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A truculent Sonko dreams of being deputy president

Mike Sonko (the ‘boss'), whose real name is Mbuvi Gideon Kioko, has always had trouble concealing his ambitions. Elected governor [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2018

Simba Cement seeks to carve itself out the lion's share in the Great Lakes

Narendra Raval, the CEO of Devki Group, the conglomerate that owns National Cement Co (NCCL), is not content with merely [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.04.2018

A scramble for the exit as Abraaj Group struggles

Two heavyweights of the Kenyan economy, Brookside Dairy and Seven Seas Technologies, are trying to buy back the shares held [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.04.2018

The counties back in the headlines

With the dust from the 2017 general elections barely settled, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2018

Marrone Bio Innovations and Elephant vert, future east African giants?

When two agribusiness giants take a simultaneous interest in the [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.04.2018

NMG turns off the TV

The Aga Khan, the majority shareholder in Nation Media Group [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.04.2018

UCL Pharma gives a boost to Indian medicine

The Kenyan firm Universal Corp (UCL Pharma) is seeking to [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.04.2018

Still exempt from an audit, Tullow Oil may run into trouble with future talks with the ministry

According to our sources, the Kenyan state has not conducted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.04.2018

Nation Media Group beset by political ructions

Interference by Uhuru Kenyatta's government in the running of east Africa's largest press group is becoming increasingly blatant, perhaps on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.03.2018

KPC and Zakhem International once again at daggers drawn

The constructor of the 450km oil pipeline between Nairobi and Mombasa, the Lebanese firm Zakhem International Construction, is not going [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.03.2018

Keriako Tobiko, the minister ruffling feathers

Just weeks after his appointment as environment and forestry cabinet secretary, Keriako Tobiko is attracting the ire of the timber [...]

Subscribers only 30.03.2018

Noordin Yusuf Haji to act as Kenyatta's ears

Noordin Yusuf Haji, the son of the former defence minister and current senator for Garissa Mohammed Yusuf Haji, was recently [...]

Subscribers only 30.03.2018

The World Bank comes to the rescue of the Mombasa-Nairobi line

Four international experts from the World Bank (WB) were recently [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.03.2018

Octant recycles former Afren and Ophir execs

Octant Energy has bolstered its local network with key players in East African oil as it prepares to start up [...]

Free access Energy 20.03.2018

Northern Rangelands Trust accused of land grabbing

The Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), a powerful grouping of white wildlife rangers in northern Kenya, is accused of involvement in [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.03.2018

Kenyatta and Ruto play ping-pong with John Njiraini

The head of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), John Njiraini, is under siege. President Uhuru Kenyatta wants to dismiss him [...]

Subscribers only 16.03.2018

How Kenyatta is exploiting his power to turn a profit on his investments

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

The Americans insult Kenya (and Africa)…

On 27 February, two former US ambassadors to Kenya, Mark [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

Novastar Ventures seeks financial pledges

Novastar Ventures, the Nairobi-based venture catalyst firm, is poised to [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.03.2018

Trivitron Healthcare sets out to conquer east Africa

Already active in India, Turkey and Finland, the Indian business [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.03.2018

Who wants to buy Nation Media Group?

Beset with financial difficulties, NMG is whetting the appetite of Kenya's most powerful family…

Subscribers only Business 02.03.2018

Construction firms circle around Jomo Kenyatta

The contract to extend the runways at Nairobi airport is attracting the interest of the construction industry and of well-connected aviation entrepreneurs.

Subscribers only Business 02.03.2018

Josphat Nanok sides with Ruto for 2022

Josphat Nanok, a member of the Orange Democratic Movement and governor of Turkana County, where almost all of Kenya's oil [...]

Subscribers only 02.03.2018

Sanghi Cement set to be expelled

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, Cemtech, [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.03.2018

Hospital Holding Investments set to privatise healthcare in the region

Societe financiere internationale (SFI, a private arm of the World [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.03.2018

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