Author: Lynet Awino

Land in Kenya carries weight far beyond a title deed. That question anchors Land, Language and the Stranger, an exhibition opening at Goethe Institut Kenya that pairs research with art to examine how land shapes hospitality, ownership, colonisation and labour along gender lines. The show comes from Down River Road, a journal for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and ideas, working with Goethe Institut Kenya. Four contributors, Brian Muraya, Muthoni Mwangi, Kamwangi Njue and Cynthia Nyakiro, built the project alongside Adam Yawe, Antony Muisyo and Kabi Kimari. Months of readings, gatherings and workshops fed into three works, each combining an experiment, an…

Britam Holdings PLC has wiped out Sh5.8 billion in accumulated losses from its parent company books, clearing the last legal barrier standing between shareholders and a dividend payout that has eluded them for six years. The insurer confirmed in a public announcement that a reduction of its share premium account took effect on September 7, 2026, cutting the account from Sh13.24 billion to Sh7.36 billion. The Sh5.88 billion difference has been applied directly against the company’s accumulated losses, erasing the deficit that Kenya’s Companies Act cites as grounds to block dividend payments. Britam last rewarded shareholders in 2019. Since then,…

Uchumi Supermarkets PLC will meet its creditors and members virtually on Monday, September 21, 2026, at 10am, the latest step in an insolvency process that has run before the High Court of Kenya since 2018. Owen Koimburi, the insolvency practitioner appointed to oversee the case, issued the meeting notice under section 628 of the Insolvency Act No. 18 of 2015, along with Rule 134 and the Third Schedule of the Insolvency Regulations, 2016. The retailer has asked interested parties to register in advance through a link included in the official notice. The meeting sits within Insolvency Petition No. IP 25…

More than half of Kenyans living with metabolic disease do not know they have it. The national caseload will double by 2050. Clinicians meeting in Nairobi on Saturday named this gap the central challenge in Kenya’s response to the disease. The meeting, Convergence: The Metabolic Continuum, Refined by Design, brought together the Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP), the Hospital Pharmacists Association of Kenya (HOPAK), and Getz Pharma. At the forum, Getz Pharma introduced Zepad, its tirzepatide product, into the Kenyan market. The drug requires a prescription and treats obesity, type 2 diabetes, and the conditions that ride alongside them. Patients…

KenGen, Kenya’s biggest electricity producer, has proposed a first and final dividend of KES 0.75 per share for the year ended June 30, 2026, down 16.7 percent from KES 0.90 the previous year, the company said in its annual results. The dividend equals a payout ratio of 48 percent of earnings per share, which came in at KES 1.57 for the year. At a share price of KES 12.55, the dividend gives a forward yield of 6.0 percent, down from a trailing yield of 7.2 percent. The dividend is subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting, set for…

More than 400 restaurants across Nairobi have opened their kitchens to a shared campaign for the next ten days, as Nairobi Burger Week 2026 turns the city’s most familiar comfort food into a citywide exercise in restaurant discovery. The campaign launched on August 26 and runs from August 27 to September 6, organized by dining platform Eat Out Kenya. Participating restaurants, ranging from fast food chains to fine dining rooftops, are running special burger offers throughout the period, giving diners a reason to try a new spot, return to an old favorite or finally visit the restaurant that keeps showing…