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Kenya's Supply Chains are Straining
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Kenyan Wall Street
August 10, 2026
Good morning from The Kenyan Wall Street.
Here’s what you need to know to start your week…
Kenya's Private Sector Hiring Surges Despite Supply Snarls
Aerial view of Nairobi City
By Fred Obura
The latest Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) shows that employment expanded at its quickest rate in July 2026, driven largely by companies taking on short-term staff to cope with rising workloads after customer orders picked up. Business confidence has strengthened to its highest level in nearly three-and-a-half years, supported by expectations of stronger demand, business diversification, digital investment and efforts to optimise supply chains. But despite the improvement in sales, many companies were unable to translate new business into higher production. Output declined for the fifth consecutive month, reflecting persistent inflationary pressures, tight liquidity and operational constraints that limited firms' ability to fulfil growing demand. As a result, uncompleted work accumulated for a second straight month. The report suggests businesses responded by recruiting temporary workers rather than making long-term employment commitments.
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Prosecutorial Hesitation Has Derailed Kenya's Major Corruption Cases
EACC Headquarters
By Brian Nzomo
The long-running tension between Kenya’s anti-graft agency and its prosecutors seems to be continuing uninterrupted. Between May and June 2026, the EACC says it submitted 43 cases to the ODPP with 38 carrying recommendations for criminal charges involving alleged embezzlement, procurement fraud, money laundering, conflict of interest, and bribery. Yet by the end of the reporting period, more than half of those files, 21 cases, were still awaiting the ODPP's decision, while another 10 had already been returned to investigators for further inquiries. Only four have made it to the prosecution level, representing just 10% of the total cases. Beneath the numbers is a deceptively simple question with far-reaching ramifications for the country’s war on corruption: who between the EACC and the ODPP should decide what a strong case looks like before its filed in court?
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What you should watch…
In this Season 2 closer of the Just Money Podcast, host Just Ivy Africa sits down with Roselyn Wanjiru, Economist, Blockchain Strategy Consultant, and former Forbes contributor, to pull apart Ivy's real personal portfolio and rebuild the blueprint for what a portfolio should look like heading into 2026 and 2027.
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