Engineering Students to Get KES 200,000 in Damages
Over ten thousand ‘ex-comrades’ whom the Engineering Registration Board (ERB) has failed to enroll will at least ‘have their backs scratched’, as they will be awarded KES 200,000 each. Justice David Majanja ordered the board on Monday to pay general damages estimated at KES 2 billion to each of the…
Check on Your HELB Via SMS
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has rolled out an SMS enquiry system that will enable you make simple inquiries about HELB services. The new service will require one to simple create a new message with a key word corresponding with the matching query followed by hash(#), then the…
9th Annual Taxpayers' Week Kicks Off
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will be holding the 9th annual taxpayers week that is slotted to kick off today Monday 15th to Friday 19th October 2012. During this event, a series of activities will run, including tax clinics, seminars, corporate social responsibility and talk shows countrywide.
Best Places to Work in Kenya
A survey carried out by Deloitte & Touche (‘Best Companies To Work For Survey 2012’) has revealed that East Africa Breweries Limited is so far the best company you can work for. Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT), a micro-finance firm came second. …
How Government Acquisition of Land Works
Your land may become desirable for acquisition by a public body subject to the relevant Minister's discretion. The government must compensate you if this happens according to the Laws of Kenya.
8 Things You Should Know this Morning
1. Counties Face KES 133Billion in Budget Crisis, MPs Warn A new parliamentary report has exposed massive poverty in the counties, which requires a cash injection of Sh133 billion next year to help plug their budgetary deficits, if they are to function adequately. All the…
Global Food Prices Up by 1.4%
Latest data from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations shows that food prices around the world rose 1.4%( 3 points) to 216 points in September from 213 points in August. The rise reflected strengthening dairy and meat prices and more contained…
NationHela Hits the Road in National Campaign
NationHela, an international money transfer service, will this weekend start its countrywide campaign. The campaign will comprise of a roadshow aimed at popularizing the product to every part of the country. The first roadshow will start on Saturday, 6th October 2012, at 8am in…
First Independently Calculated Government Bond Index Launched
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) working with international Index provider FTSE Group has officially announced the launch of the FTSE NSE Kenyan Shilling Government Bond Index today. The index is the world’s first independently calculated benchmark index tracking the principal Kenyan Government bond market. “The launch of the FTSE NSE…
8 Things You Should Know this Morning
1. Kenya Power Begin to Use GPS to Prevent Theft of Electricity Kenya Power will install Global Positioning System (GPS) technology into its meter-reading devices to curb electricity theft and boost collection. The hand-held equipment will be used to track geographical positions of meters and will relay…
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