Author: Francis Muli

Kenya Power’s half year profits have fallen by over 25 percent as compared to the previous half-year mark profits. The company has blamed the massive drop to challenges in the country’s economic environment. In the year ended June 2017, Kenya Power earned Ksh120.7 billion profits before tax and a profit of Ksh7.27 billion after tax. This means that Kenya Power has has earned Ksh5.44 billion in profits after tax. “Revenue growth in the year was constrained by the depressed economic environment, poor hydrological conditions in 2017 and the protracted electioneering period. This slow business environment led to a significant decline…

Activist Okiya Omtatah has gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision that allowed British firm De La Rue to print Kenya’s new currency. The Court of Appeal last week declared that CBK ran a fair and transparent procurement process,overturning High Court Judge George Odunga’s ruling to quash the tender. However, according to Omtatah, De La Rue colluded with the Central Bank of Kenya in the award of the tender. Omtatah says that the new design bank notes were being procured through a three-tier tender process, where the actual makers were supposed to be disclosed in both…

Activists, journalists and bloggers have expressed distaste over a story ran by the Daily Nation over a woman who was lured into a police trap by Nation journalists. The journalists, Elizabeth Merab and Seth Olale posed as potential buyers of Ms Caroline Kathure Gitonga’s newborn baby for Ksh50,000. Unknown to her, the journos were luring her to a police trap in a bid to ‘cook’ news, which they did. The senior editors at the twins-tower decided to use the story as the main story, popularly know as a ‘splash’ across news rooms. Since then, a debate has ensued across the media…

Chairman of Sarova Hotels, MS Vohra, his wife, sister and wife of his late son (JS Vohra) have died in a road accident at Kiungwani, Makueni County. The accident occurred at around 1530hrs according to police reports. The accident involved Vohra’s Toyota Prado, which had his family on board. At the time of going to press, JS Vohra’s son was reportedly admitted in a Nairobi hospital and in a critical condition. “As a result of the accident two passengers namely Mahinder Singn aged 49yearrs and Reena Vohra aged 51years died on the spot while Atu Vorha sustained serious head injuries.…

Raila left the country on Saturday evening for the United States, immediately after the Mashujaa Day celebrations at the Bkhungu Stadium. In the US, Raila is set to deliver a public lecture at the Duke University in North Carolina. His spokesperson Denis Onyango says that the former premier will meet Kenyans from the Raleigh area as well as business leaders from the State. Read: Moses Kuria Sets Twitter On Fire As He Mocked A Deported Miguna Miguna In his trip to the Us, raila has been accompanied by Nyando MP Jared Okelo. Mr Odinga will be at the US for at least one…

Bonny Khalwale is the latest to declare his support for DP William Ruto’s 2022 Presidential bid. This follows an earlier announcement by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula, who declared his support for DP Ruto last week. “I have long experience in Kenya’s politics and I know it’s not possible to defeat a government candidate in an election,” Khalwale said. He refuted claims that he is shifting base for financial gain. “Please Church leaders I urge you to pray for leaders from my Luhya community who think I am in a commercial venture by doing what I am doing. DP Ruto knows…

Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono has retained his Amsterdam Marathon men’s title in a personal record time of 2:04:05, 63 seconds better than his 2017 time record. The second spot was taken by Ethiopian Mule Wasihu who clocked 2:04:36. Solomon Deksisa also from Ethiopia was the third. “The weather was good, the wind slow and we had to run faster than last year. I thank God for giving me this talent and I hope to be here once again next year,” Cherono said. Read: AWCON2018 – Harambee Starlets To Know Opponents As Draw Set For Tonight Multiple world and Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele did…

Police have nabbed 1.7 tons of banned plastic bags in Mombasa, while in transit from Tanzania. The owner is still at large, according to National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) boss Stephen Wambua. “We impounded 17 bales of plastic bags which were found to have been offloaded from a Simba Coach bus registration number KBU 343C at the Simba Coach Offices at Mwembe tayari. Each bale is estimated to contain over 500,000 pieces,” Mr Wambua said. “But police have launched manhunt for the suspect. He imported the banned consignment into the country,” Mr Wmbua said. Read: County Government Bars Isuzu BRT Buses…

Nigerian government has announced that 55 people have died in Nigeria’s Northern Kaduna State in a market violence between Christians and Muslims. This was announced by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports indicate that Muslim and Christian youths clashed after a row between wheelbarrow porters in the town of Kasuwan Magani. “President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest communal violence in Kasuwan Magani in Kaduna State which claimed 55 lives,” tweeted Official presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu. According to the state police commissioner, 22 people were arrested after the unrest. Authorities also imposed a round-the-clock curfew in the town. Read: DP Ruto Is Just…

Diamond’s ex-girlfriend Lynn has termed him as a ‘one-minute man’ in bed. The video vixen who once worked under Diamond’s record label Wasafi says that the Tanzanian singer would sleep after the first ’round’. “Mwanaume ukikaza kimoja unasinzia. Uwo ni umama (For a man to sleep after the first round is not manly enough),” she said on SnapChat. Lynn praised her current boyfriend, whom she says can go up to seven ’rounds’. Read: Anyang’ Nyong’o Complains of Slay Queen Giving Him Sleepless Nights “Baby wangu hapigi goli moja ni saba. (My boyfriend goes for more than seven times not just once),”…

Former Unilever executive Grace Oluoch has been named Bamburi’s new finance director. Ms Oluoch will take over from Eric Kironde who has been the finance director since 2011, and held the position of the managing director in an acting capacity. According to a statement from the cement manufacturer, Kironde has been reassigned unspecified roles. Read: Uchumi Evicted From Its Headquarters Over Rent Arrears “The board is confident that Eric is the right person to take up the new (unnamed) role which is critical to the group,” read a statement from Bamburi. Bamburi is east Africa’s largest cement maker by market share. It…

The County Government of Nairobi has barred the Isuzu’s Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) buses from starting operations in the city over design concerns. The County Transport executive Mohamed Dagane yesterday said that the buses did not meet the specifications set out by the Ministry of Transport and the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. “We will not allow them on our roads because if we do, then other people will come with their own buses as long as they are high capacity,” said Dagane. According to the regulations, the buses are supposed to have flat floors without stairs on the doors and the aisle should…

Uchumi Supermarket management has not been able to access their headquarters at Industrial Area since October 2. This follows a move by the landlord, the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC), to lock out the staffers stationed at the premises over unspecified amount of rent arrears. Over 50 private guards have been placed at the premises to prevent Uchumi staffers from accessing it. Consequently, Uchumi has filed a petition seeking to order the landlord to let them in the premises. In one of the Suit at the High Court, Uchumi was directed to serve KNTC and come back for directions on…

In April 2018 the Ministry of Education and National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) entered into a contract to offer a unique comprehensive medical insurance cover for public secondary school students. The insurance covers students for the duration of full-time study at public secondary schools. The students started accessing services from May 1, 2018. For eligibility, a student must be enrolled in a public Secondary School and is in the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) database. The student should be registered with NHIF. Only the Student shall be covered under the scheme and not a dependant. Already, NEMIS data for…

Facebook shareholders have expressed desire to reduce CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s powers, following several high profile scandals that have hit the social media giant in the recent past. Among the scandals listed by the investors include the sharing of personal data of 87 million Facebook users with Cambridge Analytica, the proliferation of fake news, the alleged meddling of the US elections by Russia and the alleged propagating of violence in Myanmar, India, and South Sudan. In a proposal that will be discussed on Facebook’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May 2019, the shareholders who hold public funds in Facebook announced on October 17…