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        <title>Scrap smuggling pushes local manufacturers towards shutdown</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:29:13 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya's battery manufacturing industry is warning of an impending production crisis as rampant smuggling of scrap lead-acid batteries to neighbouring countries.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Government outlines policy path for Kenya's growing telematics sector</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya's government has set out a policy framework to guide the expansion of Kenya's fleet management industry, which emphasises on secure data use, interoperability, cybersecurity]]></description>
       
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        <title>World Bank sanctions e-Citizen founder over fraudulent Somalia deal</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[eCitizen Founder James Ayugi and his firm Webmasters Kenya Ltd have been sanctioned by the  World Bank over fraudulent practices in a tendering process involving Sh12.7 million]]></description>
       
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        <title>Reprieve for 213 Lavington Club as court suspends Nema's closure order</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEMA orders immediate closure of 213 Lavington club over noise pollution]]></description>
       
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        <title>New AI push seeks to cut deployment time from months to days</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:59:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A new $1 billion effort seeking to place thousands of artificial intelligence (AI) specialists inside businesses aims to help companies move AI from testing into everyday operations.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Engineers urge full implementation of the Technology Act</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:16:29 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Institution of Engineering Technologists and Technicians (IET-K) has called on the government to expedite the appointment and operationalisation of the Engineering Technology Board]]></description>
       
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        <title>Givans Odawa: Agronomist turning bees into money making machine</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In Kenya, farmers and conservation stakeholders have similarly raised concerns regarding the implications of pesticides as well as herbicides on bees.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Entitlement Vs financial literacy: When celebs, content creators turn to followers for help</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:06:10 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[At what point does generosity become an expectation? And have social media followers, almost without realising it, become an informal emergency fund for the people they watch every day?]]></description>
       
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[State projects unable to demonstrate economic viability will be locked out of the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF), in line with a new Investment Policy Statement introduced by Treasury.]]></description>
       
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Commercial banks are turning their backs on small businesses and households, pouring record amounts of cash into government securities instead.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Lamu refinery plan gets boost with Dangote's Sh130b underwriting</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[President William Ruto's ambitious plan for a second Dangote refinery in Lamu has received a major boost after the successful completion of a $1 billion (Sh130  billion) underwriting.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Selection of transaction advisor paves way for national lottery rollout </title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:30:34 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenyans will be able to participate in the national lottery starting April 2027, if plans by the National Lottery Board to procure an operator remain on schedule.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Digital skills programme targets 15,000 women traders in three counties</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Women running small businesses could reach more customers, manage their finances better and increase their income through digital tools under a new programme.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Mazda CX-5: Pretty face, questionable character?</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:19:42 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Mazda CX-5 comes in three engine sizes - the 2,000 CC petrol, 2,200cc diesel, and 2,500cc petrol engine.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Government fails to stop Sh147.77 market construction case</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:26:47 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The government has failed in its bid to stop a Sh147.77 million case over the construction of Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Markets within Nakuru County.]]></description>
       
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        <title>New innovation to ease container deposit burden on local importers</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenyan importers are set to gain greater access to container-related financing following a partnership between AP Moller-Maersk and Viaservice-Ke]]></description>
       
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        <title>Ruto's appetite for debt shows no signs of slowing </title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Since he took over in October 2022, President William Ruto has already surpassed the Sh13 trillion mark amid pressure to shift from deficit and borrowing-anchored budget making.]]></description>
       
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Small-scale importers and micro-entrepreneurs have announced an immediate boycott of cargo clearance to protest higher taxes]]></description>
       
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Land surveying in Kenya is increasingly shifting from traditional field reconnaissance to digital mapping and precision technology, with surveyors using digitised maps]]></description>
       
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Two things are true about Nairobi's property market right now, and they should not be able to coexist.]]></description>
       
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Equity Group Holdings' first-half net profit rose by 32 per cent to a record Sh43.80 billion, while Standard Chartered Bank Kenya's profit fell by 16.8 per cent as lower lending margins hurt earnings]]></description>
       
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        <description><![CDATA[The airline said the crisis in the Gulf has had the effect of increasing its fuel costs by 72 per cent over the first half of this year.]]></description>
       
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        <description><![CDATA[Most real estate investors are watching the Japanese, Thai, and Chinese markets for lucrative deals right now, according to a new study released by the online trading platform Taurex]]></description>
       
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        <description><![CDATA[Blow to Kenya's war on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing following reports that China has refused to sign the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference.]]></description>
       
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        <description><![CDATA[KTDA has urged tea farmers to disregard unverified loan and financial documents circulating online, as concerns over Sh34.2 billion in factory loans fuel calls for directors to be removed.]]></description>
       
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        <title>More pain at the pump as Epra hikes oil firms' margins by Sh7</title>
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