/-/539546/539546/-/88oe25/-/index.html 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/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/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/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/Creditor+picks+retired+judge+to+help+resolve+Sh1bn+dispute/-/539546/1405964/-/fh76xj/-/index.html A creditor seeking close to Sh1 billion from businessman Kenneth Matiba has picked retired court of Appeal Judge A B Shah to arbitrate over the dispute arising from the sale of Hillcrest Schools in Nairobi. 2012-05-14T18:46:24Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Githae+proposes+fund+to+pay+for+key+public+works+/-/539546/1405960/-/xo0out/-/index.html A special fund will be created for a team of specialists to vet and ensure the viability of joint public and private sector projects. 2012-05-14T18:45:02Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Treasury+will+not+fund+De+La+Rue+purchase/-/539546/1405958/-/x0c8ff/-/index.html The Treasury will not fund the purchase of a 40 per cent stake in currency printer De La Rue and has declined to factor in the Sh700 million required for it in the 2012/13 Budget. 2012-05-14T18:44:10Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Lobbies+fault+funding+for+intelligence+want+reallocation+/-/539546/1405954/-/10c0pfsz/-/index.html The public has asked Parliament to recommend that budgetary allocations by ministries and government departments be investigated and reduce funding for intelligence services. 2012-05-14T18:37:12Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Oil+discovery+to+speed+up+Kenyas+new+FDI+inflows++/-/539546/1405944/-/qr92rfz/-/index.html Inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Kenya could match those of Tanzania and Uganda beginning next year aided by growth in agriculture and manufacturing besides opportunities created by the discovery of oil in Turkana 2012-05-14T18:30:41Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/KPA+get+reprieve+over+levies+dispute+with+council+/-/539546/1405240/-/120ckjh/-/index.html The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) will for now not pay billions of shillings to the Mombasa Municipal Council after a court dismissed an application to block its objection. 2012-05-13T18:02:36Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Lands+Act+outlaws+sale+of+settlement+scheme+plots+/-/539546/1405210/-/mjtgkm/-/index.html Internally displaced persons and other beneficiaries of public settlement schemes have been barred from selling or transferring the land under the newly-published Lands Act 2012. 2012-05-13T17:31:51Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Vandals+face+life+sentence+in+new+laws+to+protect+utilities+/-/539546/1405194/-/6381qh/-/index.html Attorney-General Githu Muigai has put vandals on notice with proposed changes to laws governing utility companies that would see those convicted of interfering with power, water, and telecoms equipment jailed for life or fined Sh10 million. 2012-05-13T17:14:36Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/PS+questions+civil+society+use+of+donor+funds++/-/539546/1405192/-/8fejb1z/-/index.html A government official has told the Parliamentary Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that the Sh130 billion civil society receives annually could be used as a conduit for money laundering, funding terrorism or espionage. 2012-05-13T17:13:20Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya+seeks+more+members+in+regional+transit+system+/-/539546/1405190/-/6bxb1v/-/index.html Kenya wants Ethiopia and Djibouti to join Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) countries in implementing the Regional Customs Transit Guarantee (RCTG) scheme to boost regional trade. 2012-05-13T17:12:38Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Board+taps+Sh26bn+WB+loan+to+boost+citys+water+supply+/-/539546/1405186/-/lnr2nb/-/index.html A water board intends to use part of the $300 million (Sh26.4 billion) World Bank loan to drill tunnels to link three Murang’a rivers to Ndakaini Dam and boost water supply in Nairobi. 2012-05-13T17:11:24Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/House+team+cant+trace+former+CBK+man+in+currency+saga+/-/539546/1403592/-/h3lb25/-/index.html The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it has been unable to locate a former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) official to answer questions on the controversial De La Rue printing contract. 2012-05-10T17:39:07Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Indian+family+educated+third+generation+threatens+survival/-/539546/1403562/-/1brmmf/-/index.html From a prosperous sweets-making company started in early 1920s in Kenya, Mithaiwalla faces a bleak future as Mr Shabbir — now in charge — grows old with no willing successor 2012-05-10T17:16:57Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/EU+unveils+Sh10bn+fund+for+Somalia+peace+effort+/-/539546/1403550/-/1546xwtz/-/index.html The European Union has announced that it will scale up its Somali funding by Sh10.9 billion (€100 million) to support the African Union Mission (AMISOM). 2012-05-10T17:07:48Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/City+home+owners+face+losses+in+suspect+land+deal++/-/539546/1403516/-/tcu5jcz/-/index.html City home owners who bought plots on a 5.6 hectare land bordering Imara Daima estate on Mombasa Road risk losing their investment as it emerges that the land belongs to a collapsed insurer. 2012-05-10T16:56:22Z