Taxpayers may fund 2017 party primaries
TAX payers could be required to fund political parties nominations in the run uo to the 2017 elections if a proposal by Treasury passes through. Finance Minister Njeru said the Treasury is considering...
View ArticleKQ gets another Embraer
Kenya Airways has received the sixth of its ten new Embraer E-190 jets ordered for its fleet expansion to cover more African routes. Kenya Airways expects to take delivery of the remaining four fully...
View ArticleyuMobile to skip 3G rollout plan
Essar Telecom Kenya has said it will invest directly in Long Term Evolution(4G) network and skip putting up the 3G network once it secures funding from its shareholders. Country manager Madhur Taneja...
View ArticleMilk prices maintain upward trend as supply drops
MILK prices have increased again by between Sh3 and Sh5 due to low supplies from dairy farmers especially in the North Rift, processors and traders have said. A half a litre packet of milk has been...
View ArticleMobile voice calls rise after 2year slump
The number of mobile voice calls and call durations increased for the first time between July and September last year, after nearly two years of consistent decline. Latest data from the Communication...
View ArticleSenegalese musician Cheikh Lo to headline Busara Festival
Internationally acclaimed Baye Fall artiste Cheikh Lo from Senegal has been confirmed as h eadline artiste for the 10th edition of Sauti za Busara. A superb singer and songwriter as well as a...
View ArticleNyota Ndogo launches peace song
Mombasa songstress Nyota Ndogo has launched a peace song ahead of the forth-coming elections. The song, Amani was recorded under the renowned producer Totti at KG record and has also featured her...
View ArticleThe Master Chef in Mombasa crowned
Mombasa residents enjoyed a new cooking competition on Saturday at the Shree Patel Samaj. This was the Master Chef organised by the Hindu Council of Kenya Mombasa - Ladies Wing. It was sponsored by...
View ArticleRelaxing day at the Davis Cup Polo Tournament
Last Saturday saw the Davis Polo Tournament at the Jamhuri Grounds, Nairobi. It was a bright day as horse-lovers watched Samurai and Lady Lori race each other all over the field in a polo tournament....
View ArticleSpotted
Spotted: Former legislator Joshua Toro driving a grey Mercedes Benz out of the Crowne Plaza in Nairobi's Upper Hill area last Sunday afternoon.Read more about SpottedComments
View Article‘Hard Hat’ Evening as Dusit Lands In Nairobi
Last Thursday, one of Asia’s leading hospitality group, Dusit International hosted a ‘hard hat’ evening in their new premises in Riverside drive, Nairobi. The event also saw the signing of the hotel...
View ArticleGenetically Engineered Foods: Has Barack Obama Betrayed Africa?
“Living in a Monsanto Nation, there can be no such a thing as ‘co-existence.’ It is impossible to coexist with a reckless industry that endangers public health, bribes public officials, corrupts...
View ArticleThika man pioneers distance pig farming
Are you interested in pig farming but you are constrained by land, time or you probably cannot put up with the noise and work that comes with it? Well, one man in Thika is here to do it for you. All...
View ArticleCCK Passes Regulatory Test In The Constitution
Royal Media Services Ltd v Attorney General & 2 others [2013]eKLR High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts, Constitutional and Human Rights Division) Justice DS Majanja January 18, 2013...
View ArticleSecurity Worries Drive Israelis To The Far Right
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was once seen as a right-wing figure. Now he’s widely considered to be a moderate. But it’s not Netanyahu who has changed; Israel has. His governing coalition...
View ArticleAfrica Must Check Foreign Land Buyers
Should rich countries – or investors based there – be buying agricultural land in developing countries? That question is raised in Transnational Land Deals for Agriculture in the Global South, a report...
View ArticleHow Kenya Will Industrialise
THE ambition of every progressive government in the free world has eternally coalesced around becoming an industrialized state. The countries of South East Asia have today become case studies of how...
View ArticleTell Us About Security, Jobs And Not ICC Cases
Listening to the CORD and Jubilee alliances on the campaign trail, one would think the International Criminal Court was founded in Kenya, by Kenyans, for Kenyans. The Uhuru-Ruto cases at The Hague have...
View ArticleTreasury shouldn’t fund nominations
FINANCE minister Robinson Githae has suggested that in future the Treasury should fund the IEBC to conduct party nominations. This is a bad idea. Firstly, it will be almost as expensive as conducting a...
View ArticleThe Impact Of Climate Change On Business
Thinking about our addiction to carbon reminds me of the king of Phrygia and his request to the Greek god Dionysus. King Midas asked that whatever he touched turn into gold. His wish was granted. But...
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