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Diamond Trust Bank Half-Year Net Profit Up 35.8% to KSh 7.3Bn
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Diamond Trust Bank Half-Year Net Profit Up 35.8% to KSh 7.3Bn

Diamond Trust Bank(DTB), a regional player with 130 branches spread across in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda- delivered a strong first-half performance, with net profit increasing by 35.8% to KSh 7.3 billion. The lender recorded healthy growth…

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Nzoia Dykes Help Budalangi Farmers Reclaim Flood-prone Land
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Nzoia Dykes Help Budalangi Farmers Reclaim Flood-prone Land

Farmers in Budalangi, Busia County, are returning to farmland that was previously rendered unproductive by perennial flooding, following the construction and strengthening of dykes along the River Nzoia. Residents say the secondary dykes…

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Govt Cuts Fertilizer Price to Ksh2,000, Halves Maize Seed Cost
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Govt Cuts Fertilizer Price to Ksh2,000, Halves Maize Seed Cost

The government has announced a fresh subsidy on fertilizer and certified maize seed as it seeks to cushion farmers from drought-related losses and encourage them to return to production. Under the new intervention, the price of a…

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Dividend Payouts: How Listed Firms Are Rewarding Shareholders
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Dividend Payouts: How Listed Firms Are Rewarding Shareholders

Dividend cheques have been streaming into the accounts of local and foreign shareholders of listed firms, with those owning a piece of blue chip companies at the now bullish Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), smiling all the way to the…

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KCB, I&M Lead Banking Rally as NSE Shares Surge
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KCB, I&M Lead Banking Rally as NSE Shares Surge

Kenya’s banking stocks gave the Nairobi Securities Exchange a strong boost last week, with KCB Group leading the charge as investors responded to better earnings and the lender’s plans to raise Ksh 300 billion through a…

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Governor Lenku accuses ODM of supporting rival parties
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Governor Lenku accuses ODM of supporting rival parties

Kajiado County Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has accused Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Oburu Oginga of failing to issue an apology over allowing party officials to campaign for State House Comptroller Katoo Ole Metito. The second…

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Uhuru attends late Wamalwa’s annual memorial service in Kitale
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Uhuru attends late Wamalwa’s annual memorial service in Kitale

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday, August 23, joined family, United Opposition leaders and people of Kitale, Trans Nzoia county, for the annual memorial service of the late Vice-President Michael Kijana Wamalwa. He described…

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Ruto @ 4: Govt’s Teacher Recruitment Drive Cuts Staffing Gap
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Ruto @ 4: Govt’s Teacher Recruitment Drive Cuts Staffing Gap

When President William Ruto took office in 2022, Kenya’s education sector was grappling with an estimated shortage of about 116,000 teachers, as enrolment expanded under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) and the 100 per cent transition…

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SUN Mobility Launches Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping Network in Kenya
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SUN Mobility Launches Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping Network in Kenya

SUN Mobility, a global leader in battery swapping technology, in partnership with Vivo Energy, has launched its open-architecture electric vehicle battery swapping ecosystem in Kenya, establishing the country as the launchpad for its…

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Will the Opposition Overcome the Unity Jinx in 2027?
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Will the Opposition Overcome the Unity Jinx in 2027?

Now the opposition faces the same old question of unity ahead of 2027: can it finally break the jinx and rally behind one candidate? The logic is compelling but this may be the most difficult political bargain yet.

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The Central Bank of Kenya Accepts KSh 57.6Bn at Weekly T-Bills Auction
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The Central Bank of Kenya Accepts KSh 57.6Bn at Weekly T-Bills Auction

The Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) accepted bids worth KSh 57.59 billion at this week’s Treasury Bills Auction. The state fiscal agent allocated KSh 29.6 billion of this amount to net borrowing from the domestic market in this auction and KSh…

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Ticketmaster Expands Into Kenya as Quicket Targets Live Events Market
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Ticketmaster Expands Into Kenya as Quicket Targets Live Events Market

Global ticketing giant Ticketmaster is expanding into Kenya through Quicket, marking a major move into the country’s growing live entertainment industry. The partnership will bring a fully digital ticketing platform to the Kenyan market,…

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