Author: Lorine Otamo

Naomi Kinyanjui-Munene has joined the William Davidson Institute as Program Manager for Energy and E-Mobility, effective September 2026. Based in Nairobi, she will manage clean energy and e-mobility projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, covering business development, partner engagement, market research and program delivery. She arrives with a decade of work in clean energy, infrastructure, climate finance, investment facilitation, policy advisory and public private partnerships across the continent, experience built through roles spanning government, civil society and legal practice. Seven Years Inside the British High Commission Before joining WDI, Kinyanjui Munene spent close to eight years at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…

Jubilee Life Insurance has appointed Donald Omengo, CPA(K), as its Chief Finance Officer, effective August 17, 2026. He joins the insurer from KPMG, where he spent more than 15 years building a career in audit, finance, governance and risk management across East Africa and international markets. Omengo moves to Jubilee Life from KPMG’s Audit Practice for East Africa, where he served as Associate Director. His appointment gives Jubilee Life a finance chief with deep grounding in technical accounting and regulatory compliance, skills the insurer says will support its next stage of growth. From Audit Floor to Finance Chief Omengo built…

SMEP Microfinance Bank PLC has appointed Bernard Mutinda Kivava as its Chief Executive Officer, effective May 18, 2026. The Central Bank of Kenya approved the appointment, clearing the way for Kivava to take charge of the church founded lender as it works to grow its balance sheet and deepen access to credit for small traders and farmers. Kivava spent more than two decades in microfinance before joining SMEP. He built his reputation on turning struggling lenders around and expanding their reach into underserved communities across Kenya and the wider East African region. A Track Record of Turnarounds Before SMEP, Kivava…

Kenya’s nurses have called off a 43-day strike after the Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives (KNUNM) signed a Return to Work Formula with the Council of Governors, ending a standoff that had disrupted services in public hospitals nationwide. Council of Governors Chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi announced the agreement at a press briefing on Wednesday, September 9, following talks between the COG and the union. “We know nurses have been on strike for 43 days. It was because of the non implementation of the 2017 CBA. We now have a RTWF,” Abdullahi said. The Kenya National Union of Nurses and…

AAR Healthcare, a medical service and outpatient care provider operating across Kenya and East Africa, has named Jane Gaty as Head of Brand, Experience and Corporate Impact. Gaty steps into the role carrying more than a decade of work across marketing, brand management, strategic communications and business development in the healthcare sector. AAR Healthcare announced the appointment on social media, describing Gaty’s career as one marked by high impact marketing campaigns, stronger organisational reputation, new strategic partnerships and steady business growth in the healthcare space. In her new role, the company said, she will lead strategy and operations for communication…

Kenyans put more money into unit trusts in Q2 2026 than in any prior quarter, pushing the industry to the edge of KES 1 trillion, per Capital Markets Authority (CMA) data. Total assets under management (AUM) across collective investment schemes hit KES 948.7 billion as of June 30, 2026, up 11% from KES 851.7 billion the prior quarter. The CMA attributes the gain to inflows into existing funds, new funds under established umbrella schemes, and manager competition for savers. The industry total matters less to individual savers than what the shift shows: where Kenyans keep their savings, and which funds…