Month: August 2022

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Easy ways to cut back on spending
SMART MONEY

Easy Ways To Cut Back On Spending

Many countries around the world are experiencing a spike in the cost-of-living. People are seeing prices of everyday commodities and services increase significantly,...

Equity Group CEO James Mwangi noted that the company was shifting focus to expansion from mitigation of the impact of Covid-19. [Photo/ Equity Bank Kenya]
BUSINESSECONOMYMARKETS

Equity Mints Ksh23.7 Billion Profit in Six Months

Equity Group Holdings on Tuesday, August 23 announced its financial results for the first six months of 2022. The company saw its half-year...

Gloria Musau
OPINION

Opinion: How Friends Influence Your Finances

By Gloria Musau With just the happily ever after part left, I am almost done re-reading The Smart Money Woman on Zuri’s six-month...

Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga (right) with his running mate Martha Karua (left) and other leaders at Milimani Law Courts on August 16, 2022. [Photo: Sila Kiplagat | NMG]
FEATURED ARTICLE

Supreme Court: What You Should Know in Raila Petitition

All eyes are on the Chief Justice Martha Koome-led Supreme Court in Kenya as it prepares to hear the petition filed by the...

Jubilee Party Vice Chairperson David Murathe.
BT FACTCHECK

False: This Facebook Page Is Not Run By Jubilee Vice-chairman David Murathe

This Facebook page with the name Hon David Murathe does not belong to Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe, nor is it run by the...

The CDF Act is the basis for the distribution of billions of shillings for development initiated at the constituency level. [Photo/ NG-CDF Samburu North]
FEATURED ARTICLE

MPs’ Plan to Retain CDF Billions Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Members of Parliament (MPs) in Kenya have no plans of letting go of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) kitty despite the recent Supreme...

Pieme
BUSINESS

Ugandan Food-tech Startup Pieme Now In Kenya

Ugandan food-tech startup Pieme, famed for connecting Guests to Hosts offering homemade local dishes and accommodations has spread its wings to Kenya. Pieme...

SK Macharia wealth and family
MEDIA

Kenya’s Media Billionaire You Won’t Find On Social Media

In the today’s high-tech world, it is unthinkable for someone not to have a phone. But you’ll still find people who choose not...

On the matter of school fees, Magoha advised school heads to allow students to stay in school even as their parents source for school fees. [Photo/ Victor Imboto|Radio Africa Group]
FEATURED ARTICLE

Why Magoha Left Kenyan Parents Dissapointed

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has attracted the ire of parents in Kenya over his refusal to either extend the current school...

Examples of digital loan services are Safaricom's M-Shwari and KCB M-Pesa, as well as loan apps such as Tala (pictured), Branch and Zenka. [Photo/ JITIMU]
BUSINESSECONOMY

Loan Apps in Kenya Fight New 20% Tax

A lobby group for digital lenders in Kenya has moved to court to challenge the imposition of a 20 percent excise tax on...