The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced the date for the Nairobi gubernatorial by-election. In a gazette notice dated Monday, December 21, the electoral body revealed that the Nairobi mini-poll will be conducted on February 18, 2021. “Following the impeachment and subsequently the swearing-in of the Speaker of […]
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Safaricom Cuts M-Pesa Transaction Charges By 45%
M-Pesa customers will incur lower cost while transferring funds from one line to another starting January 1, 2021. This is after telecommunication giants, Safaricom reduced M-Pesa transfer costs by up to 45 per cent ahead of the end of the waiver on free cash transfers below Ksh.1000. In a new […]
Secondary School Teacher Kills Self Over Ksh1M Debt
Somber mood engulfed Chepareria village in Kipkomo Sub-County, West Pokot County after a high school teacher committed suicide over Ksh1 million debt. According to a report by K24, the body of the teacher was found dangling from the roof of her kitchen on Monday, December 21. 30-year-old Lucy Chebet Lokortodo, […]
Dr Mogusu’s Widow Lands Lucrative Government Job
Kisii County Government has offered Dr Stephen Mogusu’s widow, Dr Jackline Wanjiru a lucrative job. Addressing mourners at Iranda Primary School grounds Kisii, County Secretary and Head of Public Service, Patrick Lumumba said Dr Jackline Wanjiru has been given work at the Department of Health Services. Accorsing to Lumumba, the […]
Police Inspector Arrested For Allegedly Sodomising 4 Boys
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday morning, December 22 arrested Chief Inspector of Police on suspicion of sodomising four boys for an unspecified period in Chogoria, Tharaka Nithi county. The officers rescued the four boys aged between 14-15 years and two young adults aged 18-19 years. […]