Author: Francis Muli

The Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) has suspended demolition of Seefar Apartments in Nyayo Highrise by 90 days. The move is aimed at undertaking thorough checks on the compliance documents issued to the property’s developer. “We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 31 on the above order S/No.30365 issued to Edermann Properties. The order was issued during the ongoing multi-agency interventions under the Nairobi Regeneration programmes for structures encroaching on the Ngong River Riparian Reserve,” read the letter. Read: It Is Hypocritical Of The Government To Demolish Seefar Apartments – Sakaja Says “It has been resolved that the authority extends the…

Former National Bank managing director Munir Sheikh Ahmed is seeking a Ksh453 million compensation for what he calls unlawful termination and malicious prosecution. The amount entails  the salary for remainder of the contract for the period of 76 months, pension, utilities, domestic servant allowance, entertainment allowance and medical allowance among other allowances. The former executive says that the Bank decided to terminate his contract, even without allowing him to defend self on allegations of gross misconduct. Read: Andrew Kairu Appointed KCB Group Chairman “The letter notified me that the bank was considering to terminate my contract of employment on grounds of gross…

KRA has launched the Integrated Scanner Command and Control Centre which is a web based integrated solution that assimilates all KRA scanners with an aim of monitoring their operations. The new centre integrates all its 12 scanners stationed at the port of Mombasa, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Container Freight Stations and at the Nairobi Inland Container Depot to curb infiltration of contraband. “We have 12 scanners, being controlled and monitored from Nairobi and Mombasa Control Centres. The scanners are non-intrusive verification tools to support the verification process without opening the containers,” said Kinoti. He said the images are analyzed on real-time basis…

Water Hyacinth is threatening the existence of the largest freshwater body in Africa and the second largest in the world, Lake Victoria, even as a Ksh80 million harvesting machine lies idle. So far, the water weed has covered at least 4,000 hectares of the lake’s surface, according to marine experts. The hyacinth harvesting machine was bought three years ago with grants and a loan from the World Bank. However, it is said that the machine cannot work, since there are missing hooks worth Ksh2.3 million. Read: NSE Extends ARM Suspension On Stock Market By 75 Days Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional…

The battle for late Nakuru MP Dickson Kihika’s estate has taken a new twist, after three of his children took to court seeking to take charge of his Ksh600 million estate. The three, Florence Nduta, Anthony Kihika and Judy Muthoni, in court papers, accuse their mothers of being old, senile and infirm. One of the administrators, Mary Wangari, is termed by the children as being sick and has refused to cooperate with her co-administrators. Miriam Warau, a wife of the late legislator and a co-administrator is accused of disposing property without the consent of other family members. Ms Nduta wants…

10 people are under police custody in connection to missing examination papers for Olenamuka Primary School in Northern Narok. The papers for 17 candidates disappeared mysteriously in the morning while on transit to the examination centre. Among those arrested include eight teachers and two police officers.They were set to administer the KCPE exams. They will be arraigned in court tomorrow. Read: How Top Government Leaders Supervised KCPE Exams In Different Parts Of The Country “We have arrested all people who were in the police vehicle at the time of the incident. They are persons of interest in this case and will face charges,”…

Kenya Power is set to shut down prepaid service for 14 hours from Wednesday midnight to Thursday at 2pm to implement new power tariff. In the new tariff, the cost of power for domestic and Small Commercial Consumer has been reduced by Ksh2 and Ksh5 Kilowatts per hour respectively. Energy Regulatory Commission Director General Pavel Oimeke announced the new charges on Wednesday, saying that the charge for domestic consumers will now retail at Ksh10/KWh down from Ksh12KWh, for those who spend less than 100KWh. Read: President Uhuru Orders Downward Review Of Electricity Tariffs, Within A Month Charges for 100 units and…

Several top government leaders including Cabinet Secretaries (CS’s) spent the better part of the day overseeing the ongoing process of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams. The trend started with President Uhuru Kenyatta who paid a surprise visit to Uhuru Gardens Primary School in Langata ahead of their Science, Kiswahili and Insha examinations. President Kenyatta was accompanied by KNEC Chairman Prof George Magoha and Education CS Amina Mohamed who opened the Langata sub-county container at 6am. Deputy President William Ruto supervised the start of KCPE Day Two exams at Musa Gitau Primary School in Kikuyu sub-county. On the other side, Interior Security…

The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has announced that it used over Ksh1.3 billion on breast cancer treatment this financial year. The amount was paid to beneficiaries through the Cover Membership package, which covers breast cancer patients through treatment stage, surveillance stage and pet scans. “There are 40,000 new cases annually as per the statistics given by the National Cancer institute of Kenya and 80 per cent of those diagnosed with cancer are covered by the Fund,” said Judy Otele, Funds Assistant manager. Read: All You Need To Know About The New Medical Cover For Secondary School Students NHIF covers six sessions…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) missed its target in revenue collection by Ksh92.7 billion, collecting a total of Ksh329 billion in the first quarter of 2018/19 financial year. The authority was targeting to collect  over Ksh420 billion in the quarter. In the same period last year, the tax man collected Ksh317.4 billion. This means that KRA increased its revenue collection by Ksh11.6 billion as compared to the same period last year Annually, KRA collected 1.48 trillion in the year ending June 2018 against a target of Sh1.65 trillion. The shortfall was attributed to tough macroeconomic environment brought about by protracted…

The National Transport and Safety Authority has deregistered seven Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators for faulting transport rules and regulations. Among those derigistered include the Molo shuttle Sacco (Nairobi, Nakuru and Kisii route), Nairobi Kiruline Services (Nairobi, Murang’a, Othaya, Nyeri, Nyahururu route) Gakanago Sacco (Nyeri, Gataragwa and Ngobit) and New Lowland Sacco (Nakuru, Marigat, Kabarnet). Read: Unga Prices To Hit Ksh100 As Millers Decry Maize Hoarding By Farmers Also suspended in the move include Hannover Commercial Enterprise (Kikuyu, Waiyaki Way, Westlands, Kasarani, Mwiki route), Newlot Sacco(Nairobi, Machakos, Makueni, Kitui, Kibwezi, Voi, Mombasa route) and and Peja Travellers Ltd (Jericho, Maringo, Jogoo Road…

Safaricom paid Ksh293 million in fines last year for failing to pass quality of service tests by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). This is according to the latest sustainability report from the telecommunication company. As compared to 2016, there was a 46.5 per cent increase in fines in 2017. The company paid Ksh157 million to fines in 2016. Safaricom also dismissed 43 employees for fraud in 2017. Read: Safaricom Sheds 10 Per Cent Market Share In One Year, As Competitors Gain “Some could be conflict of interest where someone has failed to disclose they have a business adjacent to Safaricom, we…

The Prisons Service is facing a major crisis in food supplies, medicine, uniforms, fuel and other basic facilities following a major tender row. This has affected services such as transportation of prisoners to certain places, production of number plates and food supplies to the prison. Kahawa Tungu has learnt that number plate printing, which is done by the prison service has affected more than 20,000 new vehicles, which are lying at National Transport and Safety Authority various office yards. The row was sparked by principal secretary Zainab Wanjiru, who suspended payments of pending bills, amounting to Ksh6.2 billion. The PS…

Lugari Member of Parliament Ayub Savula is on the news again, for the wrong reasons. This evening the legislator was caught on camera insulting Karen OCS after being arrested drunk driving. The MP threatened that he had called the Attorney General, and he was coming to attend to him. In the video that was shared online, Ayub Savula is heard threatening the arresting officer, saying that he will not leave till morning. The overly drunk Savula is seen staggering, even as he vows to defend ‘the common mwananchi’. Last week on Friday, the MP and his two wives were arrested…

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party Chairman John Mbadi has written to the Nairobi County Assembly Acting Speaker Chege Mwaura, insisting on the removal of Minority Leader at the County Assembly Elias Otieno and Minority Whip Peter Imwatok. On their place, ODM had appointed Highrise MCA Kennedy Oyugi and Savanna MCA Nicholas Okumu respectively, who were rejected by Mwaura on grounds that the party did not follow the right procedure. In today’s letter, Mdadi has said that the removal remains, following consultations with the Party leader Raila Odinga and other leaders in the party. Read: Is Kidero Trying To Sabotage Sonko? ODM Replaces Nairobi…