The Kenya Airways is counting double losses in the wake of Covid19 pandemic after recording a 66% half year loss from 8.6 billion Shillings to 14.3 billion Shillings. Compared to last year's 2.4 million number of recorded passengers, KQ has hit a low count of just one million passengers this year,
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MPs reject the ‘kazi mtaani’ initiative, say it should be restructured
Members of parliament want the 'kazi mtaani' initiative called off and restructured to shape its management. The legislators told the Cabinet secretary for National treasury Okur Yatani that the government needs to go back to drawing board and restructure the initiative in an efficient manner and in a way that the
DPP orders arrest of KPA boss Daniel Manduku
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest and prosecution of former Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Daniel Manduku over graft allegations amounting to Ksh.244 million at the State corporation. Manduku is set to be apprehended and charged alongside Juma Fadhili Chigulu, a Works Officer at KPA,
Universities Students ‘representatives petition parliament on schools reopening
National Assembly of Kenya The Universities Students Representatives led by the Chairperson of the council Albert Maloba, who is the incumbent President for Moi University, yesterday filed a petition to the National Assembly concerning the re-opening of learning institutions. The letter dated 26th of August 2020 was designed to draw the attention
Armed Robbery on the rise in Nairobi.
Glovo reports rise in deliveries & Cashless payments in Kenya during Covid-19
Glovo, the on-demand delivery start-up, has reported an increase in deliveries and cashless payments on its platform since the onset of Covid-19 in Kenya. The Barcelona-based startup applied a raft of protective and precautionary measures to its delivery operations at the beginning of the pandemic — including no contact delivery drop-offs
Uhuru gives 11th Presidential address on Covid-19
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta gave the eleventh (11th) Presidential address on the covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday 26th August 2020 at State House, Nairobi. Speaking on a live address, the President who was accopmanied by members of his administration gave the following directives. 1. The number of wedding and burial attendees is revised
Magoha: Schools could reopen earlier than January 2021
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha now says the government is deliberating over the reopening of schools earlier than the planned January 2021 date should the COVID-19 curve in the country flatten. Speaking in Migori County, where he toured various learning institutions to evaluate their state of preparedness for COVID-19 emergency,
Safaricom Customers to get free 500MB daily data as Bonus
Safaricom Customers will have a reason to smile after the giant telecommunication company unveiled a bonus of 500MBs for those who buy the No-Expiry data bundles. The program dubbed "browse bila Waas" is meant to run upto 19th November 2020 for both PostPay and PrePay customers.The move is seen as a
DP William Ruto tells off Raila over Covid19 funds audit
Kenyan Deputy President William Samoei Ruto has criticized the opposition leader Raila Odinga for his stand on the alleged theft on Covid-19 funds. Ruto hit out at Raila for insisting on a professional audit of Covid-19 funds unlike in the past before handshake when Raila advocated for people to be taken