UN Chief António Guterres Speaks on Ongoing Finance Bill Protests in Kenya
United Nations chief António Guterres urges Kenyans protesting unfair tax policies in Finance Bill 2024 to do so peacefully and calls on leaders of Kenya and authorities to listen to them and show restraint, the UN Secretary-General said in a message on X (formerly Twitter) today. "I urge the Kenyan authorities to exercise restraint and call for all demonstrations to...
Two Dead in Somalia as Rain Pummels Mogadishu
Two children died on Monday in Mogadishu, Somalia, the authorities said, after being swept away by floodwaters caused by heavy rains that have pounded the capital over the past few days. The torrential rain that soaked Mogadishu, swamping roadways and forcing road closures, was also blamed for displacing 325 families. Fast-moving water destroyed 11 houses, and officials were calling for...
We Have No Plans of Switching off Internet – CA
Kenya's ICT industry regulator, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), has responded to claims that it was planning to shut down the internet on Tuesday during the planned demonstrations against the Finance Bill 2024 by the GenZs. In a statement on Monday night, CA chief executive David Mugonyi clarified that the internet will be on as usual and that the...
Ndaraweta Girls Overcomes Odds to Win Bomet Central Football Championship
As schools are heading for half term break, it is a big championship week for Ndaraweta Girls High School after they were crowned winners in the Bomet Central Sub County School Games that ended over the past weekend. Ndaraweta Girls won 2-1 over Chepngaina Secondary School, putting them on the verge of its first-ever County title after many years of...
Look up TV to Close After 6 Years
Look Up TV, a free-to-air terrestrial channel that pledged to shake up the media industry with its up-to-par Swahili news and programmes, is closing after six years. The shutdown affects less than 50 employees, including those working as editors and staff writers for its online news website, which will also be closed. While announcing the closure at the end of a...
What Is This SC Shilingi Funds?
Invest while you save! SC Shilingi funds help you to invest your daily, weekly, or monthly savings in short-term money market funds that give an attractive rate of return, Standard Chartered Bank says, but many people don't really know what this SC Shilingi Funds is; SC Shilingi Funds is one of the investment products by Standard Chartered Bank Kenya. Precisely,...
ECDE Teachers Get Salary Increases in Elgeyo Marakwet
Salaries for Early Childhood and Development Education (ECDE) teachers in Elgeyo Marakwet County will rise immediately by Ksh4,000 as part of a new contract announced by Governor Wisley Rotich. While delivering the State of the County address at the county assembly in Iten, the Governor said the salary increases affect three job groups of the ECDE teachers, and the highest...
Mombasa Bans Sales and Use of Muguka in the County
Mombasa has become the first county to ban the sale and use of muguka, a caffeine-filled stimulant that produces a mild high when chewed. Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir issued Executive Order No. 1 of 2024 on May 23, and the first-in-the-nation directive takes effect immediately. The order calls for sales and distribution of the products, known as jaba in the streets,...
Government Unveils Plans to Register New Inua Jamii Beneficiaries
The government has unveiled plans to register more beneficiaries into its needs-based Inua Jamii cash transfer programme, a national safety net for elderly and disadvantaged Kenyans. According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, those targeted when the registration begins today include vulnerable senior citizens and persons with disabilities. “Household registration for Persons with Severe Disabilities Cash Transfer (PWSD-CT) and...
What Is Mali by Safaricom?
If you normally make Mpesa transactions using the updated M-PESA Super App, I am sure you have come across Mali and probably asked yourself, or those around you, what that Mali by Safaricom is; I bet many failed to know or gave inaccurate information about it. But here is the answer: Mali is a money market fund by Safaricom, the...
