Pension schemes divest from property portfolios, eye investment in questionable Infrastructure Fund
TPS Administrator and Trust Secretary Peter Rotich said during a members’ education forum in Mombasa that the scheme had received approval from National Treasury to dispose of the properties following declining returns.
Quick and dirty: How Big Pharma bribe doctors and pharmacists with shopping trips, sightseeing tours and family travel or choice wine treats
Some companies held “medical roundtables” and paid healthcare providers honoraria, sometimes routing funds through third-party journals (labelled as advertising) that were then funnelled to attendees or speakers. Because the events were billed as external meetings, they often bypassed internal compliance or due diligence controls.
Investigations show Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson paid $12.6 million in bribes to win drug approvals, government contracts
Johnson & Johnson voluntarily disclosed some of the violations and conducted an internal investigation. Without admitting or denying the allegations, the company agreed to pay more than $48 million to settle the case and $21.4 million to resolve parallel DOJ criminal charges, SEC records show.
Kenya’s public debt sprints to Ksh12.3 trillion in three years under Ruto as Treasury’s fiscal indiscipline comes under serious scrutiny
Dr Nyakang’o also criticised the use of Article 223 of the Constitution to finance previously rejected expenditures, terming it a “back door” that undermines fiscal discipline.
University of New South Wales study in Australia finds e-cigarettes are likely to cause cancers
The team identified numerous carcinogenic compounds in e-cigarette aerosols, including volatile organic chemicals and metals released from heating coils, according to the study published in Carcinogenesis.
TelPosta Pension Scheme expects to net $ 84.62 million from planned sale of its iconic 29-storey property at GPO in Nairobi to government
As of June 2025, about 83 per cent of the scheme’s Ksh14.76 billion portfolio was in land and real estate, violating the regulatory cap of 30 per cent.
Circular economy: Kenya says it is targeting over $700 million in waste sector investment
Notably, Kenya generates approximately 22,000 tonnes of waste every day, yet only around 4 per cent of waste is currently recycled. Translating this waste into value across five sectors could unlock over $700 million in economic value and contribute approximately 0.5 per cent to Kenya’s GDP by 2030 while supporting job creation and strengthening domestic supply chains.
Pearl millet is quietly beginning to co-exist with pastoralism in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands economies
At Kiboko, researchers are introducing hybrid varieties sourced from global partners in India, Brazil, and Europe. These are being tested under Kenyan conditions to evaluate yield, adaptability and market potential.
Egerton University’s Kilimo Trust in Nakuru launches Regional Agricultural Centre of Excellence in Eastern Africa
Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock in National Assembly John Kanyuithia Mutunga hailed the unveiling of the facility stating that it will scale up agricultural technologies and innovations developed at the university for market readiness.
Latest energy regulatory authority data show 8.25 per cent rise in electricity demand
EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria described the findings as an encouraging indication of growing public confidence in the energy sector