Safaricom hooks youth to arrest falling call time
At Kes140 billion, M-Pesa revenues now make up 43 percent of mobile money incomes dwarfing voice, mobile data and messaging incomes for the telco.
The vinyl thief
The vinyl had been replaced by the tape, the tape by the CD, by the flashdisk, memory stick,
Obote Rd Fire station launched as Kisumu tries to get planning right
Kisumu hopes to get its planning right, setting up infrastructure to enhance the city’s emergency response capabilities under
Finance & Markets
Safaricom hooks youth to arrest falling call time
At Kes140 billion, M-Pesa revenues now make up 43 percent
Kenya Power to bring E Mobility charging portals to Kisumu
The electricity distributor Kenya Power plans to invest Sh258 million
Economy & Politics
Obote Rd Fire station launched as Kisumu tries to get planning right
Kisumu hopes to get its planning right, setting up infrastructure
Cuts in development spend dims state promises
In practice, the situation looks worse with the government behind
Part 3: Kenya’s Kes6 billion regulated gamble
But this helplessness was weird. The Capital Markets Authority, working with the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) together with the Central Bank of Kenya
Part 2 What tomatoes, NSE and forex have in common?
Unlike my Interweb experience, this open office with open glass paneled walls almost felt it cost money and had some European benefactors behind it.
Part 1: Hot forex, my kind of gamble
The high loss rates witnessed on online forex trading has shocked Kenyan officials who are debating on whether to treat these products like cigarettes,
Private sector, “blink twice if you need help”; Part 2
The motorcycle riders often take a quarter to half a litre for short trips, at times funded by their customers before setting out. The
Private sector, “blink twice if you need help”; Part 1
President Uhuru Kenyatta had been adamant about going after the private sector openly. But his successor President William Ruto was not beholden to this
Photography
Strength of a Kisumu woman
What we found as an animated crowd at Kisumu Sports ground, right at the heart of the city pulsating on a spectacle of strong women.
Entertainment
Vinyl addiction
The set, a tent shaped open space with tarpaulins held
Waliniekea Mchele, DJ Ves’s Shocking Experience with Drink Spiking
He recounted a harrowing tale of a night much like
Juogi’s ‘Idhi Nerdy’ Hip Hop EP that speaks discerning Luo
In summary, "Idhi Nerdy" is a feel-good work of art
Events & Travel
Refurbished Kisumu Jamhuri park rekindles memories of old dates
After I discovered this space it became a personal favourite, I went for dates, business meet
The burial of a General and Luo customs
After the years of quick silent burials, the news that General Francis Ogolla would be interred
Married in Rowo
For Odiero, this was a magical moment, it confirmed everything in his belief in choosing Kakwe
Inflation ta’ngo? Janabi wuoyo
The sounds of the gong, shake, thump, and sax from his live band punctuate the air.
CSR budgets turned on worthy cause for International women’s day
International Women’s Day is celebrated to address pertinent issues that affect women such as gender equality,
Fiction & Non Fiction
The vinyl thief
The vinyl had been replaced by the tape, the tape by the CD, by the flashdisk, memory stick, now everything's in the cloud. What chance did they have against virtual storage, but some few eccentrics and lost souls.
How to tour Diani in local hands
If they would throw him in the middle of it, he could navigate his way to shore. Floating like driftwood as the current sailed back on familiar tide.
Killing a god
They will come to you Son When the world Is at a precipice They will be desperate And you, Clueless Keep this wisdom That history grants you That when money’s power is at a zenith Tyrannical And they are unable to control
Reincarnations
My gods Look at me Like gelded phantoms From the ruins of their tombs As I supplicate to foreign gods And they serve me well Maybe better My deities toss and turn Trying to catch my attention Managing momentary accessibility In my
they cut off her wings right before she could fly
I could tell it was serious business by the way it was talked about in low tones. Rukiya was placed before the adults in the wide sitting room and she looked squeamish on the seats like she could fall over and disappear
SHE Leads at the heart of Kisumu’s resurgence
The mission was twofold: to galvanize girls and young women within civil society into harmonious, gender-conscious collective action and to amplify their influence by fostering positive social gender norms.
Brands
Opinion
Bloggers lives matter
rticle 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides for the right to freedom of
End silence around gender violence in religious circles
The worship centers have commanded women to be submissive to men in all circumstances, then chastise
Let our kids learn in mother tongue first
In 2018, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development(KICD) approved the development of mother tongue learning materials
Are you a safe man for our women?
What accountability measures have you put in place when going out on a date or one
Videos
Vinyl addiction
The set, a tent shaped open space with tarpaulins held up with beams hanging overhead a
Waliniekea Mchele, DJ Ves’s Shocking Experience with Drink Spiking
He recounted a harrowing tale of a night much like this one, he was playing for
We demand two thirds rule; waol gi uuwii!
Women make up only 15 percent of Kenya’s police force despite a constitutional mandate a balance
‘Kor Diel,’ Kisumu’s chest of a goat clan
I knew Kor Diel through the reputation they had built around its founder David Ngiri. They
Kenyan Wordsmith who spoke Pan African scrabble into existence: Part III
As the government takes up at least 20 percent of payslips in deductions, and tax induced