by Melissa Oduor | Apr 15, 2020 | news
Celebrated Swahili writer and journalist Ken Walibora Waliaula has died, after a vehicle apparently run him over on Landhies Road in Nairobi. The distinguished scholar is said to have been killed in the freak accident on Friday last week, and his body taken to...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | news
Eight more people have tested positive OF COVID 19, bringing the country’s total tally to 216. Giving the daily updates on the pandemic, Health Chief Administrative secretary Dr. Mercy Mwangangi said 5 of the new cases are Kenyans with majority from Nairobi. 6...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Co-operative Bank shareholders are set to receive their 2019 dividends of Sh1.00 per share, which amounts to a total cash payment of Sh5.9 Billion. The dividend payout is scheduled for next Thursday,23rd April. In a statement, the bank said it is progressing to make...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority EPRA has announced new decreased pump prices for Super Petrol, diesel and Kerosene that will be in force from midnight tonight to the the 14th of May 2020. The new prices will see Super Petrol now reduce by Ksh 18 per...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | news
Photo Courtesy The Church of Uganda has urged believers to not be afraid despite the negative impact of the corona virus ravaging the world. Arch Bishop Dr Stephen Samuel Kaziimba noted that Ugandans need to use the challenge to draw closer to God and turst God...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Safaricom internet data consumption has grown by 70{d59e984f9fbc5c09e4ab0305e27bfa5819922b7230cd324f89a660f78358ca33} as Kenyans adhere to the call by the Government to stay at home as one of the measures to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mobile data...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | news
The Ministry of Foreign affairs has raised concern over the effects the of COVID-19 on Kenyans living in the diaspora. According to the Principal Secretary in the ministry Amb. Macharia Kamau 5 Kenyans are reported to have died in the last month since the pandemic...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | news
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a 45 year old Online Fraudster following several complaints by members of the public. Açcording to the detectives, the suspect, Anthony Njenga Wanjiku runs a Facebook page purporting to...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over Ksh.120 Million worth of Mobile Phones which were stolen while on transit from African Cargo at JKIA to Rolling Cargo Ltd warehouse in Eastleigh on Friday last week, have been recovered by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 14, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has announced the restructuring of customer loans amounting to over KES8.3 billion in the last two weeks. Absa says this is part of a bigger relief programme meant to help customers deal with the financial difficulties occasioned by the Covid-19...