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KenGen hopes to diversify business with Tier IV data centre

The Kenya Electricity Generating Co (KenGen) is honing in on plans to develop its own data centres announced last year.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 27.10.2021

Ex-spy Ngirici uses media empire to sit on presidential campaign fence

Businessman Andrew Ngirici. © Twitter/@WanguiNgirici

Subscribers only Politics Running story - State House battle in Kenya 26.10.2021

Kenyatta tries to sink Ruto's insurance company

William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta. © Reuters

Subscribers only Politics, Business Running story - State House battle in Kenya 22.10.2021

Ex-Shell and Trafigura execs go on East Africa offensive with new Montfort trading firm

The Montfort Group run by former Shell and Trafigura executives has entered the east African market with the purchase of assets in Kenya and Mozambique.

Free access Energy, Commodity traders 21.10.2021

Museveni's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, plans strategic induction tour

Ugandan Army Commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba (right) met Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on 30 September 2021. © Muhoozi Kainerugaba/Twitter

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2021

Washington weighs into Kenya-Somalia border row

Following the 12 October ruling in favour of Somalia by the International Court of Justice, the US hopes to bring the Kenyan and Somali presidents back to the negotiating table. But the plan is provoking very different reactions from Kenyatta and Farmajo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.10.2021

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Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Delighted to secure the valuable political and financial backing of the magnates of the Mount Kenya Foundation, Raila Odinga has ceded decision-making powers to them, but this has not gone down well with his campaign team.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 14.10.2021

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

Kenyatta's risky strategy over Pandora Papers revelations

Breaking news published on 07/10/21 at 1.00 p.m. - The Kenyan president was abroad when the international investigation into tax avoidance broke. He has been making frantic phone calls to Kenya's political heavyweights ever since to convince them, without success, to reveal their own offshore investments.

Subscribers only Politics 07.10.2021

FBI and DEA invite themselves to Mombasa port

Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has accepted the help of US federal officers to look into the port of Mombasa, a notorious hub for drugs destined for Europe and the US.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.10.2021

Mutahi Kagwe called in to tilt race towards Odinga

Ready to do anything to stem William Ruto's breakthrough in the key Mount Kenya voting bloc, Raila Odinga has thrown his support behind another politician, current health minister Mutahi Kagwe.

Subscribers only Politics 05.10.2021

Frontier Services Group becomes first choice for Chinese firms in Africa after DeWe takeover

Frontier Services Group (FSG), the Hong Kong security firm founded by American businessman Erik Prince, decided at the end of September to buy fellow Hong Kong company DeWe Security.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.10.2021

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Sugar sours Kenya-Uganda relations

Kenya imports most of its sugar from Uganda, but it suspects its neighbour of selling it stock produced in other countries and relabelled to benefit from preferential customs tariffs.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 28.09.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

LAPSSET corridor: Lamu port stuck in financial limbo

The first berth of the infrastructure intended to be the starting point of the LAPSSET Corridor has already been inaugurated. But to finance the rest of this colossal project, starting with the construction of the next quay, the banks are asking for state guarantees.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 28.09.2021

The first berth of the new port of Lamu.

Gideon Moi prepares Kenyatta's last government

Gideon Moi, the chief presidential campaign backer of Uhuru Kenyatta's protégé Raila Odinga, has deployed his sidekick Nick Salat to sound out potential members of the government that will run the country until next August's elections.

Subscribers only Politics 23.09.2021

Gideon Moi, son of former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi.

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Kenyatta wants to raise debt ceiling - again

Uhuru Kenyatta's lieutenants have been asked to persuade MPs and senators to let Kenya increase its debt yet again. But the circle of presidential loyalists capable of pushing such a measure through is shrinking by the day.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2021

National Chamber of Commerce becomes a presidential battleground

Uhuru Kenyatta wants to keep a handle on the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry for as long as possible so he can garner support for his heir apparent Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Business 20.09.2021

Short circuits frazzle Kenya Power chiefs

Uhuru Kenyatta has been forced to send his lieutenant Joseph Kinyua to tackle multiple conflicts at the helm of the state-owned utility, whose chairwoman, Vivienne Yeda Apopo, is being questioned by investigators.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.09.2021

Vivienne Yeda Apopo, chairperson of the board of directors of Kenya Power.

Kenya Power's finances raise alarm bells among lenders

Kenya Power and Lighting Co's financial backers, starting with the World Bank, will be keeping a close eye on the power distributor's efforts to turn around significant losses.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.09.2021

KenGen resumes development of Olkaria VII geothermal site

Five years after the World Bank's disastrous withdrawal from the project, the state power firm still hopes to build the seventh generating plant in the south-eastern Olkaria geothermal field.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.09.2021

A geothermal production well at the Olkaria geothermal power plant in Naivasha, Kenya on March 15, 2019.

Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

The Kenyan president's efforts to get his defence minister Monica Juma elected as the Commonwealth's secretary general during the 7 September summit has annoyed the alliance's other members, who dislike Kenya's attempts to monopolise positions in all other international organisations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.09.2021

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Kenya

KenGen hopes to diversify business with Tier IV data centre

Ex-spy Ngirici uses media empire to sit on presidential campaign fence

Kenyatta tries to sink Ruto's insurance company

Ex-Shell and Trafigura execs go on East Africa offensive with new Montfort trading firm

Museveni's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, plans strategic induction tour

Washington weighs into Kenya-Somalia border row

Spotlight Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Kenyatta's risky strategy over Pandora Papers revelations

FBI and DEA invite themselves to Mombasa port

Mutahi Kagwe called in to tilt race towards Odinga

Frontier Services Group becomes first choice for Chinese firms in Africa after DeWe takeover

Spotlight Sugar sours Kenya-Uganda relations

LAPSSET corridor: Lamu port stuck in financial limbo

Gideon Moi prepares Kenyatta's last government

Spotlight Kenyatta wants to raise debt ceiling - again

National Chamber of Commerce becomes a presidential battleground

Short circuits frazzle Kenya Power chiefs

Kenya Power's finances raise alarm bells among lenders

KenGen resumes development of Olkaria VII geothermal site

Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

Kenyatta battles to revive trade talks with EU and US

Spotlight Kenyatta's anti-corruption drive has ground to a halt

Kenyatta's allies deal fresh blow to president by opposing Odinga

Investor interest in rare earths grows

Kenyatta loyalists target senior officials suspected of ties with Ruto

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Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

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Sugar sours Kenya-Uganda relations

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Kenyatta wants to raise debt ceiling - again

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Kenyatta's anti-corruption drive has ground to a halt