News, public services, opportunities and accountability reporting from Mombasa.
A World Bank-backed assessment says Kenya’s Port of Mombasa could do far more than move cargo: with the right upgrades, it could anchor manufacturing, exports and jobs across East Africa. The opportunity is real, but the infrastructure, log...
Four water utilities serving Kenya’s Coast have been disconnected from bulk supply over unpaid bills, intensifying shortages in Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi and Taita-Taveta and exposing long-running failures in billing, infrastructure and debt m...
OOCL has announced EAX8, a new Asia-East Africa shipping service that will connect Indian gateways with Mombasa and Dar es Salaam on weekly loops, a move that could improve routing options for cargo moving into Kenya and the wider region.
The government has begun acquiring land for a 49.28-kilometre stretch of the Naivasha–Kisumu Standard Gauge Railway in Kericho County, a move that puts one of the project’s most sensitive stages — land access, surveying and compensation — i...
International promises to improve visibility over vessels, ownership and fishing activity are being welcomed by fisheries transparency advocates, but campaigners say the sector’s chronic secrecy will only begin to change if governments conv...
Citibank Kenya is set to close its Mombasa branch on November 30, 2026, in a major change to its physical operations.
