion in power generation and expansion of vegetables production after delisting from the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Rea Vipingo is expected to use the electricity generated to power its factory, potentially reducing its operating expenses. The surplus…

TransCentury, BAT top listed firms with diversified boards The analysis of the listed companies’ boards commissioned by New Faces New Voices (Kenya) was done by research firm Think Business, as a way of  improving corporate governance in Kenya’s listed firms. TransCentury Limited  and BAT are the leading companies in board diversification among…

Services paralyzed as workers’ protest spread The protest by City Council of Nairobi workers over delays in effecting a salary increment negotiated two years ago spread to other local authorities Monday, paralysing services. City Hall workers downed their tools last Thursday, abandoning vital services like…

Poor families conned of KES 7 billion in dubious scheme Police are investigating a dubious investment scheme through which poor families may have lost more than KES 7 billion on expectations that their children would be educated for a token. The Criminal Investigation…

The Agriculture PS blames the shortage on shut-down and repair of some sugar companies such as Sony Sugar and Chemelil. But there's more, there's always more.

Mauritius recently eased its Visa regulations for 29 African countries including Kenya. This means a