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Is That Extra Feature On Your Gadget Worth Paying For?

Every day we come across advertisements in the media of items such as phones, TVs, fridges and many others. Quite often, some of the features that ‘add value’ to these items are usually very complex for the user or not important at all. The recent wave of smart phone use…
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Is Greed Good? Someone Certainly Thinks So

Is greed so bad? It is one of the 7 cardinal sins. Greed can't be so good can it? Someone does not think so.
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Saving on a Road Trip

It is the end of the month, so money is in the bank, hopefully, and there is a long weekend ahead of us. Most likely, many are planning a road trip to celebrate Madaraka Day with with friends or family. But you know what these road trips do…
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Another ATM Theft Technique to Watch Out For

ATM theft is evolving at an alarming rate, as we showed yesterday in our post, Be Warned of This ATM Theft Technique. In this regard, we have taken up the responsibility of informing you of more ATM theft techniques to look out for. Most of these…
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Kaa Chonjo With Your PIN

In light of our recent post, Be Warned of This ATM Theft Technique, below are a couple of guidelines from Kaa Chonjo with your PIN, an initiative by the Kenya Bankers Association  that raises awareness about how best to use ATMs and…
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Be Warned Of This ATM Theft Technique

I recently received an e-mail from a friend warning me to be careful when conducting ATM transactions. Apparently, thieves have devised a creative way of getting your ATM and PIN without you suspecting anything and in turn draining your bank account. Fina Bank have released the detailed procedure of how this…
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Normal Water Supply To Resume In 36 Hrs

Eng. Philip Gichuki MD, Nairobi Water Company has confirmed that repairs on the supply pipe from Sasuma Dam have been completed and that normal water supply will resume in 36 hours. The water supply pipe was damaged following flash floods from the Aberdare Mountains…
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KRA Publishes Licenced Water Bottlers

In the last few years, the business of bottling water seemed to have become so lucrative that it attracted so many entrepreneurs to invest in or start up company. The springing up of many bottlers witnessed unscrupulous businessmen who were conning the public by bottling water without inspection. The Kenya Revenue…
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Brace Yourself For Higher Power Bills

Kenyans will have to brace themselves for higher power bills in the coming months despite the hydro-electricity generating dams filling to capacity. This is because the Ministry of Energy has extended the contract of alternative power generating company Aggreko Kenya which was expiring at the end of…
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The Rich Are Different From The Poor

Some time back, I stumbled across this book: Secrets of Millionaire Mind, by T. Harv Eker. Eker believes that we each possess a “financial blueprint”, an internal script that dictates how we relate to money. Our blueprints are created through lifelong exposure to money messages from the people…
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