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Turf wars at anti-counterfeit agency as legal chief interdicted

A senior legal official at the Anti-Counterfeit Authority has found himself at odds with the agency for blatant disregard for laws governing conflict of interest and abuse of office.
By Macharia Kamau 2026-03-17 06:00:00
The Kenya Pipeline Company could be compelled to pump billions of shillings to convert some of its facilities in Mombasa to handle crude oil from Lokichar in Turkana County for export.
By Macharia Kamau 2026-03-17 06:00:00
President Ruto's government is resisting IMF demands for a painful debt restructuring, setting the stage for a high-stakes confrontation with the global lender.
By Brian Ngugi 2026-03-10 08:10:00
A proposal by the NSE to have the Retirement Benefits Authority revise the allocation formula of assets under management in favour of equities has been termed impractical.
By Graham Kajilwa 2026-03-10 08:00:00
The government’s IPO of Kenya Pipeline Company has breathed some life into Kenya’s equity market, with the share sale setting the stage for a new wave of State-backed listings at the NSE.
By Macharia Kamau 2026-03-10 08:00:00
Kenya has been excluded from a new, ambitious $972 million (Sh125.38 billion) regional World Bank programme designed to tackle youth unemployment.
By Brian Ngugi 2026-03-03 08:20:00
A protracted legal war that began in 2016 between businessman Peter Burugu’s Bia Tosha Distributors Limited and Kenya’s leading brewer has evolved into a long-running commercial dispute.
By Kamau Muthoni 2026-03-03 08:00:00
The sale of government assets and the proposed establishment of Infrastructure Fund appear to give ammunition to critics of President William Ruto to poke holes into his economic policies. 
By Macharia Kamau 2026-03-03 06:00:00
President Ruto's Sh4.7 trillion budget plan is designed to balance the demands of a fiscally constrained government against the immediate needs of restless Kenyans ahead of the elections.
By Brian Ngugi 2026-02-24 08:30:00
On December 13, 2023, a truck left Mastermind Tobacco Ltd’s premises in Nairobi with at least 1,150 cartons of SuperMatch cigarettes, however they vanished between Eldoret-Malaba highway.
By Kamau Muthoni 2026-02-24 08:20:00
The government is pursuing creative financing options to extend the SGR from Naivasha to Kisumu and to the Ugandan border at Malaba without relying on new debt from external lenders.
By Esther Dianah 2026-02-24 06:00:00
The dealings between Kenya Railways and Afristar, which operates the SGR, are again under scrutiny as an internal audit points to breaches in the public finance management laws.
By Macharia Kamau 2026-02-17 08:15:00