China’s gross domestic product (GDP) posted a growth of 5.2 percent year on year to 126.06 trillion yuan ($17.71 trillion) in 2023, higher than the target of around 5 percent, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Wednesday. China’s economy in 2023 grew by over 6 trillion yuan, equivalent to the annual GDP […]
The Government is deliberately implementing programmes and policies that will create jobs for the youth. President William Ruto said there is need for urgent, intentional and strategic measures to address unemployment in the country. He said the Government has identified the Affordable Housing Programme, digital jobs and export of labour as some of the programmes […]
Dr. Majid Twahir, Associate Dean Research & Innovation at Strathmore University (seated left) and, Mr. Tirus Mwithiga, Group Director Retail NCBA (Seated Right) sign a MoU to further enhance their partnership through the Owner Manager Programme (OMP), a Programme for mid-sized companies in East Africa. Looking on are Dr Hellen Otieno, Academic Director, Enterprise Development […]
Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has been accused of procurement and financial irregularities during her tenure as the CEO of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (Kengen). In an ouster petition filed at the High Court, a lobby group has accused the CS of spending Ksh94 billion of taxpayers’ money on white elephant […]
A UK-based report from internet organizations discloses that Kenya suffered a loss of over Ksh4.2 billion within eight days due to the government’s interruption of Telegram. NetBlock and Top10VPN attribute the social media platform outage to the November 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. The disruptions were part of the government’s strategy to […]
By Carmel Rickard A prominent Kenyan lawyer has been ordered personally to pay Kshs10 million to the country’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). In a decision handed down in November, High Court Judge Esther Maina said Joseph Owino Kojwando had acted to conceal the source of funds and that he was not entitled to keep […]
Kaloleni Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Katana has threatened to sue three of his constituents for allegedly linking his office to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Katana has filed a complaint with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kilifi against the three; Steven Garama, Kitsao Ngowa and Maxwell Konde, alleging […]
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has written to Interpol and immigration to help establish the whereabouts of a Nairobi businessman who disappeared two weeks after a magistrate issued a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court. DCI is hunting for Davis Nathan Chelogoi, former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner, who is implicated in […]
Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways from flying into the country with effect from Monday next week after Kenya refused a request by Air Tanzania to operate cargo flights from Nairobi to third countries. “Tanzania has decided to rescind the approvals for Kenya Airways (KQ) to operate passenger flights between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam … […]
Airbnb operators will now be required to record and temporarily withhold identification documents of their clients. In a statement, the Private Security Regulatory Authority CEO, Fazul Mahamed said the directive is aimed at taming insecurity incidences in the establishments following a series of disturbing murders since the year began. Fazul ordered all private security services […]
The High Court has ordered Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate Lawyer Danstan Omari, his client Ann Wambui Ndung’u and police officers implicated in a Ksh2 million alleged extortion scheme from two Nigerian nationals. Justice Nixon Sifuna of the Milimani Anti-corruption directed the anti-graft body to record statements from two foreigners – Richard Tsado Bala […]
