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Bank CEOs: treat transaction data as collateral for SMEs without title deeds
Finance · At a 13 August 2026 Nairobi CEO forum, Spinmobile’s Victor Kiplagat said ‘data is the new collateral
18 Aug 2026
Kenya paint market: 156,000 tonnes, Sh43.9bn, construction up 6.6%
Business · Basco MD Kamlesh Shah said paint use is growing at double digits. KNBS: construction +6.6% in Q1 202
18 Aug 2026
TSC: teachers can be disciplined for cyberbullying and hate speech online
Education · In a 13 August 2026 notice, TSC acting CEO Evaleen Mitei said Article 33 does not cover hate speech
18 Aug 2026
Judiciary: fake 17 August Koome letter on Supreme Court interference is not ours
Communications · On Monday the Judiciary said a letter dated 17 August 2026 headed as a CJ Martha Koome statement on
18 Aug 2026
High Court summons WPA director over three witnesses in four-man missing case
Crime · Milimani High Court ordered the Witness Protection Agency director to appear in person and say what
18 Aug 2026
Kilifi leaders: genital-vanishing rumours used to provoke attacks and extort cash
Crime · On Monday 17 August 2026 Governor Gideon Mung’aro, Kilifi North MP Owen Baya and Bishop Amos Lewa sa
18 Aug 2026
High Court keeps Chelogoi’s Sh1.3bn Lower Kabete fraud trial on track
Crime · Justice Alexander Muteti refused to halt the Sh1.3 billion Lower Kabete land-fraud case against form
18 Aug 2026
EPRA advertises DG job after Bargoria quit over fuel-import probe
Energy & Transport · EPRA opened the Director-General post, deadline 9 September 2026 5pm, three-year term renewable once
18 Aug 2026
NCIC: parties to sign a 2027 peace charter; candidates may need triple clearance
Kenya News · NCIC chair Bishop Kepha Nyamweya told Citizen TV every party would sign a peace charter and that asp
18 Aug 2026
Ndindi Nyoro leaves UDA, takes People’s Party of Kenya into the opposition
Politics · Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro said on 17 August he has joined People’s Party of Kenya as party leader and t
18 Aug 2026
High Court puts Safaricom 15% stake judgment off to 15 September, 11am
Business · Justice Francis Gikonyo said a three-judge bench needs more time on the volume of papers in the case
18 Aug 2026
Sakaja: Sh2.4 billion and 227 flood spots for Nairobi’s El Niño plan
Kenya News · Governor Sakaja Johnson convened a multi-agency El Niño team; Sh2 billion of Sh2.4 billion is for dr
18 Aug 2026
Police arrest six at Jogoo House protest demanding Kanja resign
Crime · On Monday 17 August outside Jogoo House, police arrested at least six activists led by Julius Kamau,
18 Aug 2026
Homa Bay rally: one dead, 46 hurt, six cars burned on Mbita road
Crime · Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital said a Ugandan woman run over at Sunday’s Linda Mwana
18 Aug 2026
KISM: 60% of government spend is procurement — rewrite the rules
Business · At a Mombasa forum on 12 August, KISM chair Jennifer Cirindi and Senate PAC chair Moses Kajwang said
18 Aug 2026
Ruto in Eldoret: Uhuru is funding my opponents — Gachagua and Jubilee fire back
Politics · In Eldoret on Thursday President Ruto said Uhuru Kenyatta failed on housing and SHA-style cover and
18 Aug 2026
Energy PS: grid must get smarter as wind and solar grow
Energy & Transport · At the Kenya Energy Transition Forum 2026 in Nairobi, Energy PS Alex Wachira said adding renewables
18 Aug 2026
Konza signs AWS deal for cloud skills, Outpost and a startup centre
Technology · Technopolis Development Authority CEO John Paul Okwiri and AWS public-sector lead Robin Njiru signed
18 Aug 2026