Author: Cyrus

Airtel Kenya has  announced a reduction in data roaming rates by 78%  and call rates by 60% for its prepaid and postpaid customers while roaming in Uganda. The reduction is in line with Airtel’s “One Area Network”proposition which is aligned to the East African telecommunication integration. Starting last week, Airtel Kenya customers will browse the internet for as low as Ksh 10 per MB as well as enjoying a rate of Ksh9 per minute down from Ksh23 per minute for calls while roaming in Uganda. The new changes cover calling Kenya while roaming in Uganda, making local calls in Uganda and calling Rwanda…

President Uhuru is targeting Raila’s strongholds in Nyanza. He wants to finish him in all ways he can. So he has trained his eyes on the Homabay Senate seat where he wants to see Philip Okundi elected and not Moses Kajwang. So State House gave Ksh 10 million to Jeff Otieno who is a PA and confidante of Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero. This is after Kidero promised to deliver the seat and defeat Raila’s chosen candidate in Homabay. The money was delivered to Ian Okundi who is son to Philip Okundi at Panafric Hotel last week. The money was in…

Nandi Hills MP Hon Alfred Kiptoo Keter stormed the Gilgil weigh-bridge yesterday demanding that the KENHA, SGS (contracted to man the bridge) and Kenya police workers who were manning the weigh-bridge to release a trailer which didn’t have authorisation to move on the road. The trailers which are supposed to seek authorisation from KeNHA didn’t have any and so it was detained at the Gilgil weigh-bridge. The trailer is owned by Sunjeev Kour Birdi who is a URP nominated MP. The two MPs were travelling on Toyota Landcruiser KCA 800J and came from Nairobi in the middle of the night to…

By Ndungu Wainaina The main cause of the frightening insecurity and instability that continues to engulf Kenya is a deeply corrupt state and endemic corruption. Government is protecting thieves of state. Corruption has reached such an extent that government resembles glorified criminal gangs, bent solely on their own enrichment. These thieves of state and their state protecting criminal kleptocracy drive indignant Kenyan population to extremes. A small a clique has hijacked the Kenya state. The clique is rewriting the laws, awarding themselves privileged access to land and crucial public resources. To sit back and dismiss Kenya state as weak or…

Citizen TV presenter Julie Gichuru’s husband, Antony ‘Tony’ Gichuru, is listed as one of the owners of the Langata Road Primary School playground through Airport View Housing Company. In documents in our possession, Tony is listed with one Harbans Singh who is said to represent the interests of President Moi in many companies and Patrick Osero who represents Ruto in the dealings. The involvement of Julie Gichuru’s husband raises questions but is not surprising as document in our possession also indicate that he is one of the people who “grabbed” 1200 hectares of the Nairobi County’s proposed sewerage plant land in…

Anonymous Author Joyful Women Organisation (JOYWO), whose head and founder is Mrs. Racheal Ruto is suppressing women in the Rift Valley region. Someone is actually running a lucrative business here, which is good but she’s misusing the loyalty these poor, uneducated women gat on her husband. As he is grabbing the world, the wife back here is running an organisation which looks like it’s meant to help raise the living standards of the village women but in actual sense, it is suppressing them more. JOYWO is a micro-financial institution (but not micro anymore) whose purpose is to give loans to…

Taxi sharing company, Uber is set to launch its low cadre service, UberX in Nairobi. The company has reportedly partnered with restaurant discovery and booking search engine EatOut. The launch will happen during the Nairobi Restaurant Week where patrons would be able to sample food in some of the top restaurants at a discounted rate. Uber’s entry in Kenya will cause jitters as Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi is just trying to gain a foothold in the market. I have used the Easy Taxi services but the problem is that you don’t enjoy any cost benefit. This might change with the…

KDF imported some arms from China. The materials used by KDF and part of the Kenya police are just not good enough for combat situations. A number of military personnel have complained that the bullet proof vests they are forced to wear during operations cannot withstand rifle fire. The arms and body armour were bought from a company called XinXing in China and imported to Kenya on behalf of the government by a company called Tianjin. The military and police officers who have used the bullet proof jackets are complaining that the quality is so low that they are not…

Deputy President is being reported by a section of the media as not the rightful owner of the controversial Weston Hotel which sits on the grabbed Kenya Civil Aviation land and was recently behind the grabbing of the Lang’ata Road Primary School playground. Daily Nation has tried to do PR for William Ruto just the same way they did for him when KIMC demonstrated against Ruto grabbing their land but Nation and Standard changed the story to the students demonstrating against small amount of food. The Kenyan media is part of the corrupt system which is stifling the Kenyan nation.…

Key Nairobi County government officials are on the watch of anti-fraud police officers after attempting to withdraw Ksh 47 million from an account through forged documents. The officials; Jimmy Kiamba (Chief Finance Officer), Lilian Ndegwa (County Secretary) and Stephen Osiro (an Accountant) forged the signature of Dr Leah Oyake Ombis (Chief Officer – Environment and Forestry) and attempted to withdraw Ksh 47 million from the county coffers just weeks after successfully withdrawing some Ksh 7 million from the same accounts. The move has seen the suspension of only Dr Leah Oyake while the key architect of the fraud, Jimmy Kiamba, is still running the…

Multichoice has announced that GOtv Plus subscribers will have access to a special AFCON-dedicated channel that will bring Africa’s biggest sporting spectacle, the 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations. The channel, which will stay open for the duration of the tournament, will be available to subscribers on the GOtv Plus bouquet (where available). The AFCON channel from SuperSport will screen all the soccer action taking place on the pitch in Equatorial Guinea where the 16 qualifying nations will engage in a battle to be crowned the ‘Kings of African Football’. All subscribers who have digitally migrated to GOtv will have access to…

Airtel Kenya which is part of the Bharti Airtel Group, has announced that it has successfully integrated the Essar Kenya, yuMobile, customers into its network. The process started in August 2014 and has seen the 2.55 million yuMobile customers successfully integrated into the Airtel network. The migration now brings Airtel Kenya subscribers to 8 million with a 26.6 % customer market share. yuMobile subscribers migrated to Airtel after the completion of buyout which has seen Safaricom acquire the network’s tangible assets while Airtel Kenya opted for the subscribers. The move benefits yuMobile clients as they will also get to experience…

COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has been admitted into Nairobi Hospital’s St Francis ward since Sunday. The trade unionist was hit by a massive stroke and had to be rushed to hospital. Key family members and friends of Atwoli have avoided leaking the issue to the media but the condition of Atwoli is said to be stable and out of danger.

The most known and adorable Gor Mahia couple who even had a Gor Mahia themed wedding have now gone separate ways. Naima Oketch who was married to Dan Oketch have all decided to call it quits claiming infidelity on each others part. Word started going around immediately after the marriage of the couple that Naima aka Ferrari Min Bentley was having affair with some players and Gor Mahia fans. Naima refuted the claims while Dan refused to comment about the allegations. Sources close to the couple have revealed that Dan Oketch moved out after disagreeing with the wife over allegations of…

Three young Kenyans are among 60 young people from across the Commonwealth who have been recognised as exceptional leaders in their community. These 60 young people are the first ever to receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award. The Award, which will be presented in London by Her Majesty The Queen in June, is part of The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme. It celebrates the achievements of young people who are taking the lead to transform the lives of others and make a lasting difference in their communities. This year’s Award winners, aged between 18 and 29 and who come from all over…