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Treasury mute on first petrodollar earnings?
With the increased cost of exploration and logistics, the country could have paid more than it earned to get the oil into the global market
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 5 years ago
Treasury mute on first petrodollar earnings?
Oil import bill surge eats into forex reserves
Money spent on petroleum products has gone up by 70 per cent in two years.
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 6 years ago
Oil import bill surge eats into forex reserves
How fuel tax will hit you after lawmakers' bid to save consumers flops
Kenyans to feel the ripple effect of high pump prices as confusion on effective date of new law denies users a chance for reprieve.
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 6 years ago
How fuel tax will hit you after lawmakers' bid to save consumers flops
State faces hard task to scrap interest rate cap law
Treasury’s bid to do away with the law controlling interest rates faces a major hurdle, with some MPs saying they will not pass the proposal.
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 7 years ago
State faces hard task to scrap interest rate cap law
Rwanda, Uganda ditch Kenyan route for Tanzania petrol
The amount of petroleum products that East African countries import using the Kenyan route went down 40 per cent.
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 7 years ago
Rwanda, Uganda ditch Kenyan route for Tanzania petrol
How Nakumatt turned into a shell
At its height, Nakumatt Supermarkets was the darling of mall owners.
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 7 years ago
How Nakumatt turned into a shell
Kenya's changing trade patterns and the fall of Europe
Countries such as China and India have taken the global economy by storm
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 7 years ago
Kenya's changing trade patterns and the fall of Europe
Why Kenya has failed to exploit economic ties with China
Biashara Street, which for long has been a forte for Kenyan-Indian enterprise, is now changing face. The street once dominated by Indians running their dukawalla has new tenants - the Chinese.
By Macharia Kamau and Dominic Omondi 7 years ago
Why Kenya has failed to exploit economic ties with China
Does your clan have anything to do with who you are?
It was then that he told me that the members of Ethaga clan were long time witches. I really don’t know what that felt like but at first it sounded ridiculous. I remembered the many people who had...
By Tes Richard 9 years ago
Does your clan have anything to do with who you are?
Citizen journalism has gone to the extreme
Recently in Kasarani, Nairobi area, a school girl was kidnapped on her way home from school. She was identified as Liz. She was later found raped, murdered and her body dumped near a river. A few days later, was her funeral. Someone shared a picture of her lying in a coffin and dressed in a white dress that looked like that of a bride.
By Tes Richard 9 years ago
Citizen journalism has gone to the extreme