Author: Francis Muli

Beatrice Muthoni  Muthi, a land owner at Ridgeway Estate has been accused of changing a river course to the disadvantage of her neighbor at Muthaiga North Estate by dumping soil and debris into the river bed. Ms Muthoni has land adjacent to Rui Ruaka River, and she sought to illegally expand her land by dumping soil and debris on her side plus sand gabions on the original river bed. This has occasionally resulted in flooding and change of river course whenever it rains, slicing a big chunk of land belonging to opposite neighbour Faustine Njoroge Njuguna. According to documents and…

Inq Holdings Limited, formerly Synergy Communications, has completed 100 percent acquisition of Vodacom Business operations in four African countries; Nigeria, Zambia, Cote d’voire and a planned acquisition in Cameroon once they receive pending regulatory approvals. This was announced by Convergence partners, who own the Pan African digital service platform, Inq. Holdings Limited. The landmark transaction will stamp the Mauritius-based Inq’s regional footprint as a leading provider for enterprise solutions to 13 cities in seven countries across the African continent including its existing operations in Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana. Read: Vodacom Launches 5G Network in South Africa Under the Inq banner,…

The Ministry of Health in Rwanda has imported five robots to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The five robots have been given Rwandan names and will be used as an interface between patients and doctors hence reducing human contact and the risk of transmitting the Corona virus. Rwanda has 284 confirmed Covid-19 cases with 140 recoveries and no fatalities. The Minister for Health in Rwanda confirmed that the robots will be deployed to Corona virus treatment centres and other public places. Read: A Look Into Drone Regulations In Kenya Compared to Rwanda A twitter post on Rwanda…

Fiba (The International Basketball Federation) Africa has organized online courses for coaches and referees in Kenya as it has been difficult for the parties to travel out of the country for training. The courses will be conducted by Fiba experts and will be done via video conferencing on Zoom. A total of 50 names were submitted to Fiba last week. The level one course for coaches will start this week and is slotted to start next week for referees. The courses will bring together participants from at least four Anglophone and Francophone countries on the Zoom platform. Fiba will…

Instagram has been testing some new features with insiders and is rapidly rolling them out globally. Some of the features have not become available to the public. The company has recently begun testing account memorialization, a feature that is available on its sister company, Facebook, and uploading your live streams on IGTV. Below are some features that should be available to the social network soon as seen by a developer identified as Alessandro Paluzzi. Instagram is testing integrating messenger rooms. The video chat feature has been Facebook alternative to Zoom. Facebook is also working on integrating messenger rooms to WhatsApp.…

Between September 6 and 10, 2001, a crime of fraud was committed from Post Bank customer service, through Western Union money transfer service terminal at the Post Bank House, where the bank lost at least Ksh3,450,000. The money was wired to Uganda from the bank using the AVZF terminal using the passwords of two employees, Lydia Kurgat and Anne Njoki. At the time of the fraud, the current ambassador to China Sarah Serem was the chief human resource officer at the Bank. Ms Kurgat’s work account was used to send at least Ksh1.4 million to Uganda and the United Kingdom.…

Safaricom has extended the Bonga For Good Campaign for an extra 30 days to June 3, 2020 even as customers redeem millions of their points to buy goods and services as well as donate to those in need. By the end of phase one, more than 200,000 customers had redeemed more than 670 million points equivalent to over Ksh200 million, a big boost to the over 140,000 participating merchants at a period when business activities are suppressed. The initiative was launched on April 3, 2020, seeking to empower customers by handing them an extra cashflow to buy food and essential…

The Cooperative College in Karen has refused to admit 39 Kenyans who arrived in the country from china, and taken to the facility by the government for quarantine. The government had told them quarantine is free but now the staff at the college have refused to accommodate them. Activist Boniface Mwangi says that they have been told to leave the college if they can’t pay upfront. https://twitter.com/bonifacemwangi/status/1259474936244187137 According to Mwangi, the College doesn’t know who to invoice, the reason they are demanding upfront payment. Read: Curfew Breakers Will No longer Be Isolated In Gov’t Quarantine Facilities – Health CAS Aman…

ODM leader Raila Odinga has accused Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli of ignoring phone calls from regional leaders who are concerned about the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Tanzania. According to Raila, Dr Magufuli has refused to heed to calls from his Eat African counterparts including President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to institute measures that would slow down the spread of the virus. “I’ve tried to reach him on phone but I’ve not managed to, and I’ve left him a message on his SMS that I would like to discuss issues of national, regional,…

President Uhuru Kenyatta last week signed a coalition agreement on behalf of the Jubilee Party with Kanu, that would see Baringo Senator Gedion Moi instituted as the Senate Majority Leader, Kahawa Tungu has learnt. The coalition agreement was signed in the presence of President Kenyatta’s brother Muhoho Kenyatta and Nancy Gitau, according to former director of digital communication at State House Denis Itumbi, who leaked the information. The registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu has already ratified the decision, according to documents in our possession. The information emerges hours before a planned Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting for senators that has…

Water Sector Trust Fund CEO Ismail Fahmy is now seeking a third term at the helm of the institution, despite legal terms confining him to only two terms. The CEO was first appointed on November 9, 2014 for a three-year term, which expired on November 9, 2017. The CEO’s contract was renewed by the Board for another term of three years from November 10, 2017 and is due to expire on November 9, 2020. According to the Mwongozo Code of Governance in which state corporates are subject to, a CEO’s term is limited to two terms. However, Mr Fahmy made…

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Finance Manager Patrick Nyoike has been arrested over Ksh214.5 million graft in the firm. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered that Nyoike be charged alongside his wife Jacinta Wambugu and his brother Alfred Hinga, who are directors of Nyali Capital Ltd (NCL). NCL is the company that received the payments of Ksh214.5 million after Nyoike facilitated the inclusion of the company as a KPA supplier. “Patrick Wambugu Nyoike facilitated Nyali Capital Limited’s micro finance business, to finance the KPA suppliers, Local Purchase Orders  (LPOs)  and  Local  Service  Orders  (LSOs)  and  thereafter utilized the…

Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NWSCO) acting managing director (MD) Mr Nahason Muguna was last night arrested by National Environment Management (NEMA) officials for failing to stop disposal of raw sewerage into Nairobi River. In a tweet, NEMA said he will be arraigned in Makadara law court on Monday. “NWSCO MD, Eng Nahason Muguna was last night arrested by NEMA environmental police unit for failing to stop raw sewerage being discharged into Nairobi River. He will be arraigned in Makadara law court tomorrow,” said NEMA. https://twitter.com/NemaKenya/status/1259387582800068608 On Friday, NEMA shut down Hotel Boulevard, located along Harry Thuku road in…

Dock workers through their union have threatened to move to court once again to stop privatisation of two berths of Port of Mombasa and outsourcing of labour by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). In a statement to newsrooms,  the Dock Workers Union gave KPA 21 days to stop privatisation of berths number 4 and number 7 of the Port of Mombasa, which they say is being done without following the law. It is alleged that the government through KPA has started the transfer of 75 percent of the Port to the hands of not more than four families. According to…

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has announced the costs for drone operations in the country. The draft fee structure details the amount you will need to pay for importation, registration, airworthiness certificate and training organization for drones. All drones have to be identifiable and will therefore require registration as an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). KCAA will issue a certificate for registration. Only Kenyan citizens above 18 years and corporate bodies or national government/county government members can register drones. Under the regulations, the drones have been classified into different categories. The categories A-C are based on the risk levels,…