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Competition Authority of Kenya approves Zenith’s buyout of Kenya’s Paramount BanK

Zenith Bank sought regulatory approval in November 2025 to acquire a 100 per cent stake in the local lender, marking its entry into Kenya and the East African region.

CAK approves Zenith’s buyout of Kenya’s Paramount Bank Zenith Bank sought regulatory approval in November 2025 to acquire a 100 percent stake in the local lender, marking its entry into Kenya and the East Africa region.

Kenya Pipeline Company woos investors with 50% dividend promise

Kenya Pipeline woos investors with 50pc dividend promise The pledge will position it among generous dividend payers on the NSE.

A Nairobi court has declined to stop Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif from building residential flats on land allegedly belonging to a school in Parklands, Nairobi.

Blow to Parklands residents as court declines to block Mandera Governor's flats Court rules that North Highridge Primary School failed to meet the legal threshold.

Coast split over Turkana oil route as Mombasa, Lamu jostle for lucrative role

Coast split over Turkana oil route as Mombasa, Lamu jostle for lucrative role Gulf Energy in plans for full-scale production of the Turkana oil reserves by December.

Official records show that Elsek, currently under investigation over alleged terrorism financing, has lived in Kenya since December 2008, arriving as a foreign investor.

Osman Erdinc Elsek: The billionaire Turkish refugee facing legal battles in Kenya He told court that some powerful individuals are after him because they're unhappy with the scale of his investments.

Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Nigerian banker Dalu Ajene as chief executive for its Africa operations, replacing Kariuki Ngari, who had taken on the continental role in addition to his position as chief executive of the lender’s Kenyan unit.

Nigerian banker replaces Kariuki Ngari as StanChart Africa chief executive Before joining StanChart, Mr Ajene served as chief executive of Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria, adding to a career spanning more than 25 years in the financial services sector.

Kenya is among the top collectors of environment-related taxes in Africa, underscoring its capacity to mobilise climate-linked revenue even as the limited use of pollution and resource levies lags those of its peers.

Kenya leans on energy and transport taxes as green levies lag African peers The proposed policy also targets to establish a waste management fund mechanism to incentivise sustainable approaches as part of a broader finance strategy.

Kenya’s shift from cash to a new accounting system for public payments and expenditures has run into headwinds across several counties.

Tana River, Trans Nzoia, Busia, Elgeyo Marakwet defy shift to new accounting method The Auditor General said the financial year 2024/2025 was a pivotal period as this was the first time that the national and county government entities, except funds and State and county...

The Kenya Revenue Authority plans to exempt micro and small businesses from the quarterly instalment taxes and generation of Payment Registration Numbers as part of changes to the Turnover Tax regime that has been in place for two decades now.

MSMEs to be spared from quarterly tax in plan The planned redesign of the ToT comes at a time when KRA targets to increase the number of active taxpayers in its register from the current seven million to 11.5 million by the close of June...

Three quarters of all trades executed on the NSE last year were channelled through the staff of stockbrokers, underlining the role of the market intermediaries even as digitisation allows investors to fully execute trades online.

75pc of stocks trading handled by brokers’ staff Investors including individuals can fully execute trades including buying and selling of shares through digital platforms provided by stockbrokers with such transactions being categorised as online.

Key imports face instant tax demands

Key imports face instant tax demands Importers will be required to pay taxes immediately their cargo enters the country.