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THE COVER-UP CLAUSE: Inside Absa Bank’s Sh1.5 Billion Data-Leak Reckoning, A Banker’s Warning Call, A Star Witness’s Sudden Vanishing Act, and the Internal Memo That Chose Liability Over Truth

“I was cautioned that admitting such an allegation to the company director or even taking disciplinary action would be tantamount to the bank admitting liability.” — Evans Murumba, former Absa Coast regional head, in sworn testimony Four years into a lawsuit Absa Bank Kenya insists never should have existed, the lender’s own former regional executive […]

DESK BusinessPUBLISHED 23 JulBY Our Correspondent

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22 Jul

NewsHow Choosing Swedish Massages in Destin Enhances Your Relaxation Experience

18 Jul

BusinessKenya’s Cash, Ethiopia’s Risk: Inside the Sh19.6bn Bet Safaricom’s Own Partners Wouldn’t Match

15 Jul

InvestigationsINSIDE THE VAULT: How Myra IVF Clinic’s “Coded Vial” Empire Survived a Trafficking Storm — And Why This Canadian Couple’s Ordeal Is Just One Of At Least Six

15 Jul

NewsKenyan Court Dismisses Rastafarians’ Bid To Legalise Cannabis

15 Jul

InvestigationsHow SportPesa’s Alleged Tax Evasion Has Continued to Dent Kenya’s Socio-Economic Growth

15 Jul

NewsSeven Years of Silence: How a Father’s Court-Ordered Visit Ended in One of Kenya’s Most Chilling Family Murders

15 Jul

BusinessInside KenGen’s Sh2.5 Billion Carbon Credits Procurement Scam: A Ghost Norwegian Firm, a Blacklisted Rival and the Tender Kenya Can’t Seem to Finish Honestly

14 Jul

NewsThe Board Chair Who Became the Landlord: Inside Sam Mburu’s Capture of Kenya Ports Authority

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INSIDE THE VAULT: How Myra IVF Clinic’s “Coded Vial” Empire Survived a Trafficking Storm — And Why This Canadian Couple’s Ordeal Is Just One Of At Least Six

The Court of Appeal has bought Dr. Sarita Sukhija more time. But court filings, employment records and a second Nairobi clinic’s own scandal-ridden history reveal a fertility underworld of unverified embryos, raided nurseries, a dead egg donor allegation, and a doctor who once accused another clinic of doing to her exactly what she now stands accused of doing to her patients.

Investigations15 Jul

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How SportPesa’s Alleged Tax Evasion Has Continued to Dent Kenya’s Socio-Economic Growth

A Sh1.4 billion tax bill frozen by a tribunal technicality. A Sh95 billion demand that collapsed to Sh17.5 billion. A brand that has shut down, rebranded and relitigated its way through three prime ministerial terms of Kenyan tax administration while punters staked more last year than the entire country invested in shares at the Nairobi bourse.

Investigations15 Jul

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Inside KenGen’s Sh2.5 Billion Carbon Credits Procurement Scam: A Ghost Norwegian Firm, a Blacklisted Rival and the Tender Kenya Can’t Seem to Finish Honestly

Four rounds. Two courts. One procurement board. And still nobody can say, with a straight face, who is really standing behind the joint venture that keeps winning Kenya’s green gold.

Investigations15 Jul

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Kenya’s Goons: A World of Political Violence and Desperation

Nairobi (AFP) – Kenyan politicians are hiring armed thugs for as little as $4 per day, as poverty and ruthless political competition threaten to unleash uncontrollable violence ahead of elections next year. So-called “goons” are increasingly being hired, dozens or even hundreds at a time, to break up the rallies of political opponents and protesters, […]

13 Jul