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High Court in Kenya halts digital migration deadline

December 21, 2012 no comments

Following a move by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) to file a case against the government’s intentions of effecting the 31st December 2012 deadline to have the analogue signals switched-off ...

Local celebrities express political ambitions in Kenya

December 21, 2012 no comments

While on his visit to the United Kingdom (UK) in the company of His Excellency the Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, comedian Walter Mong’are alias Nyambane has made his intentions clear of aspiring to...

Critics emerge over the Kenya Police death sentence

December 21, 2012 no comments

Just two days after the six Kenyan Police officers who were found guilty got convicted of murdering taxi drivers, a human rights group has criticized the death sentence passed against them and conseq...

Kenya’s most Googled information

December 15, 2012 no comments

Google’s annual report released on Thursday dubbed “The Google Zeitgeist 2012” which basically focuses on the most sought after information online has sparked interesting remarks from across the soci...

“Do not point an accusing finger on us!” IEBC maintains in Kenya

December 15, 2012 no comments

With just five days remaining before the expiry of the time set for voter registration, IEBC Chairman Isaack Hassan has maintained that once the deadline elapses, the Independent Electoral and Bounda...

IEBC Registration centres in Kenya now available on Google maps

December 11, 2012 no comments

With the much awaited March 4th general elections date drawing ever closer, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is very much aware that time is indeed not on its side if the el...

Criminals Beware! More money issued to tackle insecurity in Kenya

December 11, 2012 no comments

In an effort to curb the rising level of insecurity in the urban centres across the country, the government early this week launched an initiative at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KIC...

The UN report on IDP’s and refugee figures in Kenya

December 10, 2012 no comments

In a report recently issued by Nairobi’s UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), an estimated 8.5 million people have been displaced as at the end of September this year. Out of th...

Bitange Ndemo welcomes more ICT innovations in Kenya

December 10, 2012 no comments

While making a press statement during the National ICT Conference hosted by Deloitte Kenya, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information Dr. Bitange Ndemo urged for the need to consider inculca...

Plans to upgrade Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) postponed ...

December 10, 2012 no comments

The plans aimed at upgrading the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) which began mid this year are set to be halted till the month of June next year. According to a statement issued by Kenya A...

Kenyan banks to usher in “the great migration to EMV”

November 9, 2012 no comments

In a campaign launched in Nairobi by stakeholders in the banking industry, the ever growing cases of insecurity affecting the sector are now set to abate following the launch of new modifications see...

Kenyan government upbeat on having 1.1 million men undergo voluntary m...

November 7, 2012 2 comments

Kenyan Government through its health officials is working around the clock to attain its ultimatum of having an estimated 1.1 million uncircumcised men undergo the Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision...

Andrew Kenneth’s popularity in Kenya sparks ballistic reactions in soc...

November 7, 2012 no comments

In his spirited fight and desire to bring concrete change to this nation, Gatanga legislator Peter Kenneth on Sunday unveiled his presidential bid in an already hotly contested race with an ambition ...

KRA maintains stand to have Kenyan athletes pay taxes

November 2, 2012 no comments

According to Kenya’s Commissioner of Domestic Taxes (CDT) Mr. Pancrasius Nyaga, income earned by Kenyan athletes in their profession must be subjected to taxation just like any other given income gen...

Over 26,000 non-registered workers names to be published by NSSF in Ke...

October 31, 2012 no comments

National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Chief Marketing Manager Olive Lumonya has categorically stated that a total of over 26,000 workers whose names appear to be missing in their registers shall be pu...

Nokia launches NED System at the heart of Kibera in Kenya

October 31, 2012 no comments

Mobile manufacturing company Nokia on Tuesday launched the one of a kind Nokia Education Delivery System (NED) in the capital at the heart of Kibera at Raila Odinga Educational Centre.  The new techn...