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KCB to lend Sh. 10.4 billion to small businesses

KCB has received a $100 million (about Sh. 10.37 billion) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for onward lending to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region. The Abidjan-based multilateral development bank noted the credit will contribute...

Kenyan billionaire in court for stealing two phones

A Kenyan billionaire and owner of the TAJ Mall which is situated in Embakasi has found himself in hot soup. This is after he was accused of stealing two mobile phones valued at Sh. 55,520. Mr. Ramesh Chandara Govind is accused of...

Customers owe Kenya Power Sh. 3.2 billion in unpaid power bills

Customers of Kenya Power owe the firm Sh. 3.2 billion in unpaid bills. This is according to Kenya Power's managing director Ken Tarus. He notes that the bigger amount in this outstanding bills' debt is owed by large consumers who include...

Asia overtakes US in billionaire numbers

The world’s wealthiest individuals are on a roll, with billionaires in Asia leading the pack. Billionaire wealth increased 17 per cent to $6 trillion (Sh618 trillion) in 2016, after a decline the previous year, UBS AG and PricewaterhouseCoopers said...

Banks closed? Deposit, withdraw or transfer money at Co-op Kwa Jirani

Yesterday, the government gazetted two days as holidays. These are Wednesday (today) and Thursday (tomorrow). The two days were declared as holidays in order to afford Kenyans time off to prepare for the repeat presidential election which had been...

From picking coffee to starting my own multi-million business

This feature was first published in the Business Daily. Fireside Group, a firm whose clients include Safaricom and Kenya Power, was born nine years ago. Rebecca Wanjiku is shy with her numbers but the company’s over 100 employees and her ownership...

Kenya loses Sh. 700 billion in 4 months to politics

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance has announced that the country has lost an estimated Sh. 700 billion in four months. The body said most of the losses came from frequent disruption of transport and industrial operations during the campaigns ahead of...

How potato seeds are making me rich

BY RACHEL KIBUI Ann Mbugua specialises in seed potato production, a venture she got into in 2005. She says she used to practice small-scale potato farming until she was invited for a training on seed production in Limuru organized by Kenya...

Beware these could destroy your dairy farming

BY DR JOSEPH MUGACHIA I visited a farm in Nyandarua where a heifer treated the farm manager and I to a scary stunt. We were almost exiting the dairy unit of 120 cattle when the heifer did the unthinkable. It ran...

New JKIA runway to cost Sh. 7.7 billion per kilometre

A second runway is set to be constructed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The runway will be constructed at an estimated cost of Sh. 37 billion. It will be 4.8 kilometres long and 75 metres wide. This will be an...

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