Phidel Kizito

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 2 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to invest in workforce development as a sustainable way of addressing Kenya's growing unemployment crisis.

The USD-denominated Income Real Estate Investment Trust (I-REIT) reported total assets of Sh5.87 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2026, with its portfolio comprising logistics and industrial properties valued at Sh3.45 billion and Sh1.92 billion in cash earmarked for future investments.

Nairobi — President William Ruto has announced plans to lower fertilizer and seed prices ahead of the next planting season as the government moves

The East Africa (Kenya) Fashion Life Show, set for August 13 to 15 at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi, will bring together close to 100 Chinese companies and about 20 Kenyan firms.

The cap, unveiled alongside Kenya's new carbon market rulebook, limits authorised international carbon credit transfers to 1.67 million tonnes annually across the energy, transport, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), and waste sectors.

In submissions to Parliament's Public Petitions Committee on Petition No. 9 of 2026, court-appointed monitor Owen Koimburi Njenga said Uchumi's recent expansion raises questions about its financial priorities and compliance with the creditor-approved restructuring framework.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 5 – Kenya's ambition to achieve a 100 percent renewable electricity is facing growing headwinds, with industry players warning that policy bottlenecks, limited access to finance and the absence of a robust battery energy storage framework are slowing the country's final push towards a fully clean power grid.

A new report by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) shows that of the 25,994 contract awards reported during the year, beneficial ownership information was disclosed for only 11,175 contracts, representing 43 percent of the total.

The regulator says the institutions frustrated its statutory oversight role by failing to provide procurement records and other information required for compliance assessments, making it impossible to establish whether public procurement was conducted in accordance with the law.

KVA President Kelvin Osore said the deaths raise critical questions about food safety, public health and chemical regulation, calling for transparent investigations to establish the exact source of the cyanide.