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        <title>Kenya: Coquette of the chessboard seduced by all but satisfying none</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[President Ruto would do well to play the Virgin Queen; take every dance, accept every dinner, and never let Washington, Brussels, Beijing or Moscow leave the room fully satisfied.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Living from one payday to another: The new involuntary prison</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:40:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Financial pressure is no longer determined solely by income. In many cases, it is determined by the relationship between income and obligations.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Toll charge on upgraded Rironi Gilgil Road set at Sh8 a kilometre</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The government has approved a charge of Sh8 per kilometre on parts of the Rironi-Mau Summit Road, which is being built by Chinese firms.]]></description>
       
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        <title>How to make your business enterprise finance-ready</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:16:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A business may generate impressive revenue but still struggle to meet its obligations if customers pay late or cash is tied up in stock.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Family Bank hits Sh50 high on bullish Nairobi bourse debut</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Family Bank recorded a strong debut on the NSE, with its share price surging in early trading as the lender outlined plans for growth, expansion and a transition into a tier-one bank.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Ruto signs Finance Bill, unlocks Sh4.8tr budget for 202627</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:22:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Finance Bill comes at a time the government is under pressure to finance an expanding development agenda, rising debt obligations, and recurrent expenditure.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Green economy to generate 2.6m jobs by 2050</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:00:03 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya's green economy could create up to 2.6 million jobs by 2050, offering one of the country's biggest employment and investment opportunities in the coming decades.]]></description>
       
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        <title>What financial institutions must do to realise their role in climate action</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:36:26 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Financial institutions must design products that are accessible to smallholder farmers, microenterprises, and vulnerable households, those on the frontlines of climate shocks.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Kitony unveils plans to return KQ to profitability</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:18:13 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya Airways chairman Kiprono Kitony says the airline is pursuing new investors, fleet expansion and increased African routes as part of a strategy to restore profitability after returning to losses.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Kenya among six African nations picked for global tech initiative</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:57:29 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya among nine African organisations selected for a global technology accelerator supporting social enterprises that use cloud computing and artificial intelligence.]]></description>
       
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        <title>EADB losses bid to recover Sh1.3b from Kenya Bus Service Mombasa</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:37:01 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[It started with three Mombasa-based tycoons, standing as principal guarantors to a Sh126.75 million loan issued to Kenya Bus Service Mombasa by EADB in 1998.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Why African projects miss deadlines-report</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:10:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to miss delivery deadlines than those elsewhere in the world as organisations struggle to manage growing complexity, new research shows.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Court halts Nakuru county's Sh400 cess on flower exporters</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The High Court has temporarily stopped the Nakuru County Government from imposing a Sh400-per-tonne cess on flower exporters operating within the county.]]></description>
       
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        <title>TelPosta engages pensioners in drive to enhance benefit processing</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:03:30 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 2,000 pensioners and deferred members have been engaged through a nationwide education and outreach programme by TelPosta Pension Scheme as it seeks to improve benefit processing.]]></description>
       
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        <title>EU bets on digital euro to cut US tech addiction</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:34:57 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.]]></description>
       
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        <title>More families feel the pinch as diaspora inflows shrink</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Declining diaspora remittances, driven by global conflict, inflation and job losses abroad, are squeezing Kenyan households already burdened by rising local living costs.]]></description>
       
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        <title>How MPs plotted to 'kill' KRA's enforcement powers</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Repeated attempts by Kenya's Treasury to expand KRA's enforcement powers have again been blocked by MPs, reflecting ongoing tensions between aggressive revenue collection and taxpayer rights.]]></description>
       
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        <title>New sugar import tax proposal raises price, supply concerns</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A proposed increase in import taxes on sugar is expected to raise consumer prices and spark supply concerns, as Kenya continues to rely heavily on imported sugar to meet domestic demand.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Why Africa is struggling to grow its capital markets</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[African capital markets continue to struggle with fragmentation, regulatory differences, currency barriers and investor confidence concerns.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Kenyan shareholders unwittingly bankroll companies' own downfall</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The piece argues that Kenyan shareholders contribute to the decline of listed companies through poor consumer choices, passive participation in governance and weak oversight of board appointments.]]></description>
       
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        <title>MSMEs face Sh3.3 trillion credit gap as expansion plans stall</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:33:55 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya's micro, small, and medium enterprises are facing a deep financing squeeze that experts warn could slow job creation and economic expansion if left unresolved.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Inflation, the Finance Bill 2026, and the hidden cost of idle cash</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:30:49 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Financial resilience today means looking beyond simply putting money away; it means ensuring that money works, earning a return that keeps pace with the rising cost of living. ]]></description>
       
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        <title>Africa trade gap persists despite AfCFTA push to rev up markets</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Experts say poor infrastructure, costly logistics and fragmented systems continue to limit intra-African trade despite the promise of AfCFTA.]]></description>
       
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        <description><![CDATA[The closing of the Strait of Hormuz made the Iran war become a global war on the economic front and it looped into the peace deal, the war in Lebanon pitting Israel against Hezbollah]]></description>
       
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        <title>Kenya to host global military AI Summit, a first for Africa</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:19:18 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Kenya has secured the rights to host the fourth Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) Summit, the first African country to host the meeting.]]></description>
       
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        <title>Falling crude oil prices raise hope of relief at the pump</title>
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