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By EDWIN OKOTH More by this Author Kenya Power looks set to purchase wind-generated electricity at half price from October in what presents a bigger relief to consumers in the last quarter of the year. Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) said it would be selling its electricity at $3.6
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By OUMA WANZALA More by this Author Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has directed investigations into the PhDs awarded by local universities amid concerns that some of the postgraduate degrees are substandard or were obtained irregularly. Prof Magoha said he had asked the Commission for University Education (CUE) to establish
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By OUMA WANZALA More by this Author Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has directed investigations into the PhDs awarded by local universities amid concerns that some of the postgraduate degrees are substandard or were obtained irregularly. Prof Magoha said he had asked the Commission for University Education (CUE) to establish
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By JAMES KARIUKI More by this Author Sales of saloon cars fell to a five-year low of 10,504 units in 2018 compared to 2014’s 15,902 units indicating a shift from passenger-travel to passenger-cum-cargo vehicles. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in the 2019 Economic Survey reveals station
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By JAMES KARIUKI More by this Author Sales of saloon cars fell to a five-year low of 10,504 units in 2018 compared to 2014’s 15,902 units indicating a shift from passenger-travel to passenger-cum-cargo vehicles. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in the 2019 Economic Survey reveals station
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By PATRICK ODENYO More by this Author The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) is counting on the informal sector to more than double pension savings to Sh2.4 trillion in the next five years, riding on mobile phone-based products. Chief executive Nzomo Mutuku on Tuesday said roping in the sector will
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By CONSTANT MUNDA More by this Author The majority of Kenyan factories have frozen fresh recruitment amid uncertainty in regulatory and trade environments, an industry survey suggests. The findings paint a grim outlook in the sector expected to generate 800,000 new decent jobs under President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ambitious
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By CONSTANT MUNDA More by this Author The majority of Kenyan factories have frozen fresh recruitment amid uncertainty in regulatory and trade environments, an industry survey suggests. The findings paint a grim outlook in the sector expected to generate 800,000 new decent jobs under President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ambitious
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By GERALD ANDAE More by this Author The Kenya Tea Development Agency will start using tea plucking machines in two of its farms in a pilot project to determine the viability of the kits. The agency has called for tenders for supply of hand-held, battery operated mini tea harvesting machines
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By JAMES KARIUKI More by this Author Kenya’s Export Processing Zone-based (EPZ) companies raked in Sh77.2 billion in sales last year, being a 14.7 percent growth compared to Sh67.3 billion realised in 2017. Newly released official data shows that exports, which formed the bulk of trading,
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By PATRICK ALUSHULA More by this Author Kenyans living and working abroad sent home Sh67.16 billion in the first three months of the year, underlining the dependability of the inflows and importance to the economy. The inflows rose 11.4 per cent to $221 million (Sh22.32 billion) in
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By GERALD ANDAE More by this Author Animal feed manufactures will get 300,000 bags of maize from the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR) to ease shortage and lower retail prices. The Ministry of Agriculture agreed with the manufacturers last week that it will issue them with the consignment of grade