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Can't be me Nation Africa Gachagua promises to build mausoleum for late MP Johana Ng'eno Nation Africa Arsenal's Guimaraes a doubt for Coventry game as Arteta eyes another title Nation Africa Gachagua: Only Scotland Yard and FBI can be trusted to probe MP Johana Ng'eno's death, not DCI Nation Africa Khalwale wife’s funeral turns into Sifuna, 2027 political showdown Nation Africa Gachagua to Ruto: Bring Scotland Yard, FBI to probe MP Johana Ng’eno chopper crash death Nation Africa Court orders parallel probes by three agencies into disappearance of four Mathare men Nation Africa How once-profitable pyrethrum sector lost farmers and markets Citizen Digital Kayole: Family defends son over pregnant lover's death, says she had threatened suicide eTurboNews Agoda Hotel Booking Nightmare: Confirmed but Closed People Daily Yani kwa akili yako unafikiria Sifuna hana chama? — Sifuna claps back at Malala over calls to hand him Khalwale’s party Citizen Digital 'Accept you've failed Kenyans!' 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Kenya’s 2026 growth forecast falls to 4.13% as trade, real estate and tourism weaken – CBK

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Kenya’s private sector has sharply lowered its expectations for economic growth in 2026, with trade, real estate and tourism recording the steepest declines in business confidence, according to the Central Bank of Kenya’s July 2026 Market Perceptions Survey. The survey shows non-bank private sector firms now expect the economy to grow by 4.13 per cent […]

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