Parliament's Committee on Delegated Legislation told the Central Bank of Kenya on Thursday to suspend the rollout of its new lending rules. MPs objected to vague powers and fines of up to KSh 2 million, putting new protections for borrowers on hold.

The rules cover mobile loan apps, buy-now-pay-later firms and asset financiers. They would have banned abusive debt collection and undisclosed loan charges.

The Uganda Revenue Authority has fired customs commissioner Asadu Kisitu Kigozi and integrity chief James Abola, effective Friday. Nile Post reported that Kisitu was accused of soliciting a Shs309 million bribe and irregularly clearing a Rolls-Royce.

Former foreign minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar told a Lagos event on Thursday that targeting Nigerians and other black Africans in South Africa is wrong. Kenyan scholar Prof P.L.O. Lumumba gave the keynote address.

Kenyan scholar Prof P.L.O. Lumumba gave the keynote at the Lagos event. The debate covers free movement of people and the AfCFTA, which affect Kenyans working and trading across Africa.

NCBA Group is one of the three largest additions to the MSCI Frontier Markets Index in the November 2026 review, Business Today Kenya reported. Kenya now has seven companies on the main index.

The inclusion brings the number of Kenyan companies on MSCI's main Frontier Markets Index to seven, according to Business Today Kenya.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney, 84, is now a billionaire in his own right, according to Forbes. Among musicians, only Jay-Z ($2.8 billion) and Taylor Swift ($2 billion) are richer.

EU officials and envoys from the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Poland will join the next round of Ukraine talks, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Friday. The Kremlin says no decision has been made on including Europe.