The Mwango Weekly – 22nd September 2025

This week’s Mwango Weekly covers Parliament’s call for East African Portland Cement to pursue a share buyback instead of a stake sale, Standard Chartered’s profit warning linked to pension tribunal costs, and Umeme’s swing to a UGX 167B H1 2025 loss. We also highlight NSE’s weak performance in Week 38, strong investor appetite for reopened CBK bonds, mixed Eurobond trends, and key developments including Kenya’s planned USD 500M sustainability-linked bond, Safaricom’s major M-PESA upgrade, and the Fed’s first rate cut of 2025.