/-/539444/539444/-/rdynki/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Ecobank-appoints-new-Kenya-MD/-/539550/1861950/-/t5nb4nz/-/index.html Ecobank has hired a new chief executive as the lender seeks fresh ideas to capture a bigger portion of the Kenyan banking market. 2013-05-24T15:28:54Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Visa--Equity-launch-global-mobile-cash-transfer-service/-/539550/1861710/-/t35kh2/-/index.html Visa has partnered with Equity Bank to launch a mobile money transfer service dubbed Visa Personal Payments, which allows users to send money directly from one mobile phone to another. 2013-05-24T11:39:15Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyan-shilling-firms-as-end-month-dollar-demand-wanes/-/539552/1861608/-/13rv0dd/-/index.html The Kenyan shilling firmed early Friday, lifted by banks cutting their dollar positions ahead of the weekend as end-of-month demand for the US currency from importers waned. 2013-05-24T09:05:52Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Sasini-half-year-net-profit-rises-61pc-to-Sh200m/-/539550/1861468/-/3ymg5sz/-/index.html Agricultural firm Sasini has reported a 61 per cent rise in after-tax profit for six months ending March 2013. 2013-05-24T08:07:16Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyans-lose-buying-power-as-economy-grows/-/539552/1861224/-/ddnuc1z/-/index.html Kenyan workers lost purchasing power last year even as favourable weather propelled economic growth to the rate of 4.6 per cent. 2013-05-23T18:39:04Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Britain-to-keep-Kenya-close-despite-ICC/-/539546/1861218/-/93i1vd/-/index.html The British government will keep close diplomatic ties with Kenya despite the recent election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country’s fourth president. 2013-05-23T18:26:43Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Economy-made-only-660000-jobs-in-one-year/-/539552/1861198/-/psjkkvz/-/index.html President Uhuru Kenyatta and his team face a daunting task in delivering their pre-election pledge of one million jobs annually from an economy which generated only 659, 400 jobs last year. 2013-05-23T18:11:24Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Railways-share-of-cargo-dips-despite-growth-in-traffic/-/539552/1861192/-/v9sb9az/-/index.html Railway transport continued to lose the share of cargo business as importers preferred to use road transport. 2013-05-23T18:07:41Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyans-make-fewer-crime-reports-to-police/-/539552/1861190/-/1f75oj/-/index.html The number of crimes reported to police last year rose a modest 2.8 per cent to stand at 77,852 despite the rise in outcry about the vice. 2013-05-23T18:05:54Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Pneumonia-beats-malaria-as-leading-cause-of-death/-/539552/1861184/-/br89ew/-/index.html Pneumonia overtook malaria last year as the main killer of Kenyans as cancer beat HIV/Aids in the death toll, the new Economic Survey reports. 2013-05-23T18:03:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/High-cost-of-living-erodes-households-ability-to-save/-/539552/1861174/-/e3ri6a/-/index.html High cost of living cut deeply into Kenyans’ disposable income which diminished their ability to save. 2013-05-23T17:59:11Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Agriculture-growth-restores-old-economy/-/539552/1861172/-/jyxshg/-/index.html Adequate rainfall and high commodity prices lifted agricultural out to a new high, restoring the sector’s position as the backbone of the Kenyan economy. 2013-05-23T17:57:50Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Gold-earnings-add-shine-to-mining-sector/-/539552/1861162/-/frofl/-/index.html Earnings from the mining sector grew by 30 per cent last year aided by increased inflows from export of gold, adding lustre to the new ministry in charge of minerals. 2013-05-23T17:52:53Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/State-spending-races-ahead-of-cautious-private-sector/-/539552/1861158/-/5o3dww/-/index.html Government expenditure grew by a fifth last year, underlining the importance of the State in creating demand in an economy that faced a slowdown in private sector spending. 2013-05-23T17:50:50Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenyans-spend-more-on-basic-commodities/-/539552/1861148/-/60qfj3z/-/index.html Kenyans spend more than half of their earnings on basic needs such as food, housing and clothing; leaving them with very little to save and invest in business. 2013-05-23T17:46:47Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Weak-global-economy-threatens-target/-/539552/1861144/-/897hh0/-/index.html A gloomy global economy hangs over President Kenyatta’s plan to lift the Kenyan economy back to seven per cent growth rate. 2013-05-23T17:43:58Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Conference-tourism-boosts-Kenya-ranking/-/539546/1861142/-/mwtryaz/-/index.html Growth in conference tourism has seen Kenya’s global ranking in conferencing rise four ranks and emerge the second best destination in Africa. 2013-05-23T17:40:00Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/20km-traffic-jam-hits-Mombasa-Road/-/539546/1861130/-/vokqebz/-/index.html Traffic police officers were on Thursday morning forced to clear trucks at the Mlolongo weighbridge station without submitting them to mandatory checks due to a 20-kilometre long snarl-up on Mombasa Road. 2013-05-23T17:33:30Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/MPs-rush-to-block-senators-from-getting-constituency-funds/-/539546/1861108/-/cs4g4g/-/index.html Parliament is on Friday expected to gazette names of all Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committees that successfully concluded elections. 2013-05-23T17:19:47Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Parliament-team-says--Budget-too-large/-/539546/1861100/-/lnxbs3/-/index.html A key House committee says the government cannot fully finance its huge budget in view of the Sh163 billion budget deficit. 2013-05-23T17:12:03Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Pan-African-targets-cane-farmers-with-funeral-plan/-/539550/1861094/-/lq10ohz/-/index.html Mumias Sugar Company has partnered with Pan African Life Insurance Company to insure cane farmers for burial to the tune of Sh200,000 each. 2013-05-23T17:06:11Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Floods-destroy-more-than-30-acres-of-rice/-/539550/1861090/-/uqoa1yz/-/index.html Floods have destroyed more than 30 acres of rice fields in Bunyala Irrigation Scheme, Busia County. 2013-05-23T17:04:37Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Jack-and-Jill-store-looted-as-owners-fight-eviction-order/-/539550/1861086/-/y78lke/-/index.html Jack and Jill Supermarket in Nairobi was Thursday looted by a crowd hours after the owner had moved to the High Court to challenge an eviction order by a court. 2013-05-23T17:00:48Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Police-prosecutors-will-not-lose-their-jobs/-/539550/1861076/-/15fo2o6z/-/index.html Police officers serving as prosecutors will be retained and work alongside State counsels in counties, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Keriako Tobiko said. 2013-05-23T16:55:44Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/TransCentury-share-sale-boosts-former-KRA-boss/-/539550/1861064/-/2i32f3z/-/index.html Former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) commissioner- general Michael Waweru is on course to become the top shareholder in TransCentury. 2013-05-23T16:44:44Z