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Why the Growth of ArtCaffe and Java Raises Questions: Are Kenyans jostling for restaurants, or spending more time in them?
Kenyans are filling up tables at both Java and ArtCaffe restaurants in Nairobi and other urban areas. Are they replacing the need for freelancers to rent offices? Or what is simply attractive here?
Key legal lessons from the Cofek v Stanbic Bank, Homeboyz Entertainment and Radio Africa Events court battle on BoyzIIMen concert
The judgment has helped settle the parameters of Article 46 and made it clear that consumer rights are constitutional rights, not merely contractual ones. A service provider therefore cannot hide behind a contract to escape constitutional and statutory consumer protection. This is an important principle for COFEK and consumer protection generally
Carrefour's Kenyan Windfall: What Nakumatt's Collapse Built, Consumers Must Now Watch
COFEK reads the numbers differently. Carrefour's expansion has not happened in a competitive vacuum — it has happened in the wreckage of Nakumatt Holdings, Uchumi Supermarkets, Tuskys and Mulleys Supermarkets, four homegrown chains that collapsed under debt, mismanagement and, in some cases, outright plunder of supplier and shareholder funds.
COFEK Demands DTB Freeze Account Linked to Sh275,500 Mobile Money Fraud, Waive Confidentiality to Aid Victim
The victim was defrauded of a total of Sh275,500 between September 9 and 10, 2026, after being induced by false pretences to transfer funds from her M-PESA account to a DTB paybill (Paybill Number 516600, Account Number 5689225002).
The $419 Million Question: Who Is GKSD, and What Did Kenya Just Sign Up For?
a private joint venture between two entities: GK Investment Holding, founded and chaired by Tunisian-Italian businessman Kamel Ghribi, and Gruppo San Donato (GSD), Italy's largest private hospital operator. GK Investment Holding's origins have nothing to do with healthcare — it began as a commodity-trading and consultancy outfit dealing in oil, cotton, phosphates and coffee, before pivoting into healthcare infrastructure.
Why “Alliance in Motion Kenya Limited”’claim to turn Kenyans into “extraordinary millionaires” is flagged as a fraudulent dealer
The mere fact that they are asking for money endlessly from the unsuspecting investors under the guise of making them millionaires is overtly ironical and deceitful. COFEK asks Kenyans to deal with the little-known organization, said to originate from the Philippines, with extreme discretion
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