Kenya’s external financial position deteriorated sharply in the third quarter of 2025, with the current account deficit expanding more than threefold to reach Sh135.3 billion—a three-year high that underscores mounting pressures on the country’s balance of payments and signals intensifying challenges for policymakers attempting to maintain macroeconomic stability amid robust economic growth. The widening deficit, […]

Kenya’s agriculture sector recorded its slowest growth rate in over two years during the third quarter of 2025, expanding by just 3.2 percent as declining production in key export crops overshadowed gains in dairy and horticulture sectors. The subdued performance, down from 4.0 percent growth in the corresponding period of 2024, reflects mounting challenges facing […]

Thousands of Kenyan workers face an uncertain employment future as the government announced plans to shut down over 300 companies within the next three months, marking one of the most significant corporate registry clean-up operations in recent years. The sweeping action, announced through a gazette notice dated January 2, 2026, represents the latest phase in […]

For nearly a quarter of a century, the story of Kenyan sugar was one of survival under a safety net. Since 2001, the industry has lived behind a protective wall known as the COMESA sugar safeguard—a legal shield that kept cheaper regional imports at bay while the country tried to fix its aging, debt-ridden mills. […]