yuMobile eyes bigger share of mobile cash
Essar Telecom Kenya is aiming to increase usage of its mobile money transfer services through a new offer. The company yesterday announced a 200 per cent bonus airtime for subscribers who top up...
View ArticleDHL reports rise in transportation of storage packages
FROM tigers, rhinos to shuttling a five course dinner from one country to another, international logistics firm DHL Limited has reported strange customer requests last year. DHL head of marketing for...
View ArticleMuseum backs traders bid to preserve City Market
THE National Museums of Kenya has come to the aid of traders at the city market who are opposed to the construction of new business premises at the market. In a reply filed in court, the director in...
View ArticleDevolution laws are ready, says Transition Authority chairman
TRANSITION Authority chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi yesterday said nine legislative frameworks to govern devolution have been put in place. Among the legislation include the County Governments Act 2012,...
View ArticleLSK wants complaint against Mutava fast tracked
The Law Society of Kenya wants nine complaints filed against a judge who acquitted Goldenberg architect Kamlesh Pattni fast-tracked. In a statement sent to newsrooms yesterday, LSK said it has filed...
View ArticleNaija singer Praiz denies dating Atemi
Fast-rising Nigerian R&B singer Praise Adejo, popularly known as Praiz, has vehemently denied having an affair with local Afro-soul songstress, Atemi Oyungu. On Saturday, Praiz told Word Is that...
View ArticlePostbank ordered to re-advertise tender
THE Advertising Company has stopped the award of a two-year marketing and communication agency tender by state owned Postbank to a competitor. Subsequently Postbank has been ordered to re-tender for...
View ArticleAgents, insurance firm employees top fraud list
THEFT by insurance agents and fake workman compensation claims topped the number of fraud cases recorded by the industry regulator last year, a new report shows. Insurance Regulatory Authority has...
View ArticleGovernor Kidero to work with Nema
NEMA is to work with Nairobi governor Evans Kidero in addressing environmental challenges affecting the county. The challenges include poor waste management, non-adherence to zoning specifications,...
View ArticleTwo men charged with Sh210,000 cattle theft
Two suspected cattle thieves were yesterday charged in a Nairobi court. Oloipoo ole Kumpa and James Ngure Karanja are accused of stealing seven cows worth Sh210,000 from Paul Naigisie between April 16...
View ArticleSomali fined Sh300,000 for illegal stay in Kenya
A man who had relinquished his refugee status was yesterday charged with being in the country illegally. Sallah Hassan, a Somali national was charged at the Milimani Law courts with being in the...
View ArticleState to give updates on four media laws
THE government will give an update on the status of the four critical media laws that will in future govern the sector. Director of Public Communications in the ministry of Information Mary Ombara said...
View ArticleThree in court over Sh90million Kajiado-Kaputiei land dispute
Two men and a woman were yesterday in a Nairobi court for defrauding a businessman of Sh90 million in a land transaction deal. George Mungai told senior principal magistrate Peter Ndwega that Ole...
View ArticleSenate to start debate on presidential address
THE Senate will today start debating the speech delivered by President Uhuru during the official opening of the 11th Parliament last Tuesday. Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki will move the motion on the...
View ArticleStandard petitions IG over threats
The Standard Group has complained to the Inspector general of Police David Kimaiyo over alleged threats to its investigative journalists Mohammed Ali and John Allan Namu. Standard Group’s CEO Sam...
View ArticleOngoro's husband skips court
The Anti-Corruption Court has ordered a case in which Ferdinand Kenga has been accused of forgery and stealing Sh1.9 million. The case had been scheduled for hearing before Acting chief magistrate D.A...
View ArticleCopyright board destroys fake electronic gadgets
The Kenya Copyright Board in partnership with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Centre yesterday destroyed over one tonne of assorted impounded material. The material included illegal music...
View ArticleTanzanians in court over being in Kenya illegally
Two Tanzanian nationals were yesterday charged with being in Kenya illegally. The two, Landi Salim Chalonzi and Agrippina Raymond were allegedly in the country without valid immigration documents,...
View ArticleMPs want as much as 10th Parliament pay
MPs have accused the media and civil society of misrepresenting their case in the salaries debate. The legislators said they are not seeking a salary increase just the amount paid to members of the...
View ArticleNakuru county nominees list angers leaders
Some URP leaders in Nakuru are furious after a list of 12 nominated members of the county assembly was unveiled with 10 of them from the Kikuyu community. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Mutumishi...
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