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Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu has been sentenced to death, over the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani. Justice delayed is normally justice denied, but this isn’t the case for Monica Kimani’s family. Justice Grace Nzioka of the High Court in Milimani made the pronouncement on Wednesday. After a long wait, the judge said the verdict that changed […]
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has warned of power outages in several areas of the country that will happen today the 12th of March. In a statement on Monday evening, the company announced that some areas in five counties in Kenya will experience power interruptions between 3:00 AM and 11:00 PM. The affected […]
Stanbic Holdings Plc has announced a KES 12.2 billion profit after tax and a total dividend payout equivalent of 50% of its earnings for the financial year ended December 31, 2023. The financial services provider with operations in Kenya and South Sudan, attributed the 34% year-on-year growth to improved net interest margins, balance sheet growth […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cut power to parliament due to an outstanding debt of 23 million cedis ($1.8 million). The outage interrupted a debate on the president’s State of the Nation speech. A video shared by local media showed MPs in the dimly lit chamber chanting: “Dumsor, dumsor”, which means power outage in […]
Retired Tanzanian President Ally Hassan Mwinyi died on Thursday 29th February 2024 aged 98 after succumbing to cancer. He served Tanzania as the second president from 1985 to 1995. The Tanzanian prime minister Kassim Majaliwa, has announced the burial schedule which will start on Friday at 11 AM. The body will leave his Mikocheni home […]
The National Youth Service (NYS) has lowered the minimum Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade from the current D plain to D- (minus) in its bid to accommodate more Kenyans in future recruitments. While appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Cohesion and Equal Opportunities, James Tembur, the NYS Director General, stated that […]
Every Kenyan, including unemployed youth aged over 25, will be required to pay for the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). According to the announcement from the Ministry of Health, unemployed Kenyan youth will not be exempted from the new monthly contribution to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) starting from July 1, 2024. The […]
Deductions towards the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) have been pushed to July, Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has announced. Kenyans were to pay 2.75 per cent of their gross pay to SHIF from March 1, 2024, in what will see contributions for top earners rise by more than eight times. Speaking during a […]
A man who went berserk Saturday night killing four close family members in Muhoroni sub-county, Kisumu county was Sunday night arrested. Police said the suspect,28, was arrested at a sugar plantation in the area while frail after he had swallowed a cattle dip poisonous chemical. He had tried to die by suicide before he was […]