Author: David Indeje

Carrefour Kenya will open nine new stores before the end of 2026, according to Majid Al Futtaim’s latest investor presentation. The retailer operated 34 stores across the country as of June 2026, split between 11 hypermarkets and 23 supermarkets. The expansion sits inside Majid Al Futtaim’s wider H1 2026 retail pipeline, which lists 51 new store openings across four markets for the second half of the year: 20 in the UAE, 13 in Egypt, 9 in Kenya, and 9 spread across the Group’s remaining markets. Kenya’s share puts it ahead of long standing markets such as Oman, Bahrain and Qatar…

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union has given the national government seven days to resolve the nurses’ strike, warning that doctors will join the walkout if the standoff continues. KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Bhimji Atellah said the strike has disrupted essential health services nationwide and pushed public hospitals into severe constraint. “Essential services have been disrupted. There is no better way to say that patients going to hospital who need nursing care cannot get it, and nursing care is key for any health service to be functional,” Atellah said. “Today we have 40 days in our public…

I&M Group has already crossed a target it set for 2026, reporting that its sustainability programmes reached 11.1 million lives across East Africa by the close of 2025, a full year ahead of schedule. The regional lender is now recalibrating toward a bigger goal: touching more than 50 million lives by 2030. The milestone sits inside a wider push to widen access to credit for small business. Financing to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) climbed to Ksh.18.3 billion in 2025, up from Ksh.13 billion the year before, a jump of 41 per cent. Digital lending nearly doubled, rising to…

A single Sacco with a Sh108.8 million judgment against the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO) has forced the High Court to pause the government’s liquidation of the troubled apex body, days after a Gazette Notice put three officials in charge of winding it up. Justice Rhoda Rutto certified as urgent an application filed by RUPSA Regulated NWDT Sacco Society Limited, formerly PCEA Ruiru Sacco, and directed that it be served on KUSCCO, the appointed liquidators and the Commissioner for Co-operative Development by close of business on September 4. The judge set September 8 for further directions on…

A Kenyan writer just landed on the shortlist for one of Africa’s most watched literary prizes, and she is not shy about naming everyone who helped get her there. The Caine Prize for African Writing named its 2026 shortlist this week, and Gladwell Pamba’s story “The Last Shop” sits at the top of a list that spans five countries: Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, and Zimbabwe. Judges pulled these five from a record 407 entries submitted from 27 African countries, the largest pool the prize has seen. What the Caine Prize Actually Rewards Founded in 2000 and named after Booker Prize…

The government has rolled out a reference guide for investigating and prosecuting cybercrime, moving to close gaps exposed by a scan that found more than 2,000 vulnerabilities and 4.8 million leaked credentials across Kenyan systems. The Rapid Reference Guide on Investigating and Prosecuting Offences under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act gives police and prosecutors a shared playbook for handling digital crime, from mobile money fraud to attacks on government networks. Its release follows a period in which Kenya’s digital footprint has expanded faster than the institutions meant to police it. A Scan That Exposed the Scale of the Problem…