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KenGen Media Report21st January 2015 : Industry
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21-Jan-15Business
Daily Firms yet to lower prices despite falling energy costs
11 99000 495,000
Kenyan manufacturers should be compelled top lower the prices of their products following massive drop i energy costs currently being
experienced in the country.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Floods across southern Africa set to worsen
14 117000 585,000
Aid agencies raced to reach tens of thousands of people displaced bycatastrophic floods across Malawi as more heavy rain was
forecast in the coming days.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Local insurance firms angle for a bigger slice of marine business
15 270000 1,350,000
Data by Association of Kenya Insurance indicate that firms which wrote marine premium insurance received claims of Sh570.2 million
translating to premium earning of 36.7 per cent.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Roadside stations to keep highway robbers at bay
16 259200 1,296,000
East African states and private sector invest in initiatives to boost secure cross-border flow of goods.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Airlines rule out fare prices cut despite fall in global fuel costs
18 129600 648,000
Aviation players have ruled out reducing the cost of air tickets or cargo transport services despite a significant plunge in fuel
prices below $50 per barrel.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Brent crude oil prices fall after revised outlook
21 27000 135,000
Brent crude oil prices fell towards $48 a barrel yesterday after the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global economic
growth in 2015 implying lower demand for fuel
21-Jan-15Business
Daily IMF lowers global economic growth forecast for 2015
21 126000 630,000
The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecast for global economic growth in 2015, and called yesterday for governments and
central banks to pursue accommodative monetary policies
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Global Commodity Prices: Effective date: 20th Jan 2015
22 43200 216,000 Agro Commodities,Metals,Oil and gas global listing of prices
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Active Counters: 23 135000 675,000
Equity Bank,Housing Finance,KCB,Kenya Airways,Uchumi,KPLC,Britam,Pan African Insurance,Centum and Mumias shares listed as active counters at the Nairobi bourse
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Stock index futures rise amid policy change hopes
23 57600 288,000
US stock index futures rose yesterday as lower growth forecasts from IMF spurred hopes that central banks would take more aggressive
policy stances to accelerate economic improvement
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21-Jan-15Business
Daily Europe's Blue Chips 26 187200 936,000Barclays, Standard Chartered Bank, have been listed in Europe's Blue
Chips.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily FTSE 100 26 129600 648,000 ARM Cement, Old Mutual have been listed in the FTSE 100.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily BP to push for lower fine in penalty phase of Gulf spill trial
3 75600 378,000
BP Plc will try to whittle away at $13.7 billion in potential fines
under the Clean Water Act as the penalty phase starts on Tuesdayin its trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
21-Jan-15Business
Daily Climate change mitigation efforts face growing threat from falling oil prices
9 288000 1,440,000
A key measure of climate change mitigation is how much oil we burn as it reflects production of carbon dioxide, which damages the ozone
layer that protects us from impacts of global warming.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Advertising Feature : Ministry of Mining
38 980100 4,900,500
Ministry of Mining has published a feature on its move to enhance quality delivery at the wake of intense mineral discoveries in the
country.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Oil prices tumble in Asian trading
36 11880 59,400Oil prices tumbled further in Asia yesterday with weak global
demand and an oversupply dictating the trend for the commodity.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation THE CUTTING EDGE: EXPENSIVE PETROL
13 11880 59,400
Nairobi motorists Eric Wachira wants to know whether Shell's V-Power fuel is not covered under the Energy Regulatory Commission rules,
because even after decline in fuel prices, V-Power is still being sold at more than 100.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation THE CUTTING EDGE: GOOD JOB
13 44550 222,750
The writer says that Equity Bank's Wings to Fly programme is a good way of letting young people know that they all belong to Kenya, the
writer is also grateful to KCB, Co-operative Bank, Safaricom, Chandaria and Jomo Kenyatta foundations.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation THE CUTTING EDGE: WHY THE DROP?
13 11880 59,400The low prices suspects, could be a ploy by the West to punish
Russia for its adventures in Ukraine.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Pictorial: DEADLY WEB -Cables pose risk
16 79200 396,000A pictorial of electricity wires and other cables across Jomo Kenyatta
Avenue in Mombasa yesterday
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21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Leaders slowing Sh6bn water plan, says official
22 95040 475,200Athi Water Services Board boss terms politicians' claims that no talks
have been held
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Much anticipated Sh75bn wind power suit hearing deferred
24 59400 297,000
The Meru High Court has postponed to April 20 the hearing of a case in which six people from Marsabit have filed a petition against the
Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Notice: Kenya Power 30 100980 504,900 Notice: Kenya Power - Power Interruption Notice.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Lawyers dare Cofek to sue over coal factory
35 83160 415,800
Gulf energy consortium lawyers have termed the move by COFEK to challenge Lamu Coal Power tender award to consortium as
misguided and doomed to fail. The consumer protector says some of the PPP committee also served in the tender evaluation committee.
21-Jan-15 Daily Nation Matatus won't slash fares, union insists
9 79200 396,000
The Matatu Owners Association vice chairman said they will not reduce fares following a drop in oil prices, as fuel is about 30 per
cent of other expenses matatu owners.
21-Jan-15 Taifa Leo HISA: ZILIZOPOTEZA 21 6160 30,800Trans-Century, Total Kenya, Britam, Athi River and Sameer Africa
were the losers.
21-Jan-15 Taifa Leo Kampuni ya kawi yatuzwa 21 12320 61,600M-KOPA solar Company has won the Zayed Future Energy prize in the
enterprise and SME category.
21-Jan-15The People
Daily Turkana in project to light streets
22 6000 30,000
Turkana county government has embarked on a Sh15 million street lighting project that has given Lodwar town a new face.
21-Jan-15The People
Daily Matatu fares face-off 25 165000 825,000
In the wake of reduced international crude oil prices that in turn recently saw local pump prices fall significantly, pressure has been
mounting on manufacturers and matatu operators to review the cost of basic goods and transportation, respectively.
21-Jan-15The People
Daily Nations helps US clean massive oil spill
3 16000 80,000
On April 20, 20I0, an explosion aboard the BP-contracted Deep water Horizon oil rig unleashed a barrage of toxic oil into the environment
159,000 liters daily into the Gulf of Mexico.
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21-Jan-15The People
Daily NOTICE: Kenya Power 7 60000 300,000A power interruption notice of Kenya Power for Kisumu city, Maseno
and Mambo Leo.
21-Jan-15 The Standard School provide safe heaven for girls
W10 486090 2,430,450
Angels in Africa have put up a school in Maasai Mara to shield girls from FGM practice. The school is served by generators since it does not have electricity connection. Apart from the school, the NGO has
also initiated a poultry project for the local women.
21-Jan-15 The Standard Two chidren perish in fire tragedy
18 24258 121,290Two children were killed on Monday night when a fire broke out in
Mukuru slums.
21-Jan-15 The Standard NOTICE: GDC 25 58920 294,600
A tender notice of Geothermal Development Company where it wishes to notify all bidders that it has canceled tender of supplying
master valves.
21-Jan-15 The Standard Kenya largely 'safe' in global economic slowdown
32 130620 653,100
Kenya's economy will largely remain unaffected by the recent economic growth downgrade by the International Monetary Fund
which placed China at its slowest growth rate in 24 years.
21-Jan-15 The Standard QuickStop: Shilling dips weighed down by dollar demand
32 14928 74,640
The shilling edged down against the dollar yesterday in anticipation of increased demand for US currency from importers towards the
month end.
21-Jan-15 The Standard Locals demand action over Sh75b illion Lake Turkana power project
33 29856 149,280
The High Court sitting in Meru has been urged to compel authorities in Marsabit County to execute its order giving directions on how Sh75
billion Lake Turkana Wind Power Project should operate.
21-Jan-15 The Standard POWER INTERRUPTION NOTICE
35 89568 447,840 A power interruption notice by Kenya Power
21-Jan-15 The Standard Taking your child to Form One? You can't go wrong with these cost-cutting measures
W7 291096 1,455,480
Form one selection started yesterday and many parents, especially those taking their children to secondary school for the first time are keen to get t right. But the rationale of such extra costs is that food
and other overheads like water and electricity are expensive.
21-Jan-15 The Star Health chief denies claims 11 29780 148,900
Tharaka Nithi health executive has defended her department from allegations of poor performance as the county govt came under
accusations of failing to provide enough medicine, water and cutting off of electricity in health facilities.
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21-Jan-15 The Star NSE BIGGEST MOVERS -WINNERS
39 23824 119,120Olympia,Housing Finance,Eveready EA,NIC Bank and Transcentury
shares listed as winners at the bourse
21-Jan-15 The Star KCB BEEF UP SQUAD 45 190592 952,960Bankers sign goal-scoring midfielder Majid, set eyes on ex-star
Kiongera
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20-Jan-15 Baraka FM Mombasa traffic sections speaks on fuel prices reduction
07:09 11080 55400Mombasa County traffic section has announced that they have no authority to reduce fare due to the reduction of fuel prices by ERC.
20-Jan-15 Baraka FM Mombasa traffic sections speaks on fuel prices reduction
09:02 6330 31650Mombasa County traffic section has announced that they have no authority to reduce fare due to the reduction of fuel prices by ERC.
20-Jan-15 Capital FM Eveready East Africa announce 14.82 % slide in revenues
08:09 40000 200000Eveready East Africa Ltd announced 14.82 % slide in revenues
owing to under performance .
20-Jan-15 Capital FM
Housing Finance,Eveready, Kabras
Millers gain in stocks 13:11 8000 40000
In stock market Housing Finance,Eveready East Africa Ltd and Kabras Millers are the gainers at this hour while Trans-Century
Limited,Scangroup and BOC Kenya have lost ground.
20-Jan-15 Capital FM Kenya to continue enjoying drop in oil prices
16:15 48330 241650
Kenyans are expecting to continue enjoying oil process the oil prices to almost mid this year due to huge drop in the global oil
prices ,Petroleum Institute of East Africa chairman Polycarp Igathe says .
20-Jan-15 Capital FM Kenya to continue enjoying drop in oil prices
17:16 46670 233350
Kenyans are expecting to continue enjoying oil process the oil prices to almost mid this year due to huge drop in the global oil
prices ,Petroleum Institute of East Africa chairman Polycarp Igathe says .
20-Jan-15 Capital FM Two children killed in Mukuru slum fire incident
08:05 17500 87500
Two children were killed last night in a fire incident in Mukuru slums,it is suspected that the fire was started following an illegal
electricity connection.
20-Jan-15 Capital FM Two children killed in Mukuru slum fire incident
09:00 15830 79150
Two children were killed last night in a fire incident in Mukuru slums,it is suspected that the fire was started following an illegal
electricity connection.
20-Jan-15 Classic 105 Cofek wants reduction in PSV fares
07:04 38500 192500COFEK wants PSV fares reduced due to a drop in fuel prices last
week.
20-Jan-15 Coro FM 2 children die in Mukuru,Nairobi
13:03 3010 15050
Two children aged between nine and ten years have died as the third is in hospital from fire explosion in Mukuru, Nairobi when a
man was trying to illegally connect electricity in his house.
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20-Jan-15 East FM COFEK wants PSV fares reduced by 10%
07:03 21330 106650COFEK has called for the reduction of PSV fares by 10% following a
drop in fuel prices last week.
20-Jan-15 East FM COFEK wants PSV fares reduced by 10%
09:03 18000 90000COFEK has called for the reduction of PSV fares by 10% following a
drop in fuel prices last week.
20-Jan-15 Ghetto Radio 2 children die from fire accident
16:02 16800 840002 children died yesterday from fire accident that was caused by
electricity.
20-Jan-15 Hope FM Kenya to relocate tax policies in oil industry
07:06 22960 114800Kenya to relocate tax policies in the oil industry so as to attract
more foreign investments.
20-Jan-15 Hope FM Tullow to explore Elgeyo Marakwet county for oil
08:07 15990 79950
Tullow oil company has began oil exploration missions in the Kerio Valley of Marakwet East and West sub counties in Elgeyo Marakwet
county.
20-Jan-15 Hot 96 M-Kopa Solar wins Sh133 million future energy prize
14:23 28180 140900
A Kenyan green-energy company has become the first firm in Sub-Saharan to win the Zayed Future Energy prize in the enterprise and
SME category.
20-Jan-15 Hot 96 M-KOPA wins Future Energy Prize
17:19 23780 118900M-KOPA Solar has won the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize at the opening ceremony of the annual Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
20-Jan-15 Kiss FM COFEC wants transportation fee reduced
07:35 36170 180850The Consumer Federation has called for a reduction of transport
fares after ERC dropped the cost of fuel.
20-Jan-15 Kiss FM COFEC wants transportation fee reduced
08:04 35000 175000The Consumer Federation has called for a reduction of transport
fares after ERC dropped the cost of fuel.
20-Jan-15 Kiss FM COFEC wants transportation fee reduced
09:02 36170 180850The Consumer Federation has called for a reduction of transport
fares after ERC dropped the cost of fuel.
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20-Jan-15 Milele FM County governments urged to manage land resources
09:05 36290 181450County governments have been urged to to plan correctly the uses
of land in order to attract investors.
20-Jan-15 Radio Sahara Sony sugar sign in 5 new members
13:05 4250 21250Sony Sugar has signed five players in efforts of strengthening team
ahead of Kenyan Premier League.
20-Jan-15 Radio Sahara Sony sugar sign in 5 new members
16:06 4130 20650Sony Sugar has signed five players in efforts of strengthening team
ahead of Kenyan Premier League.
20-Jan-15 Radio Taifa Tullow Oil to extract oil from first tunnel in Elgeyo Marakwet
09:03 15400 77000
Tullow Oil is planning to extract its first tunnel of oil in Elgeyo Marakwet county in the course of the year as they keep on seeking
for more places with oil and gases,
20-Jan-15Radio
Waumini 2 children die in Mukuru fire incident
16:05 4200 21000
2 children were burnt to dead in a fire incident in Mukuru slums in Nairobi.The fire is said to have been caused by a person who tried
to connect electricity illegally.
20-Jan-15Radio
Waumini 2 die in Mukuru fire incident
13:04 4400 22000
Two children were burnt to dead in a fire incident in Mukuru slums in Nairobi.The fire is said to have been caused by a person who tried
to connect electricity illegally.
20-Jan-15Radio
Waumini COFEK insists on reduction of bus fares
07:07 4930 24650The Consumer Federation of Kenya has insisted that bus fares must
drop country wide following a reduction in the fuel prices.
20-Jan-15Radio
Waumini COFEK insists on reduction of bus fares
09:06 2920 14600The Consumer Federation of Kenya has insisted that bus fares must
drop country wide following a reduction in the fuel prices.
20-Jan-15Radio
Waumini Sony Sugar coach happy with new signings
16:08 5720 28600Sony Sugar head coach Zedekiah Otieno is happy with the new
players he has signed in.
20-Jan-15 Sheki FM 2 children die in Mukuru fire incident
13:01 4650 23250Two children have died in Mukuru slums after fire caught their
house last night.
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20-Jan-15 XFM Consumer federation wants PSVs fare reduced by 10%
08:03 16000 80000
The consumer federation want PSVs fare reduced by 10% due to a drop in fuel prices last week , Cofek Stephen Mutoro says since fuel accounts fore more than 40% of operational costs the drop in price
shouldl be enough to see an immediate reduction on fare .
20-Jan-15 XFM Consumer federation wants PSVs fare reduced by 10%
09:02 15500 77500
The consumer federation want PSVs fare reduced by 10% due to a drop in fuel prices last week , Cofek Stephen Mutoro says since fuel accounts fore more than 40% of operational costs the drop in price
shouldl be enough to see an immediate reduction on fare .
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20-Jan-15 CNBC Kenya acquire stake in Uganda refinery
09:30 32670 163350
Kenya is set to acquire 2.5 percent stake in the planned Uganda Oil Refinery as part of the commitment among the East African
Community members to close ranks on projects that benefit the block.
20-Jan-15 CNBC Tanzania seeks over 250,000T oil products for March
09:30 29870 149350Oil importers in Tanzania are seeking over 250,000 tonnes of oil
products for the delivery in March.
20-Jan-15KBC Channel
1 INTERVIEW: Jacob Owade, Senior Associate at OneSource Financial Services
13:30 1560380 7801900Jacob Owade, Senior Associate at OneSource Financial Services
discuss about unclaimed assets
20-Jan-15KBC Channel
1 Iran okey with oil selling at 25dollars a barrel
13:30 104500 522500Iran Minister has said that its oil industry could ride out a price slab
to 25 dollar a barrel.
20-Jan-15KBC Channel
1 Kenya urged to re-look its tax policy
21:00 161120 805600
Delloite East Africa says Kenya need to re-look its current tax policy stands regarding the upstream oil industry in order to attract foreign
investors.
20-Jan-15 KTN Government to use renewable energy
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The government now says that it will use the windfall from the low price of oil to expand the development of alternative sources of
energy.
20-Jan-15 KTN Kaya elders clears school outstanding bills
19:00 620620 3103100
Mijikenda Kaya Elders have resorted to pay off water and electricity bills owed by a local school in Kilifi county after it's sponsors pulled
out following wrangles with the county government of Kilifi.
20-Jan-15 NTV STOCK MARKETS: BIGGEST GAINERS
21:00 67520 337600Olympia, Housing Finance, Eveready, NIC are listed under the biggest
stock gainers.
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