/-/539444/539444/-/rdynki/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Private+sector+jobs+dip+as+growth+declines/-/539550/1406684/-/g199he/-/index.html The private sector lost its jobs creation momentum last year as economic growth decelerated for the first time since the 2008 post-election crisis dip, official data released on Tuesday indicates. 2012-05-15T18:03:58Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Experts+push+for+laws+on+mining+to+be+speeded+up+/-/539546/1406682/-/wno3ok/-/index.html Parliament has been asked to speed up laws on the management of community land and mineral resource-sharing to avert conflicts between the government, explorers and the locals. 2012-05-15T18:02:24Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Global+commodity+prices+bolster+export+earnings+/-/539550/1406680/-/4y4uwqz/-/index.html Export earnings grew substantially despite a drop in production of key commodities, reflecting the gains from the weak shilling and high global commodity prices that prevailed for most of last year. 2012-05-15T17:59:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Rising+cost+of+living++erodes+workers+incomes+/-/539550/1406676/-/awq8ut/-/index.html The disposable income of workers has been eroded by rapid inflation despite regular increases in salaries and allowances by employers. 2012-05-15T17:55:45Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Study+links+rise+in+economic+crimes+to+high+cost+of+living+/-/539550/1406668/-/78enirz/-/index.html More people are engaging in fraudulent deals to survive the rising cost of living, leading to a surge in white collar crimes. 2012-05-15T17:49:04Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Githae+set+to+name+banks+flouting+CBK++ethics+code+/-/539546/1406654/-/2xkm2r/-/index.html Finance minister Njeru Githae has declined to publicly name banks that have violated the Central Bank Act. Instead, he has offered to name them in camera on Wednesday. 2012-05-15T17:37:23Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Women+fail+to+reach+top+posts+despite+change+in+law+++/-/539546/1406642/-/j9iprq/-/index.html Women are finding it difficult to break the glass ceiling in the public sector nearly two years after a constitutional provision granted them a third of the positions in key institutions. 2012-05-15T17:25:39Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Adoption+of+new+building+technologies+to+cut+costs++/-/539546/1406582/-/59lq5t/-/index.html The cost of constructing houses is set to come down as alternative building technologies are incorporated into the Kenyan Building Code currently under review, government officials have said. 2012-05-15T16:44:03Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/EAC+judges+appointed+on+fulltime+basis+/-/539546/1406580/-/qep98wz/-/index.html Top judges of the East African Court of Justice will now serve full-term from Arusha as the bloc seeks to expand the court’s jurisdiction and speed up resolution of disputes in the region. 2012-05-15T16:42:16Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Aberdare+Forest+electric+fence+trust+gets+Sh1bn+boost++/-/539546/1406570/-/ioew8dz/-/index.html A Sh1 billion endowment trust fund has been set up to support the management of the 400-kilometre electric fence around the Aberdare Forest. 2012-05-15T16:37:29Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Pressure+mounts+on+electoral+body+to+trim+its+budget+/-/539546/1406564/-/6sb3vtz/-/index.html The electoral commission is under pressure to cut its ambitious budget for the next General Election after Treasury rejected a request to increase its allocation to Sh36 billion. 2012-05-15T16:33:29Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Judge+throws+out+coffee+directive+to+saccos/-/539550/1406538/-/134jvl7/-/index.html A court has annulled the powers of the Commissioner for Co-operative Development directing societies to deliver their products to a particular miller. 2012-05-15T16:16:11Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Meridian++Clinix+suspension+leaves+workers+exposed/-/539550/1406528/-/rwyvub/-/index.html 100,000 families have no NHIF cover after two hospitals’ contracts are discontinued 2012-05-15T16:10:04Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Kenol+minority+investors+to+get+compulsory+offer/-/539550/1406506/-/adpr7i/-/index.html Swiss company seeks to buy out shares based on deal with major shareholders 2012-05-15T15:55:00Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Banks+should+cut+loan+costs+/-/539548/1406486/-/reopu6z/-/index.html A survey done by the banking sector regulator has singled out large banks for being slower to cut their lending rates than their small and mid-sized counterparts. 2012-05-15T15:47:03Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Invest+more+to+stabilise+the+cost+of+electricity+/-/539548/1406480/-/p8s0vaz/-/index.html To the millions of electricity consumers, Kenya Power's intention to increase consumer tariffs in the coming months portends serious trouble not only for businesses but also for household budgets 2012-05-15T15:43:09Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Unlocking+value+chains+in+agriculture+/-/539548/1406466/-/qadwpfz/-/index.html The last one year was relatively hostile to most Kenyans. The impact of rising food prices and inflationary pressure meant that basic household products such as maize flour, sugar, and rice got out of reach for a growing number of the population. 2012-05-15T15:36:25Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Lessons+for+Kenya+from+Bangladesh+/-/539546/1406396/-/i705kb/-/index.html In a way, Bangladesh is the Asian carbon copy of Kenya. Both are third world countries that have faced huge economic challenges, and both are on the cusp of a phenomenal take-off. 2012-05-15T15:10:33Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Central+bank+intervenes+as+shilling+falls+past+84+mark/-/539552/1406388/-/kyseppz/-/index.html Central Bank intervened in the market to mop up liquidity after the shilling deepened losses against the dollar on market expectations that falling inflation could prompt an interest rate cut. 2012-05-15T15:06:57Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/We+can+manage+our+resources+without+outside+pressure+/-/539548/1406368/-/81qm03z/-/index.html As expected, when Kenya announced new oil discoveries, foreign experts expressed possibility of socio-economic doom and a curse for the country because of oil. 2012-05-15T14:44:05Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya+s+economic+partnership+with+EU+hangs+in+the+balance/-/539546/1406346/-/6ehgpe/-/index.html During his recent Brussels tour, Prime Minister Raila Odinga asked the European Union to give East African Community member states ample time to conclude negotiations that will lead to the signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU. 2012-05-15T14:13:16Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539546/1406324/-/ox8hc9/-/index.html A drastic decrease in production in the agricultural sector slowed Kenya's gross domestic product growth to 4.4 per cent last year compared to a growth of 5.8 per cent in the previous year. 2012-05-15T13:57:45Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Civil+society+key+to+winning+war+on+TB+in+remote+regions+/-/539444/1406296/-/4so56b/-/index.html On the sidelines of a just ended workshop organised by the National Leprosy Tuberculosis Programme, a positive consensus finally seems to be emerging: the realisation that the government by itself cannot win the fight against TB. 2012-05-15T13:21:47Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Regain+your+reputation+after+wrongful+stint+in+jail+/-/539444/1406278/-/3ga1fbz/-/index.html -------------------------------------- Your question raises a number of issues that are of interest to lawyers, philosophers and lay people. Put simply, you seem to be asking, “what happens to those people who are sent to prison by mistake?” 2012-05-15T12:53:02Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Rwandan+brewer+records+42pc+growth+in+net+profit/-/539550/1406218/-/10oeoifz/-/index.html Bralirwa records 41.9 per cent growth in net profit to Sh2.04 billion (Rwf14.7b) for full year ended December 2011 2012-05-15T12:08:23Z