Author: David Indeje

Kenya’s High Court has ruled that the next presidential election is constitutionally due on 11 August 2026, not August 2027 as currently planned, but stopped short of ordering the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to hold a vote this year. The Ruling Delivering judgment in Malindi, Lady Justice Mugure Thande held that Article 136(2)(a) of the Constitution requires the presidential poll to fall on the second Tuesday of August in the fifth year following the previous election, not after that fifth year has elapsed. Since Kenyans last elected a president on 9 August 2022, the fifth year began on 9…

DP World is deepening its stake in Kenya. The Dubai based ports and logistics giant has signed an agreement with GulfCap Africa to build a Special Economic Zone just outside Mombasa, betting that manufacturers and traders will pay for space next to East Africa’s busiest seaport. The Mombasa Industrial Park will cover 222 hectares, sitting less than 20 kilometres from the Port of Mombasa. Construction will roll out in phases, starting with a 40 hectare first stage. GulfCap Africa, the Kenyan investment and development firm behind the project alongside DP World, was founded by businessman and politician Suleiman Shahbal. Neither…

Too Early For Birds is bringing “Shawry for Trees: The Roots of a Revolutionary” back to the stage, five months after the show’s sold out debut left audiences asking for another round. The rerun lands at Nairobi’s Jain Bhavan auditorium from September 25 to 27, dates that fall on the fifteenth anniversary of Wangari Maathai’s death in 2011. The production team calls the timing a coincidence they noticed only after locking the schedule, though they admit it feels like more than luck. A ninth edition built on a viral moment Shawry for Trees began, unlikely as it sounds, with a…

Helping someone you love feels natural. It feels right. The problem arrives quietly, across weeks and months, when helping becomes the primary currency of the relationship and you cannot quite remember when that shift happened. Most people in this position do not recognise it immediately. They frame it as care. They tell themselves the other person is going through a difficult season. They extend patience because love asks for patience. All of that is reasonable, until the pattern makes it unreasonable. What Genuine Support Looks Like Real support in a relationship flows naturally from care. It is not calculated, but…

Safaricom is lowering the cost of doing business on M PESA. Starting this August, the telecom giant is cutting charges across three merchant products: Pochi La Biashara, Lipa na M PESA Buy Goods and Business Till transfers. The changes sit inside a larger campaign called PATA MORE, which also boosts data bundles and expands digital services, all without raising prices. What is changing for merchants Pochi La Biashara customers get the biggest immediate relief. From 1 August through 31 October, payments to Pochi merchant tills are free up to KES 200, up from a previous ceiling that charged customers well…

ALP REIT reported total assets of USD 45.18 million for the six months to June 30, 2026, its first financial results since listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in March. The trust is Kenya’s first US dollar denominated Income Real Estate Investment Trust. Financial Summary Metric Value Total assets USD 45.18 million Property assets USD 26.53 million Cash on hand USD 14.74 million Net profit USD 0.23 million Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO) USD 0.46 million Seed portfolio occupancy 98% Rental income recognised 2 months Interim distribution None declared Balance sheet debt None Property assets comprised USD 26.53 million in…