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Half of key sectors struggle to recover jobs lost to Covid

Around half of the major sectors in Kenya are still grappling with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, struggling to regain the...

Investors happy as operations at Naivasha Inland Container Depot commence

Naivasha is expected to be the next hub of business in the Country thanks to the recently establishment of a special economic...

European Commission approves Kenya’s duty-free access deal with EU, Final hurdles...

The European Commission has granted approval to Kenya's Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), bringing the country one step...

Safaricom fined for declining to hire blind man

Safaricom  has been ordered to pay a blind man Sh6 million as compensation for failing to hire him as customer care executive on...

Kenya Railways partners with Nzoia Sugar Company for transportation

Kenya Railways has partnered with Nzoia Sugar Company for the purposes of transportation of Sugar and other related products from Bungoma to...

Manufacturers caution potential job cuts and economic hit if protests persist

Kenyan businesses are now tallying the financial repercussions of recent protests, estimated to be worth billions of shillings, following opposition-led demonstrations against...

New Lamu port set to host first transshipment cargo

The Lamu port will handle its first transshipment cargo today as a ship from Zanzibar will be calling at the facility to...

Government takes up to sh79 in tax per liter of fuel

Consumers are currently facing a significant tax burden when purchasing fuel in Kenya, with taxes amounting to as much as Sh79 per...

President Uhuru Kenyatta responds to Pandora Papers leak

President Uhuru Kenyatta has responded to the revelations of the hidden wealth of billionaires and heads of governments in a report published...

Kenyan CEOs express anxiety over soaring fuel, electricity costs

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has revealed that the steep increase in fuel and electricity prices has adversely affected consumers' purchasing...

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