Kenya

game changer?

Kenya Airways to be split into subsidiaries in latest turnaround plan

The number of restructuring strategies for the ailing Kenya Airways (KQ) continues to pile under different regimes, but finding a lasting cure ... remains a puzzle. The latest move involves plans to split the national carrier into various subsidiaries.

operation outdo

Kenya: Is Ruto on a charm offensive to outdo Kenyatta’s success in foreign policy?

President William Ruto has been on a charm offensive visiting African capitals not only to strike trade deals but also to introduce himself as ... the new sheriff in Kenya. Is Ruto out to outmatch his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta who scored highly on foreign policy?

stability & confidence

As Kenya’s new peace envoy, will Kenyatta maintain Nairobi’s reputation in putting out regional fires?

For the better part of the 21st century, Eastern Africa has enjoyed relative calm and during this period, Kenya came to play a central role in ... mediation with South Sudan, bringing to the fore Nairobi's diplomatic influence. To this day it has largely remained a mediator and propagator of regional stability. However, from a worsening drought, threats from Somalia’s Al-Shabaab, the escalating conflict in Ethiopia, to the on-going tensions between DRC and Rwanda, will Kenya’s new special peace envoy, former president Uhuru Kenyatta, be able to put out the regional fires?

Regulation

Kenya: Loan sharks resurface as demand for informal lending spikes

Kenya’s credit landscape has been growing in many forms, including unregulated lenders known as loan sharks, which leaves the East African ... nation’s authorities with an uphill struggle to deter risky informal loans.

Kenya top stories

no free lunch

Ukraine sows its offensive across Africa through grain diplomacy

Black Market

DRC finance minister Kazadi says Rwanda gold trade holds back EAC potential

proxy wars

DRC-Kenya: Is Nairobi sleepwalking into a Somalia-style forever war?

no free lunch

Ukraine sows its offensive across Africa through grain diplomacy

Black Market

DRC finance minister Kazadi says Rwanda gold trade holds back EAC potential

proxy wars

DRC-Kenya: Is Nairobi sleepwalking into a Somalia-style forever war?

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Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome addresses members of the Judiciary during a reception after her Swearing-in ceremony, outside the Supreme Court building in Nairobi

cleansed for vetting

Kenya is facing ‘state capture’ of the judiciary, say allies of Kenyatta and Odinga

The recent termination of mega-corruption cases against powerful and well-connected individuals by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ... exposed the independent institutions’ lackadaisical attitude in the fight against vice. Was the hand of the executive at play in the whole saga?

Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji speaks during a Reuters interview at his office in Nairobi

Toeing the line?

Kenya: Public prosecutor under pressure over withdrawal of high profile graft cases

Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji is under pressure to explain the reasons behind withdrawing high-profile corruption ... cases, namely individuals linked to President William Ruto, including a Cabinet Minister he recently picked to form his cabinet.

Overlooked Potential

Kenya: Caracal Gold plans further exploration after raising Kilimapesa production

Caracal Gold is looking for a “company-making” project to add to its existing holdings in Kenya and Tanzania, CEO Robbie McCrae tells The ... Africa Report.

Narrowing Options

Kenya may need pre-emptive debt restructuring to avoid default, economists say

Kenya may benefit from taking the initiative to restructure its debts rather than allowing the risks of default to increase, economists say. ...

TAKING POSITIONS

Kenya: Kimani Ichung’wah slated to spearhead Ruto’s agenda in Parliament

Kenya’s vocal and youthful politician Kimani Ichung’wah has been handed the heavy responsibility of majority leader in the 13th National ... Assembly which began its sittings in Nairobi.

costly borrowing

Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia on edge as Africa fraught with default risks

The months-long Ukraine war and other global headwinds have left Africa’s largest economies struggling with relentless fiscal pressures and ... default risks, with soaring yields on the continent barely reversing an exodus of non-resident investors to developed nations.

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