Fresh vehicle registration slows down in nine months
Vehicle registration, including brand new and second-hand units, dipped by 8.4 per cent in the first nine months of 2014, a slowdown occasioned by fewer motorcycles. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics...
View ArticleCBK to add input on bancassurance rules
The insurance regulator has forwarded draft guidelines for banks offering bancassurance to the Central Bank for final input and approval ahead of implementation. Insurance Regulatory Authority sent a...
View ArticleKenya's shilling past 3-year lows
The shilling weakened slightly yesterday to lows last seen more than three years ago and traders said the slide was prompting more demand for dollars from businesses wary of a further dip. "The...
View ArticleLow oil price good for net oil importers
Developing countries should pounce on the opportunity availed by the global oil price slump to build fiscal buffers that will support growth in case of another round of economic slowdown, according to...
View ArticleKNCCI to get Sh7.73 million grant for automation
The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce will receive a Sh7.73 million ($85,000) grant from TradeMark East Africa to digitise the process of business certification. The two organisations will ink a...
View ArticleCapital Gains Tax to instil fairness, equity – Rotich
Capital gains tax is a necessary evil if only to instil fairness and equity in the taxation regime, besides roping in more revenues, according to National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich....
View ArticleHas Wema given up on Diamond?
At the stroke of midnight this year, Tanzanian beauty queen Wema made a resolution to “not make the same mistakes” she made last year. It is not clear though if the mistake includes music hearthrob...
View ArticleJal shoots music vodeo with Nelly Furtado in Nairobi
Emmanual Jal shot a music video for a single featuring Canadian singer Nelly Furtado. The song, Scar is off his latest album The Key. Furtado was in Nairobi for the shot that is sponsored by MuchFACT,...
View ArticleVanessa Chettle: I'm an easy target for attention seekers
CONTROVERSIAL socialite Vanessa Chettle (left) has claimed that she has fallen victim to people who are all out to tarnish her name by portraying her as a “social climber and con artist”. Pointing...
View ArticleThe week- Education Summary
Parents ignore teachers strike on opening day Parents defied the teachers’ strike threat and sent their children to school for the first term. Various bus terminus were on Monday teeming with students...
View ArticleEducation sector gets a financial boost
The government’s pledge to increase the education budget by one per cent every financial year has got a boost after securing a grant of approximately Sh757 million from the Global Partnerships of...
View ArticleHow to select the right high school
It is that time of the year when parents are busy looking for schools for their children who did the KCPE exams. At this time, high schools will be assessed mostly depending on how well they score in...
View ArticleWhy one school refused to ditch Art and Craft classes
Several years ago, Art and Craft and Home Science were two examinable subjects that were scrapped from the Kenya primary school curriculum in 2001. But one school in Embu believes the functional skills...
View ArticleBeat the holiday weight
After the binge eating and over-indulging during the festive season, calorie amnesia comes to an end, you no longer have excuses for nibbling on goodies. All that is left is intentions to start eating...
View ArticleConservationists concern over bypass and railway construction
Conservationists are raising eyebrows over government’s proposals to take more land belonging to the Nairobi National Park for the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR). This comes a week...
View ArticleAkshay's back in the limelight
It’s not that Akshay Kumar went anywhere. It’s just that of late his films haven’t really done all at the box office. It seems like the only way to redeem himself was probably appear in a reality show...
View ArticleSpotted
Kitui Senator David Musila having tea with friends at the pool bar at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi on Tuesday evening. CWIT VIH'S MIND and OTHERS OF THE KINDRead more about Spotted Comments
View ArticleA review of Gilbert Muyumbu’s ‘The Noses in Our Family’
Book: The Noses in Our Family and other short stories Author: Gilbert Muyumbu Publisher: Pangolin Publishers Year of publishers: 2014 Number of pages: 143 Genre: Short story collection Number of...
View ArticleMuslims throng Mwingi Town's Masjid Noor for Maulidi
Muslims in their hundreds from across the country converged at the Masjid Noor Mosque in Mwingi town to commemorate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Maulidi celebrations on Saturday. The wealthy,...
View ArticlePublic art transforms quality of life
Recently, I returned from Seoul, the capital of South Korea, where I saw and became inspired by Cheonggye-cheon, a 11km stream running across the busy city center since 2005. Built 5m below the...
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