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Why Standard Chartered Bank constant outages are failing customers
HapaKenyaBusiness

Why Standard Chartered Bank constant outages are failing customers

When Standard Chartered Bank Kenya presented its full-year financial results in 2024, leadership showcased a 15% growth in Profit Before Tax to Ksh. 19.7 billion, alongside a 32% jump in net interest income. To hear executives tell it,…

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KPA conducts emergency drill to bolster disaster response preparedness
Kenya News AgencyMombasa

KPA conducts emergency drill to bolster disaster response preparedness

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has conducted International Safety Management (ISM) Code Awareness Week with a full-scale emergency response drill at the Port of Mombasa. The drill brought together marine personnel, emergency responders, and…

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Safaricom initiates automated refunds for old M-PESA balances
HapaKenyaBusiness

Safaricom initiates automated refunds for old M-PESA balances

Safaricom has begun automatically transferring funds from archived, inactive M-PESA accounts back to their rightful owners. The move addresses funds left in mobile wallets associated with SIM cards that became dormant or were deactivated…

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How to Cancel KRA PIN and Deregister as Taxpayer in Kenya
The Kenya TimesBusiness

How to Cancel KRA PIN and Deregister as Taxpayer in Kenya

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has outlined the process taxpayers can follow to cancel their Personal Identification Number (PIN) or deregister a tax obligation through the iTax system. A PIN cancellation may be necessary when a…

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Govt to scale up smallholder irrigation model
Kenya News AgencyAgriculture

Govt to scale up smallholder irrigation model

The government plans to expand the smallholder irrigation programme to other parts of the country following a successful trial of initial projects in Kirinyaga County that recorded improved productivity in farmers’ incomes. Speaking during…

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Moto Nzuri, the New Bioethanol ATM Picking Up Where KOKO Left Off
TechweezTechnology

Moto Nzuri, the New Bioethanol ATM Picking Up Where KOKO Left Off

Kenya’s clean-cooking market has spent 2026 relearning how fragile its subsidized fuel model was. When the country’s dominant bioethanol network shut down at the end of January after losing government authorization for the carbon credits…

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Government suspends Tata Chemicals operations for non-compliance
Kenya Broadcasting CorporationBusiness

Government suspends Tata Chemicals operations for non-compliance

Mining operations of Africa’s largest soda ash manufacturer Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited have been suspended with immediate effect. Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho has ordered the suspension of the firm for being non-compliance with…

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KeNHA warns public over fake employment contract letters
KahawaTunguNews

KeNHA warns public over fake employment contract letters

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has warned members of the public against fraudulent employment contract letters being circulated by scammers claiming to offer jobs at the state agency. In a public notice issued on July 29,…

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Court awards former county employee damages for defamation
Kenya News AgencyNews

Court awards former county employee damages for defamation

An Oyugis court has ordered the County Government of Homa Bay to pay one of its former workers, Richard Bonyo, Sh1 million in damages for defamation. Bonyo, a former advisor for resource mobilization in the devolved unit, had sued the…

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De La Rue taps Ex-Safaricom Boss Michael Joseph to Join its Board
Business Today KenyaBusiness

De La Rue taps Ex-Safaricom Boss Michael Joseph to Join its Board

De La Rue EPZ Kenya Limited, a cash minting business that is majority owned by Switzerland-based Thomas De Rue AG, has picked on Michael Joseph, former top executive and board chairman at Safaricom and Kenya Airways, to sit in its…

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KFS, I&M Bank partnership delivers major gains in Ngong forest
Kenya News AgencyNews

KFS, I&M Bank partnership delivers major gains in Ngong forest

A partnership between the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the I&M Bank Foundation has delivered significant milestones in the restoration and protection of Ngong Forest, with more than 35,000 trees having been planted, over 40 hectares…

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Alarm as grounded cargo vessel pollutes beach in Kilifi
Kenya News AgencyNews

Alarm as grounded cargo vessel pollutes beach in Kilifi

Fishermen and Kikambala Beach Management Unit (BMU) in Mtepeni Ward, Kilifi South Sub-county, have raised alarm over severe marine pollution they attribute to oil and chemical leakage from a grounded cargo vessel, saying the contamination…

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Joho Suspends Indian-Owned Mining Company Over Non-Compliance Issues
The Kenya TimesNews

Joho Suspends Indian-Owned Mining Company Over Non-Compliance Issues

Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Ali Joho has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining operations by Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited over failure to comply with Kenya’s mining laws and regulatory requirements. In a statement on July 29,…

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TSC invites applications for 20,000 permanent teaching vacancies
Bizna KenyaEducation

TSC invites applications for 20,000 permanent teaching vacancies

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced 20,000 permanent and pensionable vacancies for post-primary teachers to serve in Junior Schools, opening a nationwide recruitment drive aimed at strengthening the implementation of the…

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