Kenya’s bill for imported edible oils rose sharply to Sh25.61 billion in the April-June quarter of 2025, up 6.84% from a year earlier, even though the volume of oil brought into the country barely changed, official data showed Wednesday. The Agriculture and Food Authority reported that Kenya imported 183,139 metric tons of assorted edible oils…
United opposition on Tuesday accused the country’s electoral commission of laying the groundwork to rig the 2027 Kenya presidential election in favor of President William Ruto and threatened to sue individual commissioners and staff rather than the institution itself. The sharp warning came during a funeral in Matunda village, Murang’a County, for Herbert Kariithi Macharia,…
Kenya’s leading telecom giant Safaricom has raised 20 billion shillings ($155 million) from the first tranche of its corporate green bond after the issue was oversubscribed by 177%, the company announced Monday. The five-year bond, which closed Friday, drew bids totaling 41.6 billion shillings against an initial target of 15 billion shillings. Safaricom exercised a…
President William Ruto announced Tuesday that Kenya will launch a National Infrastructure Fund later this week, a move designed to pull in billions of dollars in private investment to bankroll major development projects. Speaking at the opening of an expanded black rhino sanctuary in Tsavo West National Park, Ruto said the fund will use public…
Tanzania imposed a virtual lockdown on its major cities Tuesday, deploying police and soldiers in force and declaring all protests illegal as the nation marked its Independence Day amid deepening anger over a disputed presidential election. The government warned that any demonstration would be treated as an attempted coup. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa directed non-essential…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president accused Rwanda on Monday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement signed just five days earlier, as the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group pressed a rapid offensive toward a key town on the Burundi border. President Felix Tshisekedi told Congo’s National Assembly that Rwandan forces and their allies launched attacks with…
Elon Musk’s Starlink gained 2,045 subscribers in Kenya during the July-September quarter, lifting its total to a record 19,470 and ending a nine-month slump triggered by network capacity problems, official data showed Monday. The rebound allowed Starlink to surpass its previous high of 19,146 customers reached in December 2024, according to the latest report from…
Kenya’s state-run tea factories are staggering under 26.06 billion shillings ($200 million) in debt after years of loans taken without proper board approval, inflated collateral and diverted project funds, the country’s tea regulator said Monday. A Tea Board of Kenya audit, presented to lawmakers last week, documented widespread violations at factories managed by the Kenya…
Kenya’s National Police Service Commission (NPSC) asked the Court of Appeal on Monday to suspend a recent recruitment of more than 10,000 police constables, saying the exercise was conducted without legal authority and violated the commission’s constitutional mandate. Lawyers for the NPSC told a three-judge bench that Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja overstepped his…
Kenya’s Ministry of Education plans to notify Grade 10 learners of their senior school placements before Christmas, under a government system that prioritises top performers in the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) for their chosen institutions. The move aims to allow parents and guardians time to prepare ahead of the Jan. 12, 2026, reporting…
