Case against state over 2007-08 violence begins
The High Court yesterday began hearing evidence in a historic case filed by victims of sexual violence committed in the wake of the 2007 general election. Six women and two men, who are allegedly...
View ArticleStanchart headed for a decent price increase
The Nairobi all share firmed 0.3188% to set a fresh life time high of 144.73. The Nairobi all share has rallied +5.912% in 2014. The Nairobi NSE20 index firmed 13.03 points to close at 4974.05. The...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero's torn sock bothered his wife Susan so much yesterday. She is understood to have apologised to Nairobians for letting her husband leave the house with the sock. Susan has...
View ArticleProperty rights regime hurts small businesses
Small businesses in Nairobi are faced with high costs of accessing commercial tenancy owing to widespread use of informal estate agents, a survey by the Institute of Economic Affairs finds. Micro and...
View ArticleRobbers steal computers, documents at Kanu offices
An gang of burglars raided the Kanu party headquarters on Monday night and stole computers and other valuables. The second burglary this year at the office on Chania Avenue off Ringroad behind Yaya...
View ArticleLusophone Film Festival
The Lusophone Film Fest of Nairobi will kick off this Saturday, at the Goethe Institute, promising to showcase the diversity of film production in eight Portuguese-speaking countries spread across four...
View ArticleCIC Group readies for Malawi market
CIC Insurance Group yesterday inched closer to launching its Malawi business operations after yesterday's signing of a contract with its partner. CIC has signed the deal with Malawi Union of Savings...
View ArticleEthiopia investors in Kenya for trade deals
ETHIOPIA investors were expected in the country yesterday on a reciprocal business tour . They will meet local industrialists and hold talks with key government officials. The three day visit set for...
View ArticleHow we can prevent the rapid urban sprawl in Nairobi and environs
Urban sprawl is defined as the fast spread of a city or its suburbs and often involves construction of residential and commercial buildings on otherwise undeveloped land in the outskirts. Over 80 per...
View ArticleAirtel appoints new chief executive officer
AIRTEL Kenya has appointed a new boss to take over from Shivan Bhargava whose contract expires at the end of this month. The telecommunications company has tapped Millicom Group’s general manager in...
View ArticleThree-bedroom house ready within 14 days
Prospective home-builders wishing to move into new houses within a month now have a solution in a prefabricated technology that can deliver a three-bedroom house in two weeks. A Malaysian company, Koto...
View ArticleMudavadi urges state to boost fight against crime
AMANI coalition leader Musalia Mudavadi has challenged the government to work on improving security in the country following the killings in a church in Mombasa. He said while it is commendable that...
View ArticleWahu is back and offering trip to London
Wahu is back in the music scene months after having her second child, Nyakio. The Sweet Love star was the headlining act at the Tusker Twende Kazi concert held at Blue Hut in Ngara. The MTV...
View ArticleMoustapha: Sorry for the nudity, but
Rapper Moustapha has come under fire for his semi-nude promo photos that have been circulating the internet. Mombasa women lead by coast artiste Nyota Ndogo on Monday held a demonstration protesting...
View ArticleStanChart takes battle to investment banking
COMEPETITION among commercial banks for lucrative investment advisory services is set to hot up with Standard Chartered bank announcing yesterday it will be going flat out to land major infrastructural...
View ArticleCounties property taxes hurt builders
Surveyors have warned that county governments' huge appetite for fat property taxes could slow down targeted property developments, the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya has warned. ISK on Monday said...
View ArticleTraders urged to pay levies
BUSINESS PEOPLE in Kakamega have been asked to pay new taxes introduced by the county government. ODM national youth leader Rashid Mohammed said resident have no option but to comply with the approved...
View ArticlePolice rescue Bomet rapist
Police in Bomet Central yesterday rescued a rapist from an angry mob. The 35-year-old man was caught defiling a child at Kinwet village in Merigi location. Residents had seen him dragging the girl to a...
View ArticleSafaricom aids schools
THE Safaricom Foundation has funded the construction of Sh2.5 million building at Friends School Kaimosi Girls in Vihiga county. The company has also donated a Sh4.2 million worth bus worth Sh4.2...
View ArticleSh20m set for new schools
The Naivasha CDF has set aside more than Sh20 million to build new schools. The money will be used to construct three new primary schools and two secondary schools. Naivasha MP John Kihagi said the...
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