James Oundo

Court intervenes after Sh7 million loan from a friend grows to Sh69 billion

Imagine this: you borrow a loan from a friend and agree on a repayment plan and interest. After paying close to half of the loan, you face difficulties in the repayment and go into default. The loan starts attracting...

Salaries teachers in each Job Group will earn in new pay deal

Teachers in Kenya are set for improved salaries following a new multi-billion deal.  The deal on the new salaries teachers will earn has been agreed on and signed by the Teachers Service Commission, the Kenya National Union of Teachers...

Del Monte to evict businessman Peter Munga from 75-acre parcel of land

The Environment and Land Court in Nairobi has given food processing firm Del Monte the green light to evict businessman Peter Munga from a 75-acre parcel of land. The eviction will now see Munga leave the land together with...

Peter Munga joins Sh468 billion Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway project

Prominent businessman Peter Munga has partnered with the US capital firm that is behind the Sh468 billion Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway project. The latest move by the billionaire businessman has been seen as a strategic positioning for the multi-billion project that...

KQ to add 3 narrow-body planes; grounded Dreamliners to resume duty

National carrier Kenya Airways is set to add three narrow-body planes to its fleet. This has been announced by the company's chief executive officer Allan Kilavuka. According to Kilavuka, the three narrow-body planes are expected to boost the national...

Treasury committee rejects Sh468 billion Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway plan

The National Treasury’s Public Private Partnerships (PPP) committee has rejected the Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway plan, dealing a blow to the 459-kilometre mega project. The rejection has now cast a cloud over the fate of the project that was slated to kick...

How local bank lost over Sh500 million to theft in system upgrade mess

Over Sh500 million was stolen from a local bank in a sophisticated cyber scheme. This has been revealed by the Financial Reporting Centre in its annual report dubbed Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Trends and Typologies Report 2025. According to...

KRA exceeds target as tax collections in Kenya rise to Sh2.571 trillion

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) exceeded its own revenue targets for the financial year 2024/25 by collecting Sh2.571 trillion. These tax collections were an improvement from the Sh2.407 trillion collections the taxman managed in the previous 2023/24 financial year. The...

How Kenyan drug lord “cleaned” millions of dirty drug money

Over the past few months, there has been a growing number of Kenyan women who have been getting arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and other international airports outside the country while trying to smuggle narcotics. The most commonly...

How spouses, proxies, shell companies are used to embezzle billions in counties – Report

The Financial Reporting Centre's Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Trends and Typologies Report 2025 has unearthed how come counties in the country moved billions of money through county employees, shell companies, and proxies and their spouses. According to the report,...

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