Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s expanding housing policy is failing to fully translate into decent homes for low-income families, with gaps in implementation, tenure security, basic services and accountability undermining the Government’s housing commitments. This is the central finding of the State of Housing, Tenure and Basic Services Report 2026 by the Economic and Social Rights Centre (HakiJamii), which argues that Kenya’s housing challenge is increasingly a question of policy implementation and governance rather than construction alone. The fourth edition of the report, based on research in selected settlements in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa, comes as the Government implements the Affordable…
Author: By Graham Kajilwa
Audio By Vocalize Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa at the launch of Shari’ah compliant money market solution Ziidi Shari’ah in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed it is working on an overarching governance policy that will guide application of Shari’ah-compliant investment products into the market. The regulator says in the recent past, Kenya has seen increasing interest in such faith-based financial instruments, an area that is also gaining momentum globally. This interest has seen Safaricom, through a partnership with GulfCap Investment Bank, introduce Ziidi Shari’ah Money Market Fund, which was unveiled on Tuesday. Ziidi Shari’ah then becomes…
Audio By Vocalize CBK offices in Nairobi.[File, Standard] Kenyan banks increased their investment in government securities significantly in 2025, with the amount invested growing much faster than loans to customers. By December 2025, banks held Sh2.5 trillion in government securities, up from Sh2.1 trillion a year earlier, according to the latest report by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The amount increased by 18.2 per cent during the year. But at the same time, loans and advances to customers grew by just 6.6 per cent to hit Sh3.9 trillion, down from Sh3.6 trillion. Justifiably, however, the growth in banks’ liquidity…