Nairobi - Kenya is to host a conference of foreign investors later this month in a bid to attract foreign capital to the east African country, Planning Minister Peter Anyang Nyong'o said.

Nairobi - Kenya's minister for land on Monday threatened to repossess tracts of idle land and redistribute it to thousands of landless people.

Lender disbursed R1,8bn last year.

Analysts believe companies have been given impetus by the easing of exchange control regulations.