You Wont Get a Bank Loan if you Owe HELB.
Former, current and new beneficiaries could miss out on bank loans according to new regulations by the higher education lender Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) The lender has partnered with the Credit Reference Bureau(CRB) in its bid to recover loans owed by former beneficiaries. The bureau capitalises on information sharing…
Price of Cooking Gas to Drop
Cooking gas could soon be affordable. This will be possible if Parliament adopts proposed amendments to the VAT Act by the Treasury. This would effectively see Value Added Tax (VAT) on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) could be waived. Finance Minister Njeru Githae said the government’s policies have promoted the consumption of LPG…
Do You Spend Money to Earn Points?
When you go shopping and you give the shop attendant your favourite stores’ points smart card to swipe, does it thrill you when your bill gets bigger and bigger? Or does it make you feel good when you check your reward scheme point balance from your mobile service provider? When times…
Counterfeit Phones are Here to Stay
A mobile phone user in Kenya (Photo:Africa Renewal) The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has suspended the purported shut down of all counterfeit mobile phone handsets. The industry regulator had set a 30th April 2012 deadline for shutting down the fake gadgets. An official announcement from CCK…
Family Bank Seeking Agents
Family Bank Kenya is looking for agents to roll out its agency services throughout the country. This is in its quest to increase its customer base by reaching as many Kenyans as possible. The requirements for registering as an agent (Sole proprietor/partnership) are as follows; Must…
The Agony of Cheap Acquisition
The cost of living has blown off the roof and it is quite a forgivable affair when consumers opt for manageable options at the till. The cost of machinery and household equipment has not forgiven us either. Options exist, cheaper ones for that matter for acquisition of these items at…
Shop Owner Capitalizing on People's Inconvenience?
A small shanty shop is stacked in a fence on Ole Dume road, a few meters off Gitanga road. The shop is barely visible and one wonders why a person would set up shop in such a neighbourhood. Bangladesh is an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood and you would not expect…
Digital TV Signal; Is it Affordable?
Analogue TV set (Image: Tv Throng) From July 2012, there will be no more analogue TV sets sold in the shops in Kenya. That is good news. The government has imposed a ban on importation of analogue TV sets beginning July. This move could probably deny thousands of households…
Fuel Prices To Go Up
Motorist refuelling. (Photo: Nation) Kenyans could be subjected to yet another blow of increased pump prices come the new month. According to a report by the Nation, The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) director-general Kaburu Mwirichia said that…
Can You Afford To Quit Your Job?
As Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown say in their blog ‘Choosing between making money and doing what you love’, if you can’t afford to follow your passion, then don’t quit your day job. Even…
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