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Kenyans are working more hours for lesser pay after firms used the coronavirus pandemic to cut workers’ pay and have not readjusted them as the country re-opens. The Covid19 tracker, a survey by Financial Sector Deepening shows that Kenyan are currently working a 40 hour week and making Kes 3,200. Read also Kenyans turn to casual labour amid...

If all 29 tier two and tier three banks met outside Kencom house and were let into KCB's iconic building, they will fit right into the bank with all their assets in tow. Kenya’s smaller 29 banks have an average asset size of Kes1 trillion combined, yet KCB Bank alone has an asset size of Kes953 billion. The biggest lender in...

Have you noticed an increase in wash women around your neighbourhood or an extra hand of a porter offering to carry your goods after shopping? That may be a former teacher, barber or welder or she might have been working in bars or the hotels sector. Data from Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) shows that casual jobs jumped to 20 per cent...

Tana River is home to one of Kenya’s most stunning natural sites. As the great Tana approaches the coastline, it branches out to form a web of multiple streams all gently pouring into the Indian Ocean. The aerial view of this natural wonder is nothing but marvellous. The river reaches the ocean at the southern end of the delta

Set out in an open field in Nairobi’s plush Karen estate ‘The Waterfront’ was the next frontier for shopping malls in Kenya, they had evolved. Just a few years ago, a mall’s biggest attraction was probably an escalator, ridding through rising floors of shops of every kind selling all manner of things. They were squeezed within the city and Nakumatt...

Kenyan employers have always reproached academia for half baked graduates who come out of school without the practical know-how required in the job market. The classroom has been stuck in instructive theory far removed from everyday life and hands-on experience. The problem may be magnified by changing technologies which are being revolutionised each minute and by the time a curriculum gets...