Author: Francis Muli

Instagram and Facebook users around the globe have reported multiple challenges sending messages through the apps. The app allows users to send messages across the two Meta-owned apps on Messenger, although they can still be sent independently. According to outage monitor, Down detector, Instagram users are facing challenges whereby their messages are disappearing after they hit the send button. Some people have complained that they cannot view their messages, while others have said they are not able to reply. Read: Instagram Responses on Stories Will No Longer Be Sent to DMs There has been a spike in Instagram down reports since…

Internet usage in Kenya has tripled in the past seven years, a report by the Kenya Media Establishment Survey has shown. The survey which was conducted between April 20 and May 20 2022 showed that Radio is the most consumed media outlet in Kenya, followed by television, internet and print in that order. The poll, which was conducted by Ipsos showed that out of 34 million people surveyed, 27.3 million listen to radio, 25.5 million watch TV, 16.1 million have access to the internet and 6.2 million use print media. The usage in internet shows that it has tripled from…

A user on Facebook recently recounted the events surrounding a horrific accident involving a motorbike and a vehicle on Mombasa road. The bodaboda rider had a lady passenger who was rushing to do her errands. They got involved in an accident along Mombasa road. The lady was hauled off the motorbike where she landed on the road injured and unconscious. A good Samaritan approached the scene upon which the bodaboda rider fled. The lady was left in the hands of the good Samaritan who then rallied for support and got the lady to Penda medical facility. Read: Here are 10…

Popular Netflix Show, Stranger things, has been trending on social media since the release of its latest season. On July 1, the video-streaming company released the last two episodes of Stranger things 4 to an expectant audience, causing the app to crash. According to Downdetector, a website that records down times experienced on apps and websites, Netflix users started experiencing issues with the platform at around 3 a.m. ET. Online publication, Variety, reported that at least 13,000 people issued complaints at the top of the hour. Read: Netflix to help Produce Three Local Movies, Invest Sh33 million to Support Kenya’s Movies…

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to hide their ‘online’ status from specific users. According to WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo, the feature will work hand in hand with the ‘last seen’ feature which allows users to select who can view their last seen status. The ‘last seen’ feature previously allowed ‘everybody’ and ‘nobody’ options to view their status before it was later updated updated to include an option ‘all users except…’ This allowed WhatsApp users to select specific users to be exempted from seeing when they were last online. Read: WhatsApp Working on Extended Multi-device Connections for…

Telkom Kenya might have to put its mobile financial lending plans on hold after delays in obtaining approval for its subsidiaries. The Telco said the Communications Authority of Kenya is delaying approval for the Telkom Digital and T-Kash subsidiaries. In May 2021, Telkom announced plans to form two wholly-owned subsidiaries to house its financial and digital services. T-Kash is expected to offer customers mobile money services, including the mobile loan app services which the company announced last week. Meanwhile, the telco’s efforts to meet the region’s growing need for data service will be concentrated in the Telkom digital subsidiary. This…

Our phones are mini-offices, banks, payment gateways, communication gadgets, cameras and so much more. Nowadays, almost all our activities have a mobile function tied to it. That said, it can be a real inconvenience when you expect to use your phone for a specific function and the battery fails at that particular moment. If you are away from a charging port and you do not have access to a power-bank, a dead phone can mean you will have no access to cash, you will not be able to hail your favourite Taxi and you also will not be able to…

The electricity interconnection line between Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia will be complete by 2022, a government official has announced. Acting managing director of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), Antony Wamukota said that the construction of the interconnectors linking Kenya’s transmission lines to Tanzania and Ethiopia’s national electricity grids will be completed this year. Speaking at an electricity forum in Nairobi, Wamukota reported that the Ethiopia-Kenya interconnector will be built with support from a number of donors, including the African Development Bank (AFDB), and will include a high voltage transmission line that is 612 km long on the Kenyan side.…

YouTube and Twitter accounts belonging to the British Army have been restored after a hacking incident. The account was taken over by the infamous crypto scammers who have been hacking, renaming and using the accounts to commit cryptocurrency fraud. The scammers went ahead and uploaded popular videos of Elon Musk talking about cryptocurrency on the YouTube channel. The Twitter account was used to share info relating to NFTs. The British Army confirmed the breach, saying they took the issue of security very seriously. “Whilst we have now resolved the issue an investigation is ongoing and it would be inappropriate to…

In the last 24 hours, 297 people tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 3,100. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases to 334,249 and the cumulative tests done so far to 3,763,301.The positivity rate is now 9.6 percent. Nairobi recorded the highest number of positive cases at 114, followed by Kiambu with 27, Nakuru with 23, Machakos and Uasin Gishu with 19 and 17 cases respectively. The Ministry of Health has recorded a total of 454 recoveries in the period, 453 from the Home Based Care and Isolation Program and one from a health facility.…

A police officer was arrested in Mombasa on Friday after a foiled robbery. Constable Hellen Wanjiru Wamweu who is attached to Kware Police Station in Embakasi was arrested after attempting to rob a member of the public on Tuesday, June 28. The officer was working with two accomplices, Marube Harrison Biko and Fredrick Gateri. The three allegedly escaped using a Silver Mercedes Benz after the incident, but were pursued and apprehended a few days later. By the time of the arrest, they had changed the number plate of the vehicle from KDE 711Q to KCR 363 R. Police also recovered…

A chief in Wajir county has been jailed after he was found guilty of repeated sexual assault. Chief Kalimoi Shale was sentenced to 40 years in Prison for sexually assaulting an 18 year old girl repeatedly and circulating her nude images on social media. The accused was also ordered to pay a Sh500,000 fine which will be issued tothe victim as compensation. A report by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) shows that after committing the heinous acts, the chief later forced the girl to accept an out of court settlement. Read: Drama as Ndindi Nyoro Accuses Wajir…

A top official at the Teacher’s Service Commission has been sacked over allegations of corruption, abuse of office and soliciting for tenders from schools. Deputy Chief Executive Kennedy Juma Mulunda is accused of using his position to intimidate more than 10 principals of different schools in Western and Nyanza to award him contracts. Mulunda was terminated through a letter dated June 20th signed by Dr. Macharia. Prior to the termination, Dr. Mulunda had faced a disciplinary committee in January. Dr. Macharia, who is in charge of the secretariat staff , said she acted under instruction from the commissioners after investigations…

A former security guard at a Prime Bank branch in Nakuru has been charged for his involvement in a robbery at the premises in February this year. CCTV footage filed in court show Tobias Juma Mukuyu opening the door for the assailants who then proceeded to rob the bank. Police said Mukuyu was the mastermind in the robbery that saw the bank lose Sh2.3 million. A gang of five raided the bank located at the Westside Mall in Nakuru on February 26. Documents filed in court by the police said that CCTV footage showed the former security guard’s involvement, as…

Tanzanian Singer Bernard Michael Paul Mnyangánga popularly known as Ben Pol has opened up on the events leading to his divorce from Kenyan business woman Anerlisa Muigai. During an interview with the Saturday Nation, Ben Pol said he could not pinpoint a specific reason as to why the marriage failed. “To say what exactly led to the crumbling of our marriage would be very difficult. At some point I felt the universe was communicating to me that something wasn’t right. There were so many red flags that initially I had ignored and issues kept piling up until I couldn’t take…