/-/539546/539546/-/88oe25/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Tough+times+ahead+for+the+shilling+as+CBK+reserves+dip+/-/539546/1325480/-/gtp1jx/-/index.html Currency’s exposure rises after the market gobbles up IMF support funds in a month 2012-02-12T17:14:23Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/MPs+push+for++interest+rate+controls+as+House+opens+/-/539546/1325462/-/111u89nz/-/index.html The sponsor of an amendment seeking to regulate interest rates has said he will rally Parliament after it reopens on Tuesday not to pass the Finance Bill 2011, putting the government at risk of refunding money collected from taxes without MPs’ approval. 2012-02-12T17:04:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Change+of+land+use+threatens+food+output++/-/539546/1325456/-/kmbtwa/-/index.html Experts blame falling crop production on sub-divisions and relocations 2012-02-12T17:00:20Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Publisher+s+case+on+KenGen+tender+deals+moved+to+March+/-/539546/1325450/-/ty3wlvz/-/index.html A suit filed by a publisher seeking information on alleged multi-billion shillings contracts awarded to foreign companies by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has been deferred to March 12. 2012-02-12T16:57:19Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/MPs+set+to+give+final+report++on+shilling+s+fall+this+week+/-/539546/1325446/-/pwssyuz/-/index.html The Parliamentary select committee on the depreciation of the shilling retreated to Mombasa mid last week where itcompleted a report on the causes of the free fall of the Kenyan currency last year. 2012-02-12T16:54:27Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyan+companies+given+more+time+to+study+EAC+counterfeit++rules/-/539546/1325436/-/l033clz/-/index.html Manufacturers have been granted a one month extension to give their views on the proposed harmonised quality standards for the East Africa Community. The EAC secretariat had scheduled to have all submissions in from the five member countries by February 10 for analysis and compilation before submitting them for consideration by the bloc’s council of ministers. Kenya’s decision to give more time to manufacturers will, therefore, delay the review of regulations that would lock out fake imports from entering the region. 2012-02-12T16:47:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/New+scheme+gives+IDPs+option+of+buying+town+land+/-/539546/1325424/-/itctbnz/-/index.html Ministry expected to spend Sh5.5bn to put families in permanent homes 2012-02-12T16:41:11Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Cabinet+in+race+to+beat+deadline+for+land+reforms++/-/539546/1323668/-/15da4hg/-/index.html The Cabinet was on Thursday rushing to beat the February 27 deadline with publication of three Bills that will overhaul the management of land and establish the National Land Commission. 2012-02-09T17:30:36Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Africa+loses+taxes+as+tariffs+fuel+illicit+cross+border+trade++/-/539546/1323664/-/12oys4p/-/index.html The African Union faces a setback in its plan to create a single continental market in the next five years because a growing number of traders turn to informal channels to transact. 2012-02-09T17:21:56Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Electoral+team+hands+report+on+boundaries+to+House/-/539546/1323474/-/aqnkww/-/index.html In a report handed to the National Assembly Thursday, the commission said though most Kenyans had requested for the creation of more constituencies and wards, that was not tenable. 2012-02-09T14:49:56Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Court+stops+fresh+rise+in+parking+fees/-/539546/1323038/-/tpmq41/-/index.html Motorists have been spared further increases in parking fees until the City Council of Nairobi instals meters, which will ensure that vehicles will be charged only for the time spent in a parking slot. 2012-02-08T17:11:23Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Policymakers+grapple+with+cultural+shocks+as+East+Africa+/-/539546/1322888/-/l40fik/-/index.html Different cultures and languages are a cause of non-tariff barriers as the regional bloc seeks economic unity, writes George Omondi 2012-02-08T15:22:08Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Regulator+stokes+CMC+board+wars+with+ouster+of+directors+/-/539546/1321640/-/9yasxu/-/index.html Move said to be in breach of November court orders that were issued in favour of CMA 2012-02-06T18:22:48Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Subscribers++lose+millions+as+Smart+TV+goes+off+air++/-/539546/1321632/-/awnp5j/-/index.html Pay-television provider Smart TV has closed shop after failing to secure adequate funding for its operations, leaving thousands of its subscribers and dealers with obsolete decoders. 2012-02-06T18:18:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/KenolKobil+told+to+pay+KPC+after+withdrawing+plea+/-/539546/1321630/-/tkiohq/-/index.html Judge gives the fuel marketer green light to appeal in Sh5bn case 2012-02-06T18:13:59Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/High+prices+warm+up+coffee+earnings+despite+low+yields+/-/539546/1320688/-/fnqkxhz/-/index.html High prices lifted coffee earnings up 15 per cent to Sh17.8 billion last year from Sh15 billion in 2010 despite a drop in production caused by drought. 2012-02-05T13:45:55Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/KenolKobil+to+appeal+decision+in+Sh5bn+KPC+case+/-/539546/1320684/-/u8697p/-/index.html KenolKobil will challenge a two-judge decision setting aside a Sh5 billion arbitration award that it was to receive from the Kenya Pipeline Company. 2012-02-05T13:43:12Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Experts+called+in+to+drive+matatu+industry+overhaul+/-/539546/1320682/-/75wo55/-/index.html The number of matatus operating along a route could soon be limited in new efforts to restore order in a sector that has been a law unto itself for nearly four decades. 2012-02-05T13:40:54Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/China+locks+out++rivals+from+police+telecoms+tender+/-/539546/1320676/-/8wpd4cz/-/index.html The government is preparing to revive part of the controversial Anglo Leasing projects in a tied aid deal with China that will see firms from the West barred from bidding. 2012-02-05T13:37:24Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyans+face+pay+caps+to+work+in+UK+/-/539546/1318974/-/saxx6pz/-/index.html The UK has unveiled tighter conditions for foreign workers and their spouses eyeing to settle in the country as it seeks to curb the inflow of immigrants. 2012-02-02T18:05:51Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Treasury+targets+larger+share+of+workers+salaries/-/539546/1318966/-/nvveyq/-/index.html IMF and State agree highly paid Kenyan employees will contribute more so as to maintain their lifestyles in old age 2012-02-02T18:00:37Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Printing+company+boss+sues+over+attempts+to+deport+him+/-/539546/1318946/-/gw8gjz/-/index.html The production manager of a security printing firm is waging a legal battle on the Immigration Department for wanting to throw him out of the country –again– on the grounds of his Indian citizenship. 2012-02-02T17:49:16Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kisumu+airport+paves+way+for+booming+trade+/-/539546/1318940/-/14gsnxjz/-/index.html Kisumu International Airport was officially opened on Thursday, paving the way for increased trade and investment in the Western Kenya region . 2012-02-02T17:44:52Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Customs+agencies+face+fines+for+slowing+down+trade+/-/539546/1318930/-/h925nw/-/index.html Binding deal will enforce non-tariff barriers and impose sanctions against offenders 2012-02-02T17:37:26Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya+urged+to+fund+public+transport+industry/-/539546/1318642/-/febum6/-/index.html In most developed countries, funding for the public transport system is a preserve of the government but in Kenya it is mostly owned by the private sector. This has made the country's mass transport to be characterised by inadequate infrastructure, high costs, poor safety and inefficiency. Adequate public transports systems require heavy infrastructures are that need high levels of investments in order to be built and set up which makes the private sector unable to carry out without government assistance. Matatus (14 seater mini-buses) which provide the backbone of the transportation system in Kenya emerged in the early years after independence in order to fulfill unmet transport needs inside Kenya's rapidly growing cities. They have continued to maintain their dominance despite their inefficiencies. This has led to a steady increase in the number of private vehicles on the roads which are a less economical form of transport. Kenya's public transport system is a major contributor to economic inefficiency as it encourages use of low capacity vehicles compared to the high capacity ones. As a result, Kenya's public transport system is facing challenges that inhibit it from performing the role of facilitating economic growth and development. Out of a vehicle population of about 1 million in Kenya, public service vehicles make up only 45,000, a majority of them having a carrying capacity of just 14 passengers. Stakeholders in the industry have blamed lack of adequate investment, which has led to an inefficient public transport. 2012-02-02T11:16:53Z