Junk assets: The State firms that are more debt than alive

Junk assets: The State firms that are more debt than alive

After helping Kenya Airways secure close to Sh80 billion in loans, the government received only Sh1 million in director fees from the cash-strapped airline in the last financial year. But this lopsided relationship is not only with the national carrier, whose financial woes were aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the 2019-20 financial year, taxpayers’ […]

Junk assets: The State firms that are more debt than alive

Junk assets: The State firms that are more debt than alive

After helping Kenya Airways secure close to Sh80 billion in loans, the government received only Sh1 million in director fees from the cash-strapped airline in the last financial year. But this lopsided relationship is not only with the national carrier, whose financial woes were aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the 2019-20 financial year, taxpayers’ […]

SIB’s Mansa X Seeks CMA ‘Approval’ Over Impractical Mode Of Business

SIB’s Mansa X Seeks CMA ‘Approval’ Over Impractical Mode Of Business

The Standard Investment Bank (SIB) has moved to have Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) voice after questions of the practicality of its forex trading product, Mansa X. Mansa X, launched in January 2019, promised a 24 percent returns on investment to investors. Kahawa Tungu questioned how Mansa X was able to guarantee such returns, at a […]