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…
So You Want a New Nose? There's an App for That Too
If you are dying to know what you’d look like with a new nose or a little liposuction, then you might want to perhaps take a look at your iPhone. An app developed by a new spa gives cosmetic surgery lovers – or even just the curious prying…
Stuntin' Like My Daddy: Here's What a KSh1.2B House Looks Like
Hip-hop icon Bryan “Birdman” Williams, founder and CEO of Cash Money Records, spent KES 1. 2354 Billlion ($14.5M) buying a 19,000 square feet, 9 bedroom, 17 bathroom house somewhere in his neck of the woods, Yahoo has reported. Here is what that kind…
Orange Increases Bundle Prices
Orange Kenya has increased the prices of its weekly Internet Everywhere 3G+ bundle and its daily mobile subscription in its recent bundle realignment move. Orange adjusted Internet Everywhere 3G+ prices upward for the 7 days unlimited bundle to KES 1,200 from KES 990. The company…
Cheap Air Travel Coming To Kenya
Hopes for cheaper flights locally and regionally seems to be materializing with introduction of several low budget carriers in the country and the Eastern Africa region. Early last month FastJest announced that it would set base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The first flights are scheduled…
Comic Infographic: Death by Twitter
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Renewing Your Driving Licence Via Mobile Money
Soon, you will be able to pay for renewal of your driving licenses using mobile money platforms. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is currently working on the platform that will pave way for the implementation of the service that will aim to boost convenience while reducing…
Stocks We Are Watching Today
The securities exchange finally crossed the 4000 mark yesterday marking the best performance the bourse has seen this year. Today we shall be keeping our eyes in City Trust, Uchumi Supermarket and A summary of yesterday’s trading activities can be found here. COUNTERS…
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. Petrol Prices Driven up by Suspect Deal A flawed tendering process which led to overpricing of freight charges could have led to Kenyans paying a higher price for their petrol.While the industry average for importation of crude oil has been $0.90 per barrel,…
The Stock Market today
The performance of the Nairobi Securities Exchange was better today having crossed the 4000 mark. The NSE 20 Share Index performance was up 34.47 points to close at 4029.50. The All-Share Index performance was also up 0.18 points to close at 87.89…
Impact of the Fuel Increase on Your Pocket
The latest fuel price review has seen the price of super petrol increase by KES 6.31 to retail at KES 115.26, diesel increase by KES 5.04 to retail at KES 106.11 and kerosene increase by KES 6.36 to retail at KES 86.01. Based on the price rise, Kenyans…
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…
Yu Mobile Launches BlackBerry Services
Yu Mobile subscribers can now enjoy BlackBerry services after the mobile operator launched its long awaited BlackBerry Service Plan. Both retail and corporate subscribers will have an option of eight service plans to pick from which will give them access to e-mail and messaging, social networking,…
African Union Gets First Female Boss
Former South African Minister for Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has been appointed as the first female head of the African Union (AU). According to reports from the AU, she officially took up the post on Monday afternoon at the New African Union…
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