Author: Francis Muli

After a 20-plus year hiatus, Tanzania’s national flag carrier, Air Tanzania, landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Friday, resuming daily flights between the two East African countries. The arrival of the Airbus A220-300 on Friday at 6:45 a.m. in Nairobi marks the start of the carrier’s double-daily Dar es Salaam to Nairobi route. The company says the restart of this route has been prompted by improved bilateral relations, increased trade between the two countries, inter-governmental relations, tourism, extension of familial and friendly ties and the need to connect the region with other markets. “We are extremely delighted to…

Passengers coming to Kenya from Southern Africa countries will be required to undergo additional screening and quarantine following the emergence of a new Covid-19 strain. The Ministry of Health announced the new measures amid news that a new Covid-19 super-variant with multiple mutations had been detected in South Africa’s greater Johannesburg region. All passengers will further be required to have a negative Covid-19 PCR taken 96 hours before travel. According to scientists from South Africa the new variant may be more infectious than the Delta variant that has spread around the world in the past year. The scientists say they…

Popular Youtuber Eve Mungai has disclosed how her boyfriend was sacked from a media house for giving her the idea to start a Youtube Channel. Speaking to renowned blogger Robert Alai on The Audit show, Mungai revealed that she left  high school in 2018 and joined college in 2019 to study journalism. Halfway through her college studies, the schools were closed and she had to stay home for six months, before coming back to the city as she “tried to look for something to do”. “We were supposed to go back to school on September 30th last year. I talked…

Kenya is still lacking adequate skills and workmanship required for a strong digital economy. According to a study released by UNESCO and Huawei, 50 to 55 percent of jobs in Kenya will rely on digital skills by 2030. This is an increase from 25 to 30 percent in 2019. The report which was released on Thursday says the digital economy is expected to account for 25 percent of the global GDP by 2026, an increase from 15.5 percent in 2016. A new ICT skill set and knowledge is thus required for the shift, but unfortunately,  Kenya and many other countries…

Britam has announced the departure of its managing director Tavaziva Madzinga from the company barely a year after he joined. In a statement on Thursday, Britam said that Madzinga will leave the company in April 2022, without divulging details that led to his departure. “We are grateful to have benefited from Mr Madzinga’s global experience in re-positioning the Group for the future. He has reset the Group’s focus towards serving our customers with empathy and care while providing a truly epic customer experience,” said Britam Acting Chairman Mohamed Karama. Read: How Peter Munga’s “Manowari Project” Left Britam Shareholders With A Multi-billion…

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision that suspended government directives requiring that all cargo imported through the port of Mombasa be transported to Nairobi and the hinterland exclusively through the standard gauge railway (SGR). Following the ruling, the directives by the government will continue to be implemented until the case is heard and determined. In its appeal, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) argued that it would be impossible to meet repayment obligations for the SGR loan, in case the directives were quashed. Read: Gov’t Suspends Directive On Compulsory Use Of SGR To Ferry Cargo From Mombasa To…

46 people have tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 4,913 in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 254,862 and the positivity rate to 0.9 percent. The cumulative samples conducted now stand at 2,816,173. In the same period, 52 people have recovered from the illness. 30 have been discharged from the home-based care and isolation program while 22 have been discharged from various health facilities countrywide. The total number of recoveries is now 248,070. Read: Kenya Announces 550 Covid-19 Cases, 7 Deaths in 24 Hours Currently, 351 people are admitted in various…

Two ladies who accused twin brothers Paul and Eddie Ndichu have rejected multiple requests for an out of court settlement from the two. Through their lawyer and uncle Phillip Murgor, Cheryl and Stephanie Murgor said they had received offers for an out of court settlement from the brothers, through three different lawyers, including one who is an MP. “We have been approached by 3 different advocates, one of whom is also an MP,” a joint statement from the sisters reads. “All seeking an amicable out-of-court settlement on behalf of the Ndichu brothers.” Read: Paul, Eddie Ndichu Accused of Assaulting Women who…

The body of a journalist who had been missing since October 26 was booked into the Naivasha Sub-County Referral Hospital morgue on the same day after he was found dead. According to Naivasha Sub-County Police Commander Samuel Waweru Veteran Health and Science journalist, Gatonye Gathura who had been reported missing was booked at the facility as an ‘unknown male adult’. No identification documents were found on the deceased. Read: BBC Exposé on Child Theft in Kenya Nominated for Emmy Award According to the authorities, Gathura’s body was discovered dumped along the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu Road the same day he was reported missing.…

The President of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Nelson Havi has been accused of perjury in a case involving exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna. Perjury is the offence of willfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath. According to an investigative report in our possession documented by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Havi, who acted for Miguna, swore a false affidavit on March 27, 2018, claiming that Miguna’s passport had been confiscated by the government at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on March 26, 2018. Miguna traveled to Kenya on March 26, 2018, before being detained…

An Uber drive and his passenger are counting their losses after they were accosted and robbed by three men masquerading as Police officers. The Uber driver, James Ndich was ferrying a client, Augustus Mutisa from Utawala where he had gone to withdraw some money. Mutisa was heading to Mihang’o area and on their way, they were stopped by  three men pretending to be police officers. According to officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) the three suspects who had been trailing the Uber vehicle, accused Ndich of causing death by dangerous driving. Read: Ingenious Ways Corrupt Police Officers Collect Bribes…

Deputy President William Ruto has been accused of breaking election laws by engaging in early campaigns. In a statement on Thursday, November 25, 2021, the National Election Observers Forum (NEOF) noted that Ruto has been holding numerous campaign rallies to drum support for his 2022 presidential bid, despite the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) having not gazetted the election date. NEOF says that Ruto has broken Section 14 of the Elections Act 2011, which requires the IEBC to gazette the presidential general election specifying the period within which the candidates are supposed to conduct their campaigns. “Our attention has…

The involvement of Chief Justice Martha Koome in the Technical Working Committee that is tasked and mandated with ensuring election preparedness in regard to next year’s general election is illegal, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has said. In a letter addressed to Koome, who doubles as the chair of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), UDA secretary-general Veronica Maina said that the involvement of Koome in the Technical Working Committee is likely to interfere with free and fair elections during the 2022 general election. “Whereas we are cognizant that the Technical Working Committee draws its membership from various government agencies…

Kirinyaga Woman Representative Wangui Ngirici has taken a back seat in Deputy President William Ruto’s camp in a “soul-searching mission”. Ngirici who was instrumental in the formation of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), has been missing in action in the recent days in the campaign trail of Ruto. The development follows the entrant of Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru into the Ruto camp, threatening Ngirici’s chances of clinching the UDA ticket for Kirinyaga gubernatorial race. “I’m, however, confident that my supporters will follow me, regardless the pedestal I’d be standing on. Politics is akin to the game of chess; you must…

Safaricom is conducting major upgrades on the M-Pesa App, that will allow businesses to advertise themselves on the platform. The service could come in handy for the telco as a new stream of revenue, further stamping its authority in the market as one of the leading companies in the region in terms of profit generation. This comes days after Vodacom Group, Safaricom’s parent company, signed an agreement with China’s Ant Group to operationalise Alipay in South Africa. Alipay is a popular mobile and online payment platform with over one billion users. Read: Safaricom Launches Promotions to Reward Business Owners Using Lipa…