Author: Francis Muli

Three Presidential Escort officers who were involved in Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi arrest drama, attached to the Deputy President William Ruto have been transferred to Homa Bay, Mandera and Bondo. Chief Inspector Amos Ekiru was transferred to Bondo, Constable Issack Dida to Mandera while Constable Simon Siengo was transferred to Homa Bay. The three were found in Sudi’s house when police raided his home to arrest him on September 11, prompting disciplinary action against them. The three were summoned to police headquarters on Thursday where they were grilled and later given a day to respond to the accusations. The officers…

Kenya Nigeria and South Africa have recorded more than 28 million malware attacks and about 102 million detections of ‘grey zone’ software or Potentially Unwanted Software (PUA) PUAs refer to programs that are not necessarily malicious, but affect user experience in a negative way. An example is when adware spams your device with ads or monetizing offers start processing unrequested payments for you to complete or even more commonly, downloads begin without your permission. According to a research carried out by anti-virus firm, Kaspersky, the results analyzing the threat landscape activity in African countries show that PUAs attack users almost four…

Opera has released its latest updates for Android, version 60 and Opera for Desktop, version 71. The new Android version comes with a couple of features that makes it easy to access and to share files. One notable feature is the redesigned Sync feature that uses a straight-forward QR-code reader to establish a seamless connection between Opera for Android and the Opera desktop browser on Windows, macOS or Linux. The new opera desktop browser also features a useful Easy Files feature which makes it easy for users to attach files by displaying the most recently downloaded files in a thumbnail.…

Former Equity Bank general manager for Agency Banking Mr Joseph Macharia Kagicha has gone to court seeking Ksh132.7 million compensation for what he terms as wrongful dismissal. Mr Kagicha was fired last month after completing a four month suspension from March to July 2020, over unclear reasons. In court submissions through his lawyer Titus Koceyo, Mr Kagicha says that the bank should compensate him Ksh10 million for discrimination, psychological and mental torture. He is also seeking a Ksh113,580,000 for the loss of opportunity for the remaining period before attaining the retirement age of 60. On top, he wants Ksh1,577,500 which…

South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are among the countries with the highest volumes of Cryptocurrency exchanges. With the exception of Kenya, the other two countries seem to have embarked on setting up crypto regulation plans. South Africa is said to have drafted a couple of Cryptocurrency laws by publishing a framework proposal while Nigeria has laid out plans to regulate cryptocurrencies through its Security and Exchange Commission. This is a complete turn around from Nigeria’s stance two years ago when it tasked the Central Bank with investigating bitcoin. Kenya, which is normally at the forefront in the adaptation of financial…

Apple’s latest update, iOS 14 rolled out globally last week. KahawaTungu ran a step by step guide on how to update your iPhone with the latest iOS update. However, iOS updates are known to cause a few challenges and this latest one is no exception. Apple users have taken to Twitter to report issues they are facing with the latest iOS 14 update. One of the common tweets going round indicates that iPhones are overheating due to the update. The problem seems rampant with a wide range of iPhones from the oldest, iPhone 6S to iPhone 11. Users are also…

Conflict has hit the Ministry of East African Community and Regional Government following the appointment of two executives on the position of acting CEO of the Tana River Development Authority (Tarda). In the first instance, East African Community cabinet secretary Adan Mohammed appointed sacked Kenya Forest Service director general Emilio Mugo to take up the position. On the other hand, the board appointed the Authority’s chief technical services manager Gitonga Mbui to take up the position. According to reports, Mbui was appointed in the presence and with the approval of Regional and North Corridor Development Principal Secretary Dr Margret Mwakima.…

Huawei Kenya kicked off the seventh cohort of students participating in the global Seeds for the Future program. The flagship program started globally in 2008 and has benefitted almost 200 students in Kenya since 2014. The ICT Cabinet Secretary, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Joe Mucheru, and Ambassador Zhou Pingjian gave keynote speeches to the students and commended Huawei for the highly relevant content, contribution to developing ICT talent and supporting the development of Kenya’s Digital Economy. The program aims to develop skilled, local ICT talent and bridge communication between countries and cultures. By sharing ICT expertise and experiences in the…

The Startup bill has been gazetted in the Kenya Gazette with the aim of providing a framework that promotes  “a culture of innovative thinking and entrepreneurship.” The bill also outlines the process of registration for startups and provides a framework to assist Startups link with the private sector, investors, financial institutions and research organizations. The Kenya National Innovation Agency has been tasked with the registration of Startups with details regarding the role of the Registrar of Startups. The person’s responsibilities include keeping an updated database of registered startups, registration and supervision of registered startups to ensure compliance with the bill…

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has released the Consumer Protection Guidelines 2010 for Public Comments and review. The draft rules seek to protect consumers from exploitation by operators. According to the proposed regulations, companies should send promotional texts to your phone strictly between 7am and 7pm with your consent. “No service provider shall employ any opt-out process in the delivery of marketing communications in Kenya. The following approach shall be used in seeking consent to subscribe any consumer into any SMS-based marketing scheme” the document states. It has become commonplace for marketing institutions to bombard subscribers with promotional messages…

Interviews for recruitment of 11,000 teachers countrywide will start from next week and end by October 2. This comes at a time several regions in the country are yet to receive a merit list, that will help in preparing an interview schedule. However, some counties such as Vihiga County, interviews for 107 primary school teachers and for 74 secondary schools ones have begun. Initially, successful candidates would have been required to report to the work stations in January 2021, when the schools reopen. However, there seems to be a change of schedule with indicators showing that schools could open as…

City pastor and marriage counselor Godfrey Migwi has accused the families of Dj Mo and songbird Size 8 (the Murayas) and Peter Kabi and Milly Kabi (Wajesus family) of living a fake life. Speaking to a local blog, Migwi says that the two families have been trying to show the society that they have money, while living a fake life of love. “Wajesus family and murayas are living a lie – fake lifestyles. They want to prove to the society that they have money, over one another but that isn’t true. Kwanza wale wanaume wanapenda kupost their wives kutisha watu,…

Apple users can now download Gmail as their default email app. Google just released it latest update to Gmail allowing users to set it as the default email app on iOS 14. The latest Apple update, iOS 14, which was released last week, allows users to set up third party applications for default emailing, as opposed to the previous versions which only allowed users to set up emails on Safari and Apple Mail. The update however, tasks the developers to add the support on the apps to allow them run on the operating systems on iPhone and iPad. Read:Here Is…

Facebook is working with partner organizations to allow people take more control of their images and control where they end up. The company will start allowing the partner organizations rights to claim their images and choose where they can end up on both Facebook and Instagram. The social media giant is planning to roll out the feature to everyone soon. Facebook has not disclosed who the partners are but the feature will work just as the company does with music recording companies who keep the rights to their music. How this works, is that brands such as Magical Kenya will…

Former CIC Insurance CEO Mr Tom Gitongo has sold his 11 million shares in the company worth Ksh23.6 million. According to reports by Business Daily, Gitongo sold his shares in August 2020, close to a year after he resigned in October 2019. When he resigned, Mr Gitongo was paid Ksh154.4 million, Ksh76.3 million being gratuity which was calculated at 31 percent of the annual basic pay for each year worked. While in office, Mr Gitongo received a monthly salary of Ksh6.1 million and cumulative allowances amounting to Ksh22.8 million for his last nine months at the helm. Read: Patrick Nyaga…