December 2024

How to process police Bail or Bond in a Police Station

Bail and Bond in the Police Station  At the Police Station, a suspect may be released on cash bail, with or without sureties, or personal (free) bond or recognizance. The Police Force Standing Orders require the officer in charge of a police station to release any person arrested on a minor charge on the security of cash bail, as a general rule, unless the officer has good grounds for believing that...

Upgrade Your Outdoors with Diabond WPC Decking Panels

Transform your entrance door approach, ledges, veranda floors, and walkways with Diabond WPC decking panels—the perfect alternative to traditional tiles!   Why Choose our WPC Decking?   ✨ Stunning Wood Accent Aesthetics Achieve the timeless beauty of natural wood, enhancing the appeal of any outdoor space.   💪 Unmatched Durability Designed to withstand the...

How to choose the best roofing for your house and how much it costs

As times evolve, so do roofing styles in Kenya. From the thatched (makuti) roofing materials that defined our past, today’s home owners have a variety of options when building their houses to suit each individual style and function. The style one settles on relies on a variety of factors. First, the climate and weather of the location of your home should be considered. If it is prone to harsh weather...

5 Common Tricks that Landlords Use to Steal From Unsuspecting Tenants @KenyanTraffic

Tenants - landlord relationship is never known to be blissful. It is usually an icy union filled with trickery and suspicion. Sometimes it turns quite nasty like the case of a tenant who beat up his landlord when he knocked on his door at midnight demanding rent . In  estates around the country you will hear of mounting concerns on unexplained fees charged landlords.  Security Fees This is a big...

How KBC journalist Betty Barasa was killed

Betty Barasa was driving home at around 8:20pm Wednesday when three armed men emerged from the darkness, and forced their way into her compound as she steered her Toyota Prado TX to the parking bay. The incident occurred in Oloolua, Ngong area in Kajiado North. Barasa, a video editor at KBC, had left for home at 8pm, not knowing that 30 minutes later, she would be no more. Describing Barasa’s...

New tough rules targeting landlords announced by police top leadership

Police Spokesperson Charles Owino has announced a new rule targeting landlords that may land them a 2-year jail term if overlooked. While appearing on JKLive on Wednesday, December 2, the soft-spoken police boss disclosed that in an upcoming set of laws, landlords would be required to keep records of businesses in their premises and individual tenants.     He explained that the...

People who went missing without a trace

Here are some of the other abductions of individuals who have left families with more questions than answers as the police remain clueless about what happened to their loved ones. Dr Solomon Joloimat Lenengwesi He went missing on July 8 and his case was taken up by Ipoa on August 22. The businessman had just attended a meeting with a friend at a city hotel and was heading to...

These are the steps taken before Compulsory Acquisition is done

PRE -INQUIRY • Request; The NLC receives a request for acquisition from the acquiring body through the respective Cabinet Secretary or County Executive member. The land should be acquired for public purposes or in public interest. . • Verification meeting; Before gazettement, the NLC will request for a verification meeting with the acquiring body (the body that wants the land). In this meeting,...

10 tips from a successful real estate investor in Kenya

There’s a perception that with real estate, one can never go wrong. Many people with spare money to invest fancy property because of its (perceived) hands-off approach when it comes to management. This enables them to engage in other activities while passively earning additional income from their property investments. The sharp increase in the price of land has  played the leading role in attracting...

Total transaction cost of transferring property ownership in Kenya

In the absence of corruption the total round-trip transactions cost would be around 4.76% to 6.76%, inclusive of the 1.25% real estate agent’s commission. The whole process for the titling of the property can typically be completed in around 72 days. Real estate transactions are normally quoted and concluded in Kenyan Shillings (KES).   TRANSACTION COSTS Who...

NYS recruit kneels to shine CS Ababu Namwamba’s shoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtUPax7_3I   The humble NYS officer was spotted diligently shining the CS's shoes, who was all smiles as other officers from the NYS looked on and laughed at Ababu's jokes. In a clip shared by the Nation, the officer who happily gave the CS the shoe shining then saluted him before they both shook hands as Ababu thanked him vehemently for his kind...

This developer using VR to give you a virtual stroll in the house that you want to buy or rent

Virtual Reality immerses the consumer into the virtual surroundings, putting them in control of what they want to achieve as an end product of what they are buying into. “When Covid-19 happened, tourism and travel were essentially cut. This necessitated technology since businesses were somewhat transferred to the virtual space,” says Mr Afande. Augmented reality tech has strong visualisation tools...

Hellen Wendy – Kenyan in Canada drowns during Facebook livestream in a pool

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VR9wpCuXf-8   A Kenyan woman living in Canada is feared to have drowned while enjoying a swim that she was broadcasting live on Facebook.   In a video that went live on Thursday at 9.21pm Kenyan time, the woman — who uses the Facebook name Hellen Wendy — dives into the pool for some time then came back to her phone, which was positioned by the...

Official Process and cost of buying or selling freehold land step by step

Buy/sell freehold land Buyer get seller's copy of title deed Conduct an official land search at district/county land offices to confirm ownership Results will be issued by a registrar using the form Obtain survey map using title deed number at the survey of Kenya office to indicate property location Visit the property to confirm its existence and carry out due diligence Get land rates...

Man killed after husband catches him pants down with his wife

  A 35-year-old man lost his life yesterday after he was found pants down with another man’s wife.   In an incident that left villagers of Ukwala in Keringet, Kuresoi South Sub-county shocked, Edwin Komen, met his death in the most unlikely manner, at around 2pm yesterday.   Earlier, Komen had been ushered into the man’s house by his wife where they were having the time of...

Jump these barriers and you will be successful beyond your imagination

We create "Upper Limits" because of some combination of 4 hidden barriers: 1) Feeling fundamentally flawed 2) Disloyalty and Abandonment 3) More success = Bigger burden 4) Fear of outshining   1) Feeling fundamentally flawed - "The biggest and most widely shared fear is that we feel there is something fundamentally wrong with us and we are undeserving/worthy of great success and...

Trademark Registration Procedure

Preliminary Search Before applying for the registration of a trade mark, an applicant should conduct a search to find out whether the trademark is registrable or not and also whether there exists in the records a trademark which could be confused with the intended trade mark. An application for search and preliminary advice by the registrar should be made by the prospecting proprietor or his agent on...

NHIF employee Lilian Waithera was assassinated on Kaunda Street, Nairobi CBD

Detectives from the forensic ballistics unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday evening sealed off the scene where a woman was mysteriously shot dead on Kaunda Street in Nairobi on Monday.   Lilian Waithera, 46, who worked at the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) collapsed and died in Nairobi's city centre on Monday evening and it took a post-mortem...

How to sell your property within 20days

A STRIKING PHOTO If you seriously need to get potential buyers running to view your property, the photos on the Advert must be top quality. Leave you phone camera for selfies and family reunion. Get a professional photographer to get the best caption during the best weather and on the best section that reveals the property's full glory. 50% Of all visitors on www.makaobora.co.ke go straight to the photos...