Author: Francis Muli

The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has invited Kenyans to participate in the naming of its new multi-story office block. Through an advertisement in the dailies, the PSC said it had constructed a multi-storey office block that will provide office facilities for members of parliament in the national and senate assembly. The commission invited interested Kenyans to enter a competition to name the new block with Sh100,000 to be awarded to the winner. “The name must be catchy, reflect the values of the institution of parliament and its stature,” the advert stated. Read: Artists to Get Lion’s Share of Skiza Tunes Revenue…

Netflix has announced the return of popular series ‘Squid Game’. The entertainment company posted a teaser on social media with an announcement saying that the South Korean show had officially been renewed for a second season. The gripping series follows through the lives of individuals who are caught up in children’s games as they desperately attempt to free themselves from deep financial trouble. “It took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year. But it took Squid Game 12 days to become the most popular series ever.” Director, Writer and Executive Producer of Squid Games…

A former Nairobi Diaries star and socialite has been linked to cases of human trafficking in Turkey. Lucy Okoth, popularly known as Bridget Achieng’ is alleged to have lured a number of ladies to the Middle Eastern country promising jobs, only for them to end up being trafficked for sex. The ladies in question went live on Instagram with a Kenyan user going by the name BlackCinderella254 to recount their horrific experiences in the country. During a live session, the ladies said that Achieng’ had been advertising for jobs in Turkey, and upon application, invited the ladies to the country.…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has begun reviewing at least 160 complaints from disgruntled aspirants who were not cleared to contest for the August election. The Dispute Resolution Committee is set to make determinations two weeks after the disgruntled aspirants present their woes at the Milimani law courts starting yesterday. The hearing will continue for 10 days before the determinations are made. “Some individuals may want to go to court but come the end of this month, we shall be proceeding to prepare the ballot papers.” Read: Raila Raises Key Issues on Election Preparedness As IEBC Clears Him to…

Kiambu County Government in partnership with KCB Bank Kenya has launched a Sh1.3 billion revolving fund that seeks to unlock the business potential of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the county. The initiative will ensure that youth, women, and other vulnerable groups in the County have access to low-interest loans and loan guarantees to grow their businesses and in the long run, improve their livelihoods. Under the scheme dubbed Jiinue Fund, KCB Bank is to advance KShs1.3 billion to individuals and start-ups which were hard-pressed by the effects of pandemic with the county government acting as guarantor, with KShs.138…

A man has been charged in court with defrauding a pastor. Martin Ochieng’ allegedly defrauded Pastor Eric Mwangi of Joshua Generation Church of Sh400,000 by falsely pretending that he could supply a fabricated container. Ochieng’ allegedly committed the offence on September 15, 2021 in Kilimani, Nairobi. He was arraigned at the Kibera Law Courts where he appeared before Magistrate Jacqueline Ojwang’. The court heard that Ochieng’ a businessman, pretended that he was in a position to deliver the fabricated container to the preacher, even though he knew that was false. Read: Video of Controversial Pastor Kanyari Casting Out Demons From Omosh…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is set to deploy satellite modems to protect result transmission during the August 9 polls. The commission said that about 1,500 satellite modems, photocopy foolproof ballot papers and firewalls will be used to ensure that the results are not tampered with. The IEBC revealed the plans during a Thursday meeting when it rolled out what it termed as a ‘foolproof’ system ahead of the elections. The IEBC stated it has 1,553 satellite modems ready to be installed across the 1,111 polling centers that are not covered by 3G or 4G networks for results transmission.…

Police in Kisumu have a arrested a woman connected with a spate of robberies in Nairobi. Elizabeth Akinyi, alias Boss Lady who was among the police most wanted list, was arrested at the National Housing apartments in Kibuye on Thursday. According to Nyanza regional Police commander Karanja Muiruri, the suspect was involved in the theft of high-end electronic devices. She was apprehended by Officers from the Kondele police station in Kisumu, as well as officers from the Parklands police station in Nairobi. During the arrest, assorted TVs, computers as wellas other electronic devices, and jewellery was recovered from her residence.…

Tecno Mobile, a subsidiary of  China-based phone manufacturer Transsion Holdings is set to launch a new mobile wallet service in Kenya to allow people to pay small businesses and shops. The company announced on Thursday that it would turn its smart phones into payment terminals. The service which is set to commence mid-this month will be introduced in partnership with a number of third-party financial institutions. “Tecno will be available for download on selected existing device series and will come pre-installed on new Tecno smartphones, including the upcoming CAMON 19 series set to be unveiled in June 2022,” the company…

Kenyan children are exposed to online predators with a huge percentage of those accessing the internet lacking adequate knowledge to use the internet. According a report by the Ministry of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes, six percent of the children interviewed have at some point shared naked images of themselves with other users, mostly predators online. “While such images are most frequently shared voluntarily among peers and close friends, seven children had shared naked images as a result of threats and six said they were pressured by their friends,” the report funded End Violence Against Children,…

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that will see users add up to 512 people to a group. The messaging service had announced the development of the feature a few weeks ago, and now, the latest version of WhatsApp allows both iOS and Android users to add more members to their groups “WhatsApp is releasing larger groups with 512 participants to everyone! You can finally create and join groups with up to 512 people by using the latest versions of WhatsApp for Android, iOS, and Desktop!” a Tweet from popular WhatsApp tracker, WABetaInfo, said. Previously, group creators and admins…

Audio-based features have become popular online since 2020 when social media platform Clubhouse launched. Business Networking Platform, LinkedIn is the latest to adapt the feature, paving way for audio interviews and audio events among users. LinkedIn rolled out creator mode last year, allowing content creators access to content creation tools including live-streaming options and newsletters. LinkedIn audio events has been in beta for the past six months, and now the platform is rolling out the feature to allow users to schedule and host events such as interviews, topic discussions, corporate conferences and more. Read: LinkedIn Integrates Zoom, Teams on its Messenger…

TikTok is working on a new feature to help users get off the platform after a considerable amount of time. The short video-making platform announced that the tool will show users a reminder after being on the app for a prolonged, user-defined period of time. The feature which will safeguard users will issue the reminder to teenage users between the ages of 13 and 17 after 100 minutes in the app per day. Read: Azziad, The RoamingChef among Top Content Creators in Year 2021 TikTok Report TikTok is also adding a new screen time dashboard that will show users their daily…

Safaricom has suffered a setback on the rollout of its plan to conceal customer details using Lipa na M-Pesa. The giant telco cited technical hitches which have necessitated the delay of the rollout which had been slated for the end of June. The feature is expected to help protect customer details from access by fraudsters. In the new plan, Safaricom plans to display only the first name of the customer making the payment on Lipa na M-Pesa and a few digits of their phone number, effectively concealing their contact details. “As an update to our previous communication regarding data minimisation…

Twitter is planning to comply to Elon Musk’s wishes in efforts to end a stalemate threatening a $44 billion deal between the two entities. The company will reportedly offer Musk full access to its massive stream of data comprising more that 500 million tweets per day, according to The Washington Post. Earlier during the week, several publications reported that the Tesla Boss was threatening to pull out of the agreement citing inaccuracy in the number of bots and fake accounts in Twitter’s reports. “As Twitter’s prospective owner, Mr Musk is clearly entitled to the requested data to enable him to…