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The amount of electricity that Kenya imports from its neighbours has in the recent years surged and is now eating into the market shares of local power producers
Kenya increasingly relied on thermal power plants in the 12 months ending on June this year, as electricity demand rose and authorities turned to the fossil fuel powered power plants.
About half of the installed captive capacity is from solar power plants.
Business conditions began to recover across the Kenyan private sector for the first time since April in September.
A seemingly small addition to a tender document (addendum) became the sticking point that saw the highest-priced bid for KenGen’s 6.38 million carbon credits kicked out in the preliminary stage.
The KPC has applied for an increase in its tariff, which, if approved, will result in a further rise in the share of taxes and levies charged to motorists at the pump.
The state has been mulling over tolling various roads in Kenya. The move to charge motorists using this road that has reduced congestion on the Likoni-Ferry channel will have a major impact.
A separate investigation report filed in court now indicates that the mother of a woman claiming to be the daughter of former President Mwai Kibaki never mentioned him in her book
Kifwa has signed a Sh10.3 billion partnership with Capital Pay International Ltd to develop a Centralised Clearing and Forwarding Management System.
Despite a big drop in the cost of imported cooking gas (LPG) and new players entering the market, the price of cooking gas in Kenya has remained unchanged over the past two years.
The Kenya Pipeline Company IPO is also a two-in-one sale, with the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd being part of the sale, which, to some extent, complicates the privatisation process.
Analysts are poking holes in Nyota programme, which has been criticised for duplicating existing empowerment initiatives while disbursing paltry sums unlikely to make a real impact.
The cost of electricity will go up for the second month in a row in October as Kenya increases reliance on power generated from thermal power plants
The fight between the Energy Ministry and private power producers over the exploitation of wind energy in Northern Kenya is now spilling to the floor of the National Assembly.
Equity Bank has announced that it has cumulatively disbursed Sh26 billion to finance climate projects.
China Road and Bridge Corporation is inching closer to clinching the deal to construct the Rironi-Mau Summit toll road after the other firm that had bid was knocked out.
The Privatisation Act 2025, has been criticised for paving the way for the ceding of public land to private investors, a move some have described as unconstitutional.
Despite paying penalties for cancelled JKIA-Adani deal, the government will pay more penalties for cancelling Ketraco deal with the same company among other goofed contracts.
Bill stipulates how the money will be saved and invested, with a focus on Kenya’s future generation. Treasury has proposed using funds as well as windfalls from the sectors for debt repayment.
Majority of public and private entities continue to hold onto hundreds of billions of shillings belonging to Kenyans despite a law requiring them to either turn the money over to the UFAA.
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