Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday left Uganda after an official visit during which he discussed matters concerning bilateral and regional relations with President Museveni.

The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) is talking tough on cases of indiscipline and poor corporate governance in the insurance industry.

The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) chairman, Mr Jimnah Mbaru, has called on stockbrokers and investment banks to raise their capitalisation level in line with their increased business volumes and corresponding operational risks.

Labour minister, Mr John Munyes, has vowed to implement five key labour laws that have stirred controversy in the employment sector.

Top officials of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) meet in Nairobi on Friday to discuss the safety standards of the national carrier, Kenya Airways.

State-owned dairy processor, New Kenya Co- operative Creameries (KCC) beat all odds to post an impressive Sh384 million profit before tax- thanks to increased local sales and strengthening of newly found export markets.

Kenya's current political upheaval shows how urgent it is to address the high unemployment rates. Today, over 11 million Kenyans are unemployed (not including those in the informal sector) of which an estimated three million are in the Rift Valley,

Business at the Grand Regency Hotel has not been affected by the controversies surrounding its alleged sale.

The value of KCB at the Nairobi Stock Exchange reached a milestone this week surpassing the $1billion level in market capitalisation indicating the continued gain in stature of the bourse's blue chip firms.

A leading Kenyan Internet consultant, Mr Michuki Mwangi, has been named the Senior Education Manager at the Internet Society.

The Insurance Regulatory Authority, an autonomous body expected to regulate the country's troubled insurance industry, has been launched.

The new labour laws will improve the working environment for employees once they are enforced, a senior Labour ministry official said in Mombasa on Thursday.

Tea farmers are split over adoption of a new system of electing tea factory directors under the Kenya Tea Development Agency management.

A court has ordered a coffee miller to pay farmers in Embu over Sh84.5 million as compensation for coffee they delivered the factory nearly 10 years ago.

Nakumatt Supermarkets denied accusations by Cotu secretary-general Francis Atwoli that it oppresses its employees.

Multi-national firms, professionals and a leading chain of supermarkets were at the receiving end of Cotu boss on Thursday.

A committee to look into the minimum wage, among other issues affecting Kenya's workers, will be formed on Friday.

This year's Labour Day celebrations ended dramatically when a hostile crowd openly protested and walked out on President Kibaki after he failed to announce a much-awaited pay raise.

Since listing at the Nairobi Stock Exchange in August 2006, the rise in Equity Bank's share price has mirrored a classic fairytale story.

The Labour Day celebrations at Nairobi's Uhuru Park on Thursday ended on an abrupt note when workers jeered and walked away on realising there would be no minimum wage increase.