by Melissa Oduor | Aug 25, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Jamii Bora Bank is now Kingdom Bank after the Co-operative Bank Group successfully acquired 90 per cent stake. Co-operative Bank MD Gideon Muriuki said in a statement that this is Pursuant to Central Bank of Kenya approvals,occasioning the name change , and will now...
by Melissa Oduor | Aug 19, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Pwani Oil has acquired the popular Ushindi soap brand further boosting its presence in the fast-growing personal and home care product category. The deal, approved by the Competition Authority of Kenya, comes as demand for soap and hygiene products rises due to...
by Melissa Oduor | Aug 19, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
The price of Maize flour in the country is expected to decline in the coming months as the country ushers in the harvest season from the south Rift region. Following the start of the harvesting season in the South rift, the farm -gate price of a 90-kilogramme...
by Hope Media | Aug 18, 2020 | news
Principal Secretary State Department for University Education and Research Amb. Simon Nabukwesi has encouraged Universities to continue creating a conducive learning environment that will help curb the spread of Corona virus pandemic among students and lecturers as...
by Hope Media | Aug 13, 2020 | news
President Uhuru Kenyatta has instructed new recruits into the Kenya Prison Service to offer services that help reform the offenders without stigmatization and undue pain. The President said as young people, the new officers will succeed and become great in their...
by Melissa Oduor | Aug 13, 2020 | news
Oppression and discrimination towards believers in Christ has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.This is according to Release International, a nonprofit organisation which monitors and reports persecution of Christians around the world. The charity, which serves...
by Melissa Oduor | Aug 13, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Co-operative Bank Group has posted a Profit before Tax of Kshs.9.6 Billion for the second quarter of 2020 compared to Kshs.10.44 Billion recorded in the second quarter of 2019. Profit after tax was Kshs 7.2 Billion compared to Kshs 7.5 Billion in the previous year, a...
by Hope Media | Aug 10, 2020 | County News, news
Residents of East Ugenya location in Siaya County are up in arms against national government administrators in the area whom they accuse of allegedly running a syndicate to disinherit them of ancestral land. According to the locals who have sent a petition to the...
by Melissa Oduor | Aug 6, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Civil Society Organisations under Hivos East Africa’s Women@Work Campaign and the Kenya Flower Council (KFC) have dispatched food packages and mobile money transfers worth approximately Ksh 8 million to workers in selected flower farms. A total of 7,500 workers in the...
by Melissa Oduor | Aug 6, 2020 | news
A majority of Kenyans think that Coronavirus is a Nairobi disease. This is among findings presented in a research dubbed Sauti za Wananchi. In the research, 7 out of 10 respondents said they see older people as most at risk of contracting the Coronavirus, while 4 out...
