Privatisation Stories
President William Ruto has signed a new law overhauling Kenya’s state corporations and anchoring a National Infrastructure Fund to channel privatisati...
United Opposition leaders issued two rival State of the Nation statements in Nairobi, exposing internal rifts. Analysts warn the disunity could weaken...
Kenya has launched the Magical Kenya Souvenir Passport and a new ‘Hapa Ni Wapi’ platform to deepen visitor engagement and spur both international and...
Kenya’s National Gender and Equality Commission has launched a 2025–2027 data strategy, including a gender data hub and capacity building, to close ev...
A new NCRC study using 2024 DCI data shows men made up 70 per cent of Kenya’s homicide victims and most perpetrators, while women were mainly killed i...
Kenya recorded 3,015 homicide cases in 2024, down slightly from 2022 and 2023. Police data shows a stabilising trend after a decade-high peak in 2021,...
Lobby group Sheria Mtaani has filed an urgent case at the Employment and Labour Relations Court to block seven Privatisation Commission appointees fro...
A Nigerian court’s terrorism conviction and life sentence for Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu ends a decade-long case but leaves core Igbo grievances and ri...
The bodies of those who died have been taken to the Moi Referral Hospital-Voi morgue, and the injured were admitted to the same facility for urgent ca...
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has challenged the government’s plan to sell a 15% Safaricom stake to Vodacom, alleging undervaluation and lack of open bidding...
Kenya’s national parks generated Sh7.92 billion in 2024/25, meeting targets on rising visitor numbers, even as a High Court order halted proposed park...
A new law restructuring 65 State-owned enterprises in Kenya faces a court challenge, with petitioners arguing it centralises power in the National Tre...
Food, transport and household utilities continued to carry the biggest influence on the inflation basket, making up more than half of the weighting us...
More than 3,000 people have died in road accidents since January, prompting senators to push the Ministry of Roads and Transport and the NTSA to imple...
The legislation is designed to turn state firms into commercially disciplined entities while ensuring they contribute effectively to the national trea...
The petitioners argue that "Parliament pushed the law through without conducting meaningful public participation, contrary to the demands of Articles...
The Treasury drew only Sh700 million from the CBK overdraft in the first three months, down from Sh1.9 billion during the same period last year.
The agency will also conduct pre-festive inspection clinics at major bus termini ahead of the travel rush, as well as collaborate with the National Po...
The ministry clarified that no specific beaches or islands have been designated, and that all land and natural resources remain property of the nation...
Maraga, who tore into President William Ruto's decision to sign eight Bills into laws, including the Privatisation Bill (2025), said national assets s...
Maraga said the Bill—which seeks to privatise state-owned enterprises—bypasses constitutional requirements for public participation and risks concentr...
The sector’s real GDP expanded by one per cent compared to 3.2 per cent in the same period last year, even as loans to manufacturers rose by Sh17.2 bi...
The Privatisation Bill 2025, now awaiting presidential assent, provides a new legal framework to guide the sale, restructuring and management of State...
The Commission explained that the privatisation of KPC will help generate funds for the government’s 2025/2026 financial year while encouraging wider...
On Wednesday, a section of opposition MPs announced plans to move to court to block the planned sale, describing the process as irregular and rushed.
At the start of the year, the outlook had been positive, with the trade deficit narrowing by 2.7 per cent to Sh375.5 billion, down from Sh385.9 billio...
The Road Safety Association of Kenya (RSAK) argues that the lack of proper driver training has become a major contributor to the country’s rising road...
The Long Distance Drivers and Conductors Association (LODCA) said NTSA, which was created to bring order, safety and efficiency to the transport secto...
The Authority now says the section will be converted into a safer roadway with barriers, fresh markings and signage to protect motorists and pedestria...
The report notes that only a section of countries have reported having national road safety lead agencies (RSLAs), with only 29 of them receiving allo...
