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Martin K.N Siele is the Content Lead at Business Today. He is also a Quartz contributor and a 2021 Baraza Media Lab-Fringe Graph Data Storytelling Fellow. Passionate about digital media, sports and entertainment, Siele also founded Loud.co.ke

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A construction site in Nairobi. The online portal allowing developers to apply for various approvals is set to resume operations after a three-week disruption. [Photo/ ConstructioninKenya]
BUSINESS

When Nairobi Construction Approvals Will Resume – NMS Announces

The disruption was blamed on hackers who, working with insiders, infiltrated the e-construction development plans application system and issued at least 18 approvals...

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Manu Chandaria. It remains to be seen how Kaluworks' woes could affect plans to take the Comcraft Group public.
BUSINESS

NCBA Takes Over Chandaria’s Kaluworks Over Ksh4 Billion Debt

NCBA Group appointed a receiver manager, Pongangipalli Rao,  for the firm which is among the country's biggest manufacturers of aluminium utensils and roofing...

Mark Otieno (l) and Ferdinand Omanyala (R) pose after running Olympic-qualifying times in the Team Kenya trials held at Kasarani Stadium on June 17, 2021. [Photo/ Mark Otieno]
SPORTS

Sprinting to Tokyo in Borrowed Spikes: Otieno, Omanyala Shine in 100M Final

The two athletes are now in line to represent Kenya at Tokyo 2020 in the Mens' 100M, although Omanyala will have to wait...

Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani pictured with the budget briefcase on June 10, 2021. Kenya's first Eurobond issue in two years was oversubscribed, with the Treasury terming it a sign of investor confidence in the country's economic recovery plan supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [Photo/ National Treasury]
ECONOMYMARKETS

Kenya Raises Ksh108 Billion in Fresh Eurobond, Eyes More Debt

The bond was over-subscribed with over Ksh582 billion (USD 5.4 billion) offered by investors. The raise followed a 3-day virtual Eurobond roadshow where...

SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich. The staying of annual salary reviews is set to affect civil servants across the country. [PHOTO | NMG]
ECONOMY

Civil Servants’ Salary Reviews Frozen for 2 Years by SRC

The body cited the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic  for the decision, stating that constraints to the budget meant that the move was...

The creation of the Biashara Fund is meant to boost efficiency in the operations of affirmative action funds catering to women, youth and PWDs.
BUSINESSECONOMY

Govt’s New Biashara Kenya Fund Offers Youth, Women Loans at 6% Interest

Known as the Biashara Kenya fund, the restructured entity will offer affordable loans to youth, women and People with Disability (PWDs).  The cost...

POLITICS

Jimmy Wanjigi for President? Billionaire Throws Hat in 2022 Ring

Jimmy Wanjigi is best known to many Kenyans as a high-rolling power broker and businessman worth billions of shillings. Soon, however, he might...

Goldenscape Director Peter Wangai Muriithi (in red) hands over a dummy cheque before he was accused of defrauding investors hundreds of millions of shillings. [Photo/ Goldenscape Greenhouses]
BUSINESS

Greenhouse Con: Goldenscape Owner’s Multi-Million Assets Frozen as Case Continues

His company, Goldenscape Greenhouses, had promised investors hefty returns on a regular basis for investing in greenhouses. The firm ran a glitzy marketing...