Brand Kenya launches identity mark

Dec. 14 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 14 – Local hotels as well as consumer products and services will soon bear Kenya’s mark of identity in a bid by Brand Kenya and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) to market the country internationally. During the unveiling,...

Super, diesel prices down but kerosene up

Dec. 14 | The price of super petrol dropped by Sh1.07 to Sh112.61 for a litre in Nairobi/XINHUA-FileNAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 14 – Motorists will get some reprieve at the fuel pump over the next month after the price of super petrol dropped by Sh1.07 to Sh112.61...

Employers unite against court order to KQ

Dec. 7 | KEPSA and FKE say the airline had a valid reason to declare the redundancies/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 7 – The recent Industrial Court ruling that ordered Kenya Airways (KQ) to reinstate 447 unionisable employees has attracted spirited reaction, this...

CMC loses Land Rover dealership

Dec. 6 | However news of the new partnership seems to have taken CMC by surprise, with the auto dealer terming the decision by JLR as “acting in utmost bad faith./FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 6 – Auto dealer CMC Motors has lost its long-standing dealership...

Stella Kilonzo joins ARM board

Dec. 5 | Kilonzo, who is the Company’s first female director, will be a member of the Audit and Investment and Strategy sub committees/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 5th- Former Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Chief Executive Officer Stella Kilonzo has been appointed...

Ethiopia deal signals cheaper power in Kenya

Dec. 5 | Once the 1,045 kilometre transmission power line between the two countries is complete in 2018, Kenya will import power at a rate of seven US cents (Sh6.08) per kilowatt hour/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 5 – Lower energy costs are on the horizon for...

Fresh row at KQ as 400 workers reject terms

Dec. 4 | Aviation and Allied Workers Union (AAWU) chairperson Perpetua Mponjiwa said if they were not properly reinstated by end of Tuesday, they would sue KQ Chief Executive Officer Titus Naikuni and the airline, arguing that indefinite leave was illegal under...

Nairobi to make full digital TV migration Dec 31

Nov. 30 | By the end of December the government is expecting four million analogue viewers to have migrated to digital TV/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 30 – Kenyans in Nairobi will have to purchase a set top box by December 31 if they want to view any form of television...

Oigara takes KCB helm as Oduor-Otieno exits

Nov. 30 | Oigara, who has served as CFO of the Bank for a year, will officially take over on January 1 2013, as his predecessor Martin Oduour-Otieno bows out/CFMNAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 30 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has decided to select its new Chief Executive...

Dual SIM TECHNO N3 launches in Kenya

Nov. 29 | Speaking during the press conference, Vice President of TECNO, Arif Chowdhury said the new phone model that retails for Sh7,000 is targeted at connecting with the youth market/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 29 – In a bid to tap into low-end smart phone...