PRIME Consumption of jet fuel dips for the first time in six years The drop came at a time when the US-Iran war triggered regional closures of airspace in the Middle East and the grounding of major international flights, hitting traffic of international aircraft...
PRIME Kenya cuts thermal power usage to avert steep electricity prices The drop in the costly thermal power coincided with a jump in electricity imports.
PRIME Kenya’s insurance hits 8-year high The latest rise in penetration coincided with a shift in the structure of the insurance market.
PRIME Tata exit order risks Sh7.4bn trade, tests Ruto’s industrial plan Tata’s shutdown is still before the High Court, while a separate Supreme Court case leaves the company exposed to a potentially significant county liability.
PRIME EPZ firms shed 5,337 job openings amid Agoa uncertainty The setback came as the US Congress on Tuesday passed a stop-gap funding bill extending the programme through the end of 2028.
PRIME Five million households to get electricity under new World Bank project Kenya’s electricity coverage stood at 74 percent in 2024, and disclosures from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum show that 13 million still lack reliable power.
PRIME Emergency jet fuel import averts JKIA, Moi shortage Oil marketers raised concerns on diminishing stocks of jet fuel early last month, prompting meetings with the Energy and Petroleum ministry on August 6 and August 11 on ways of averting the crisis.
PRIME Nock’s revival plan fails as Rubis Kenya walks away Sources say the government failed to clear the over Sh10 billion loan that Nock tapped from KCB Group and Stanbic Bank years ago, leading to collapse of the deal.
PRIME Kenya electricity imports rise further to avert rationing Kenya’s peak demand (highest point of electricity usage) currently stands at 2,439.06 megawatts (MW) recorded on December 4, 2025.
PRIME Kenya risks electricity cuts as reserve shrinks to 3.3pc Kenya’s electricity demand has been rising steadily in recent months, but local generation capacity remains constrained.
PRIME Kenya failed to block bad petrol in high-seas drama Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) was under clear instructions not to allow MT Paloma to dock at the port and discharge its cargo at Kipevu.
PRIME DCI gets ultimatum over former energy bosses fuel probe The DCI, whose investigations took detectives to Saudi Arabia, has yet to make its findings public.
PRIME Consumers hit as electricity prices rise in August Costly electricity increases pressure on consumers already grappling with higher costs of services like transport and goods in the wake of expensive diesel and petrol.
PRIME Scramble for CEO jobs in plum energy sector firms The vacancies at KenGen, Nock, GDC, Epra and Ketraco are due to varied reasons, including resignations, run-out contracts as well as sackings.
PRIME Inside senators’ plan to ease pain at the pump Pump prices surged to a historic high of Sh242.92 and Sh214.25 per litre of diesel and petrol respectively in May 2026.
PRIME Treasury seeks funds to reinstate fuel subsidy in U-turn Kenya is seeking to ease pressure on retail prices, prompting the reinstatement of subsidies that the government withdrew in 2022.
PRIME Diesel consumers miss Sh14-a-litre cut as State shifts relief to petrol A litre of diesel should have dropped by Sh19.28 per litre to Sh203.58 in Nairobi in line with the fall in global prices, but it only dropped by Sh5 to Sh217.86.
PRIME Saudi beats UAE in Kenya fuel supplies on Iran war KNBS data shows Saudi imports jumped a staggering 793.4 percent from Sh11.17 billion in the March-May period, with fuel being the bulk of the cargo.
PRIME Power imports surpass local wind generation The growing role of Ethiopian electricity highlights Kenya's increasing reliance on regional power markets as rising demand narrows the cushion between domestic electricity production and...
PRIME Idle GDC drilling machines put Sh15bn investment into question The audit findings on the drilling rigs form part of underutilised or idle assets at the State-owned firm tasked with exploring and drilling for geothermal steam in the country.
PRIME Rerec to integrate solar into 20 diesel power plants in cost-cutting push It is battling high fuel bills that continue to eat into its revenues .
PRIME Kenya Power to tap extra 200MW in power deal with Ethiopia In recent years, Kenya has deepened its reliance on Ethiopia to avert blackouts.
PRIME Fuel prices remain unchanged in new EPRA notice The prices take effect at midnight up to August 14.
PRIME Agency to review KenGen’s Sh2.5bn carbon credits deal Sintmond Group has challenged KenGen’s decision to disqualify it from a tender for the sale of 6.38 million carbon credits.
PRIME MPs revive push to lower wholesale power tariffs Electricity prices have dropped in the past 12 months, a momentum that the government is keen to sustain.
