Author: Lorine Otamo

Sidian Bank has now claimed awards at the Think Business Insurance Awards for three consecutive years, reinforcing its standing as one of Kenya’s most competitive bancassurance intermediaries. At the 2026 ceremony, Sidian Bancassurance took home recognition across three categories: 1st Runners-Up: Overall Best Bancassurance Intermediary in Kenya 2nd Runners-Up: Best Bancassurance Intermediary in Non-Life and Non-Embedded Products 2nd Runners-Up: Best Bancassurance Intermediary in Technology Application A Track Record Built Year by Year The 2026 wins build on a consistent pattern of recognition. At the 2025 awards, Sidian Bancassurance earned 1st Runner-Up for Best in Non-Life and Non-Embedded Products, 1st Runner-Up…

Kenya’s High Court will hear a legal challenge to the planned expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on June 23, after a judge certified the petition as urgent and ordered all parties to prepare for an inter partes hearing within days. Justice Gregory Mutai issued the directions on June 19, instructing that the petition filed by the Consumers Federation of Kenya and its accompanying application be served on all respondents and interested parties by email. The judge pointed to the public weight of the matter as the reason for the speed. “The petition and motion concern a matter of great…

Mark Ocitti Ongom takes over as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) Board effective 10 July 2026, bringing nearly three decades of leadership across consumer goods, telecommunications, and energy. He succeeds Francis Karuhanga, who had been carrying the SUHL role alongside his duties as Standard Bank Group’s Regional Chief Executive for Southern and Central Africa. Karuhanga now returns to that regional position full time. Ocitti Ongom arrives from the chairmanship of Equity Bank Uganda, a direct competitor to Stanbic in the local market, a role he steps down from to take up this appointment.…

Paul Muthaura takes the helm at the American Chamber of Commerce Kenya (AmCham Kenya) effective June 17, 2026, bringing a career rooted in financial markets, regulatory reform, corporate governance, and climate finance. He steps into the role at a defining moment. Kenya and the broader East African region are actively deepening trade and investment ties with the United States, and AmCham sits at the centre of that relationship. Paul most recently led the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) as Chief Executive Officer, where he built carbon market and climate finance frameworks across the continent. Before ACMI, he served as CEO…

Kenya holds over KES 115 billion in unclaimed financial assets. Behind that number sit bank accounts, pension payouts, insurance proceeds, and investment funds that never reached the people they were meant to support, most of them minors. Britam Trust Services launches directly into that gap. Britam, a pan-African financial services firm, officially launched Britam Trust Services to give Kenyans a structured, legally sound way to protect assets, provide for dependants, and transfer wealth across generations. The service covers two distinct products: the Britam Cash Trust and the Britam Family Trust, each designed to address a different stage and scale of…

Sidian Bank has committed KSh 1.5 million as a Gold sponsor of the AGC Tenwek Hospital Charity Golf Tournament, directing its investment toward one of the most underfunded corners of Kenya’s healthcare system: paediatric care for severely malnourished children. The tournament, held at Kericho Golf Club, drew corporate leaders, golfers and community stakeholders together around a single purpose. Every shilling raised goes toward the “Hearts in Motion 2026” initiative and the construction of a dedicated Paediatric Unit at AGC Tenwek Hospital, a facility that will include a Malnutrition and Child Development Clinic and a Compassionate Paediatric Fund. A Crisis That…