December 2024

Okoa Jahazi defaulters’ Bonga Points will be deducted automatically by Safaricom

Customers who fail to pay their Okoa Jahazis will have their Bonga Points deducted automatically by Safaricom.   Through this intervention, the company seeks to cut growing Bonga Point debts that add up to millions of shillings.   Its roll out will also allow the company to collect overdue airtimes.   For instance, some customers possess more than five mobile lines with...

Nazas River in Cañon de Fernández, Durango, Mexico

Flowing for roughly 350 miles, the Nazas River is an important water source for the arid states of Durango and Coahuila in northern Mexico. The Nazas irrigates a great deal of farmland and is dammed at two points along its course, which has tamed its torrents. It's not all about watering the crops, however. The vista we see here is part of the Cañon de Fernández State Park in Durango, a protected...

PesaLink – finally Mpesa meets its match

Money transfer has taken on a whole new dimension with the introduction of PesaLink. PesaLink is a new money transfer service that enables money transfers from one person to another across all Kenyan banks. It is developed and owned by Kenyan banks through their umbrella body, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA). PesaLink enables you to make payments between banks in real-time, around the clock. For...

Blow by blow account on how Gladys Chania’s husband was murdered

  Had engineer George Mwangi, a Rwanda based contractor known that he would return home for holiday to be brutally murdered in his own bedroom by people close to him, then he would have most likely opted to remain in Kigali.   But as fate would have it, the 58-year-old husband and father of three who had returned home on September 13, was killed in cold blood hours before his return...

He paid 2 months deposit plus rent, on the day he was moving in, the agent was nowhere to be found and the house was occupied

On August 28, Nancy Muthoni moved out of her house in Utawala after serving a one-month notice but since then as much as she settled in a different place, she has never forgotten about what transpired between her and the house agent. One year down the line, she can still vividly recall how the agent denied to hand her back a deposit of Sh24,000. A deposit is an extra fee that a tenant pays as the...

No nonsense DCI chief appointed

 President William Ruto, has appointed Mr Amin Mohammed Ibrahim, as the new Director of Criminal Investigations.   Mr Amin was appointed vide a gazette notice dated October 14, 2022, to replace former Director George Kinoti who tendered his resignation and has since been redeployed to the public service commission.   This follows a vetting exercise of 10 candidates conducted by the...

Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife, billionaire MacKenzie Scott, remarries, new husband is a high school science teacher

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest people, has re-married after her 2019 divorce from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Seattle teacher Dan Jewett acknowledged his marriage to Scott this weekend on the couple’s webpage for the Giving Pledge, a philanthropic organization which encourages the world’s richest people to dedicate a majority of their wealth to charitable...

12 tips to make moving houses stress free (Hama bila stress)

There aren’t too many people who are enthusiastic about moving house. Even if your new home is a big upgrade from your old home, you still have to spend days on end packing up your belongings and setting up in your new abode. The day that you move is perhaps the most stressful of all, so we’ve put together some tips to keep you on track for a stress-free experience.     1. Clear...

Guidelines on information and documents required for Compulsory Acquisition

National Land Commission (NLC) will require the following preliminary information and documents to be provided by an acquiring body upon request before the land acquisition or easement can be procured. 1. Prior approval from their respective Cabinet Secretary before the NLC commences the acquisition process. 2. Cadastral drawings showing how the infrastructure cuts out each land parcel, the parcel list...

How can I make my pink room less girly?

Elizabeth replies.. I love figuring out décor details to bring out personality.  Here are a couple of suggestions of what I might do if I was in your situation: Think of the pastel pink as your neutral color.  It’s like a big canvas that has a little more warmth than white.  You just need to add accents to bring out your grown up personality.  I would personally stick to one or two accent colors...

Weird Laws

In Kenya it is illegal to drive barefooted, or even in open shoes/sandals No gum in Singapore: gum has been banned in Singapore for over 20 years. It's illegal to chew gum unless prescribed by a doctor. In France you can legally marry a dead person as long as the wedding was planned before the person died.. In Nigeria importing beer and brewing your own beer is illegal. However if you are to...

How to buy a house or flat in the UK: a guide for first-time buyers

Searching the property portals definitely isn’t all you need to be doing if you want to be a savvy buyer. Discover all you need to know about the homebuying process. I would like to thank Andrew Taylor from the latest law jobs UK for his support and contribution on the conveyancing laws in England and Wales and James Radford from wowitloveithaveit marketing agency for all the help on the UK house...

UN-Habitat Nairobi unveils a new house affordable to everyone made of recycled plastic and steel

The UN-Habitat has unveiled a house prototype for affordable green building aimed at addressing housing shortage in densely populated urban areas. Dubbed Tiny House, the model is expected to address the problem of affordable housing in Kenya and tackle climate change. Unlike conventional houses, the ‘tiny’ house occupies smaller space and makes maximum use of vertical space. It is built complete with...

How to calculate the real market value of a house

Building Valuation of Building Valuation of a building depends on the type of the building, its structure and durability, on the situation, size, shape, frontage, width of roadways, the quality of materials used in the construction and present day prices of materials.  Valuation also depends on the height of the building, height of the plinth, thickness of the wall, nature of the floor, roof, doors,...

How to set-up your own concrete brick-making business (precast plant)

Whether you’re new to the business or a seasoned professional, making the decision to adopt a new technology can be challenging. But once you have determined that adding a precast line to your existing production is the right move, keep the following tips in mind to make establishing your precast plant as smooth as possible: 1 Prepare for launch. The precast project begins with a project launch...

Nairobi Ranked Among 10 Worst Cities to Live In

Nairobi is among the worst cities to live in worldwide as global warming continues to affect ecosystems, according to a report by Nestpick titled 2050 Climate Change City Index. The data analyzed by 24/7 Wall St, a Delaware corporation operating as a financial news and opinion company, revealed that Nairobi secured the ninth position on the list, attaining an overall score of 44.8. As per Nestpick's...

Rozenhoedkaai canal in Bruges, Belgium

It seems that just about every sizeable city in Europe enjoyed a heyday as an economic powerhouse at some point in its history. Bruges’ time was from the 12th to the 15th centuries, when its coastal location and canal system made it one of the most important commercial centres of the continent. Today, the Renaissance-era architecture and canal system are still intact, adding much to the appeal of a town...