Absa Bank has reported a 10 per cent increase in net profit to Sh22.9 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, driven by strong non-interest income growth, improved asset quality and tighter cost management despite pressure on interest income. The lender’s total revenue stood at Sh61.4 billion during the period, reflecting shifts in the interest…
The Best Performing Cabinet Secretary in Kenya has officially been revealed following a major public poll conducted by Politrack Africa. The nationwide survey attracted 49,269 verified votes, giving Kenyans an opportunity to express their views on the performance of Cabinet Secretaries in the current Broad-Based Government. According to the poll results, Geoffrey Kiringa Ruku, the…
The GSMA has conferred a rare Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, recognising his role in reshaping the global telecommunications landscape and expanding connectivity across operators, governments, businesses and billions of consumers worldwide. Bestowed on only a handful of industry leaders in the GSMA’s history, the honour recognises…
The I&M Bank has partnered with B Lab Africa to roll out a new initiative aimed at strengthening the resilience and sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across Kenya. The collaboration will see the launch of the Resilient Sustainable Business (RSB) programme, a nine-week blended learning experience designed to equip SMEs with the expertise…
Twenty individuals belonging to eight medical facilities implicated in the Social Health Authority (SHA) fraud scheme are set for arrest after they failed to appear at the Milimani Law Court today in the proceedings to answer medical facilities implicated in the Social Health Authority (SHA) fraud scheme. The arrest comes after the Director of Public…
Members of the Nairobi City County Assembly have reignited attempts to impeach City governor Johnson Sakaja. A section of the legislators led by the Nairobi outh MCA and the Deputy Minority leader Waithera Chege have accused the assembly clerk of attempting to thwart their move after they alleged of him dissappearing promising that the assembly…
Six Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers involved in the disappearance of Nakuru Fisherman Brian Odhiambo have a case to answer. This is after the Court today charged the six who include Francis Wachira, Alexander Lorogoi, Isaac Ochieng Odhiambo, Michael Wabukala, Evans Kimaiyo, and Abdulrahaman Ali Sudi with abducting Odhiambo on 18th January 2025, in Bondeni,…
A forty-year-old pedophile Jonathan Mutuku has been sentenced for life after he was convicted of convicted of defiling and sexually assaulting three school-going girls in Mombasa. The conviction came after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) presented evidence before Mombasa Resident Magistrate Green Odera on two counts of defilement contrary to Section 8(1) as read…
U.S. President Donald Trump said the Britain-U.S. relationship is “obviously not what it was,” as Britain reaffirmed its decision not to join the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, British media reported on Tuesday. Speaking to The Sun, Trump said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has “not been helpful.” “I never thought I’d see that. I never…
The United States government has imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) and four senior Rwandan officials for alleged support to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—a move that could further strain relations in the volatile Great Lakes region. The sanctions, announced by the U.S….
