Bamburi earns Sh1bn from cement supplies to rail contractor Bamburi Cement says it has earned Sh1 billion from supply of cement to the standard gauge railway (SGR) contractor, making it one of the biggest gainers from the ongoing construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi line. Bamburi is among…

Ex-workers sue Uchumi for Uganda exit Former employees of Uchumi Supermarket have sued the retail chain for not informing them prior to closure of its Ugandan branches and exiting the country without remitting their salaries. Former employees say Uchumi Supermarket duped them and closed shop without…

M-Pesa airtime top-ups hit scratch card dealers Safaricom’s airtime dealers are seeing their commissions squeezed as the volume of top-ups made directly from the telecom operator’s M-Pesa platform outpaces the growth of scratch cards. The volume of M-Pesa airtime top-ups peaked at 38 per cent in…