James Oundo

Road maintenance hits 6-year low as funds collected from roads levy diverted

Road maintenance in Kenya hit a six-year low in the financial year ended June 2025. During the financial year 2024/25, the amount of kilometres that were repaired by the government decreased by 28 percent to 35,965 kilometres. This came as...

Equity vs KCB: How Kenya’s two largest banks performed in Q3 2025

Kenya's two largest banks, Equity Group and KCB Group, accounted for about Sh100 billion of the total net profit that Kenyan banks recorded in the third quarter of the 2025 financial year. When paired in a head-to-head profitability race, in...

The problems with mega Rironi-Mau Summit A8 toll highway deal

It is not in doubt that the construction of a dual highway along the Rironi-Mau Summit route has been long overdue. However, economic experts have come out with concerns about the Rironi-Mau Summit A8 toll highway financing model under...

Businessman Muhoho Kenyatta appointed to new position at NCBA Group

Businessman and former President Uhuru Kenyatta's brother Muhoho Kenyatta has been named as the new non-executive director at the board of the NCBA Group. Mr. Kenyatta will assume his new position starting from December 1, 2025. "The Board of Directors...

Fresh twist in multi-billion Rironi-Mau Summit toll highway deal

A fresh twist has rocked the Rironi-Mau Summit toll highway deal. This follows a decision by Kenya to make last-minute changes to the preferred contractors for the highway. In the new changes, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has brought...

Ruto’s State House blows Sh4.32 billion in just 3 months!

President William Ruto's State House blew Sh4.32 billion in just three months. This massive expenditure was against the target allocation of Sh1.92 billion that State House had been given to spend in the first quarter of the current 2025/26...

New York Times: How Ruto’s family, allies make profits from sending Kenyans to Saudi

An investigative report by the New York Times has exposed how President William Ruto's family and close allies are making profits from sending Kenyans to work as cheap labourers in Saudi Arabia. According to the report, President Ruto and his...

Kenya to ban importation of electricals and electronics older than 12 years

Importation of electronics and electricals that are older than twelve years will soon be prohibited in Kenya. This is according to draft regulations by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). The draft regulations, says NEMA, are aimed at curbing the...

Sam Wanjohi loses Sh1.1 billion compensation in M-Pesa apps ownership fight

Software developer and innovator Sam Wanjohi has lost a Sh1.1 billion lumpsum that he was set to receive as compensation over the alleged usage of his ideas in the development of two M-Pesa apps. This is after the High Court...

State to issue Sh390 billion bond to ‘build’ SGR Malaba line

The government is planning to issue a Sh390 billion bond to fund the construction of the SGR Malaba line. This is according to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport Davis Chirchir. This will be Kenya's largest issued single bond. According to...

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Kenya Airways restores Boeing 777 to London route, boosting capacity and global connectivity

Kenya Airways today restored its Boeing 777-300ER to the Nairobi–London Heathrow route, strengthening capacity on one of its busiest international...