Veteran rally navigator Job Njiru has hinted at a blend of youth and experience being the key to Kenya’s success at this year’s WRC Safari Rally. Njiru endorsed young rally driver Samman Vohra as a potential standout performer along with experienced and financially backed stars Nikhail Sachania and Africa Rally Champion Karan Patel. Vohra, […]
PHOTO | BBC Boeing is in talks to take over Spirit Aerosystems, the supplier that has been involved in many of its recent manufacturing issues. The company, a major global air parts supplier, was spun out of Boeing in 2005 as part of a cost-cutting drive. It continues to rely on Boeing for more than […]
The government has signed a Ksh 19.8 billion (€128m) loan agreement with the French government for the modernization of the Nairobi Commuter Rail. According to the financial agreement signed by the National Treasury Principal Secretary Dr Chris Kiptoo and France Ambassador to Kenya Arnaud Suquet, the funding will help Kenya Railways in to modernize the […]
India has retained its title of the world’s fastest growing major economy as it expanded by 8.4% in the last three months of 2023. The data comes as the country is set to hold a general election this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that it shows […]
Independent Power Producers intending to sell power to the government through state-owned power utilities will access cash flow equivalent to a year of revenue. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the National Treasury and the the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATIDI) for the establishment of the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF). […]
Sankalp Africa Awards 2024 Winners Two outstanding Kenyan enterprises claimed the top two spots at the recently held Sankalp Africa Awards 2024 at the 11th Sankalp Africa Summit 2024, a summit focused around Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals. This points to the growing interest in impact entrepreneurship by small and medium sized businesses in […]
Kenya’s inflation rate has declined to 6.3pc in February after rising to 6.9pc in January this year on account of lower prices consumers experienced in the fuel index. Data published Thursday by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicates that housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ index decreased by 0.8pc between January and […]
The long wait is over and all systems go as Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) Twenty20 Super Division Top Four play-offs get underway. Kanbis A will renew their rivalry with Swamibapa A in the much-anticipated Eliminator play- off whilst SCLPS YL A lock horns with Stray Lions A in Qualifier 1. Whatever anyone may […]
Kenya is ready and willing to take over the leadership of the African Union, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said. He said the country has a legitimate and timely opportunity to offer leadership to the AU, even as the urged EAC member states to rally together and support Kenya. Mudavadi affirmed Kenya’s commitment to […]
A Parliamentary Committee has recommended the National Treasury to address payment limitations on the E-Citizen platform to ensure that Kenyans abroad can seamlessly utilize debit and credit cards for service payments. National Assembly’s Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations chaired by Nelson Koech (Belgut) last week met to review a report of the Committee […]
The First Lady, Mama Rachel Ruto, has joined the Salvation Army in Kenya to celebrate 100 years of their existence. Salvation Army in Kenya started through the efforts of three railway builders who came to Kenya in 1896 to work on the building of the Kenya-Uganda railway. As one of the earliest churches in East […]
President Suluhu said Mwinyi died in hospital in Dar es Salaam President William Ruto has conveyed his condolences to the president of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan, and the people of Tanzania following the death of Ali Hassan Mwinyi. The late Mwinyi who was the second President of the United Republic of Tanzania between 1985 and […]
