Author: Francis Muli

It’s around the time of the year when online stores cash in on the annual Black November/ Black Friday sales deals. Home appliances, mobile phones, shoes and household items are sold at throw-away prices designed to hook Kenyan online users. E-commerce websites in Kenya including Jumia, Kilimall, Afrikasokoni and Avechi are splashing up ads on social media with crazy deals on TVs, handwash and a variety of products. Retail websites such as Odds n Ends have also joined in the foray. Corporate companies including AirKenya Express are giving up to 20 percent off their flight fares. Read: Jumia Accused Of…

The bitter exchange between Britam former investment manager Edwin Dande and his former boss Benson Wairegi seems to be coming back, after Wairegi floated new allegations. In a recent interview with Business Daily, Wairegi who is about to retire, termed the squabbles with his former employees as a matter of “values and integrity”, something that did not augur well with Mr Dande. “When we ran into a problem with some of my employees here and we had to go to court because it was a matter of values and integrity. I’m an introvert, publicity-shy and going to court, before cameras,…

Mercy Kalondu Wambua is no longer the chief executive officer of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), President Nelson Havi has said. In a public notice, Havi says that Ms Wambua ceased from being the CEO on October 19, and therefore warned members of the public against transacting any business with her on behalf of LSK. “Mercy Kalondu Wambua, ceased being Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Law Society of Kenya effective 19.10.2020. She is not authorized to transact, communicate and deal in any way whatsoever in the name of and/or on behalf of the Law Society of Kenya,”…

Showmax has released the trailer for an original reality series, Lebo M – Coming Home, which will be launched on 2 December 2020. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66IYorTY1I] The trailer starts like The Lion King, with Lebo M’s voice singing, “Nants’ Ingonyama,” from The Circle Of Life, off Hans Zimmer’s Oscar-winning soundtrack to the animated classic. Lebo M has won a Grammy and has also been nominated for a Tony for his work on a Broadway production. He also executive produced the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, had his songs streamed over 250 million times on Spotify and…

Showmax Pro will be live streaming a number of key matches on their sports channel this season. Sports content on Showmax is provided by SuperSport and here is what to expect. Friday, 6 November ATP World Tour Masters 1000: Rolex Paris Masters Quarter-finals COSAFA Women’s Championship: Comoros vs Angola, Eswatini vs South Africa Italian Serie A: Matchday 7 – Sassuolo vs Udinese LaLiga Santander: Matchday 9 – Elche vs Celta Vigo Premier League: Matchday 8 – Brighton & Hove Albion vs Burnley, Southampton vs Newcastle United SkyBet English Football League Championship: Matchday 11 – Cardiff City vs Bristol City Read:…

Former Nakumatt Supermarket CEO Atul Shah through his company Collogne Investments has withdrawn a case in which he was seeking to block the auction of his personal property worth Ksh2 billion over unpaid loans. The case was withdrawn last month but kept under wraps, now opening a battle among several lenders who are eyeing the property to recover loans advanced to the fallen giant retailer Nakumatt. The High Court in August had allowed Bank of Africa to auction Shah’s property, but the former CEO moved to the Court of Appeal to block the auction. Bank of Africa did not oppose…

Safaricom has recorded a Ksh33 billion profit in half-year financial results to September 2020, a six percent drop as compared to the same period last year. Announcing the results on Monday, the telco attributed the drop to the zero-rating of M-Pesa transaction below Ksh1,000 and a drop in voice calls. M-Pesa recorded a revenue of Ksh35.9 billion as compared to Ksh42 billion similar period last year, a year on year (YoY)decline of 14.5 per cent. Chief Executive Peter Ndegwa on Monday described the performance as “good” given the massive disruption that the virus has caused to most businesses in the…

Kenya Power has reported an unaudited net loss of Ksh2.98 billion in the financial year ended June 2020, as compared to a net profit of Ksh262 million it posted in the year to June in 2019. The company reported revenues of Ksh133.18 billion, an 18.45 per cent growth compared to Ksh112.43 billion generated in the year ended June 2019. Kenya Power, which is the sole distributor of electricity in the country, has been on the downward trend in the past few years as compared to Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), which has continued to rake in billions in profits mostly…

Nairobi governor Mike Sonko now claims there was a plot by senior government operatives to assassinate ODM party leader Raila Odinga after the 2017 general elections. In a Facebook comment where he was responding to one of his followers, Sonko said that some police officers were instructed to shoot him while in his car along Ngong Road. “The order came from above (to pour sewer waste at Jacaranda) and Kibicho sent people to Jacaranda so that the People’s President Raila Amolo Odinga did not address Kenyans. Now the system wants to shift the blame to me while they know well…

719 people have tested positive for Covid-19, from a sample size of 4,732 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 62,488 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country. The cumulative tests are now 742,481. From the cases 685 are Kenyans and 34 are foreigners. Nairobi has 336 new cases, Mombasa 84, Busia 50, Kiambu 45, Turkana 33, Kajiado 24, Kitui 21, Nyeri 20, Garissa 20, Nakuru 18, Kakamega 17, Mandera 14, Machakos 9, Kilifi 4, Kirinyaga 4, Trans Nzoia 4, Homabay 3, Tharaka Nithi 3, Nyandarua 2, , Meru 2, Isiolo 1, Kwale 1, Nyamira 1, Laikipia…

On Monday, November 2, 2020, Kenyans were caught by surprise on the news that fugitive lawyer Paul Gicheru had surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The lawyer is accused of interfering with witnesses in the crimes against humanity case against Deputy President William Ruto and radio presenter Joshua Arap Sang. According to sources, even his family was not aware of the lawyer’s travel to The Hague, and even his lawyer was not informed. It is said that his travel was cleared by the State House, and not everyone was aware of his travel. Even authorities in the ICC were…

On Saturday, November 7, 2020, Joe Biden was declared the USA President-elect beating the incumbent Donald Trump in both the majority and college votes. In 2016, Donald Trump won a majority of electoral college votes although more people voted for Hillary Clinton across the US. Biden served a vice President during President Barrack Obama’s reign between 2008 and 2016, and just like Kenya’s Deputy President Dr William Ruto, bore ambitions to become a President. As Dr Ruto gears up his campaigns to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022, there are some lessons he should learn from Joe Biden. Respect is…

Google has developed an app to help creditors manage devices given to customers on loan. The device lock Controller gives the creditor access to your mobile phone if you default on payments. The device lock controller uses Android’s DeviceAdminService API to remotely control device functionality. This same API is mostly used in the corporate setting where employers track employees’ activities on their work phones. Normally, the company phones come preloaded with apps using the API making it impossible to alter them. Google’s device lock Controller can be preloaded on the phone in the same way before a creditor issues it…

When buying a laptop, there are a number of specifications that could guide you to choose one over the other. Apart from the price, every laptop has critical features and functions that influence buyers depending on their needs. This article will take you through some of the features you need to look at before you purchase your laptop. Processor This is literally the computer’s brain. You need a laptop with a powerful processor so it can run faster and allow you to run large programmes such as photo editing nd graphic deign software. One of the best processors is the…

Tecno Camon 16s has officially launched in the Kenyan Market following the recent launches of Tecno Camon 16 Premier and Tecno Camon 16 Pro. This latest model features a 6.6” LCD Display with a resolution of 720×1600 pixels. It runs on a MediaTek Helio P35 processor with Power VR GE8320. The Tecno Camon 16s comes with Android 10 and has a storage of 128 GB and 4GB RAM. It also has a slot for a MicoSD card for additional memory. The Phone has an AI-Powered quad camera consisting of the main Camera with 48MP, 2MP on the depth sensor, 2MP…