December 2024

At the corner of Kimathi Street in Nairobi, right opposite the Hilton Hotel stands a nine-storey building. The skyscraper forms one of the landmarks of the central business district. To tenants, the Norwich Union House is a place where they get their plate of chips from a fast food joint on the ground floor. Better still, where they browse the internet from the cybercafés on the top floors. But to...

Police in Kayole have launched a manhunt for a criminal gang operating in Nairobi’s Kayole area. Kayole DCIO Joseph Ndung’u says that they have received many complaints from residents over the gang operating on a motorcycle. Ndung’u says that the motorcycle used by the gang has hidden number plates and is operated by a three member gang. “There is a group of about three gang members...

A Valuation and Estate Management Surveyor is a person who deals with a special discipline of economics associated with preparing and reporting asset valuations and also managing landed assets. The person so qualified must have undergone mandatory and rigorous tests of education, training, competence, demonstrate skills, exhibit and maintain a code of high ethical conduct and professional practice. The...

The Court of Appeal has ordered the subdivision of Sh2.5 billion parcel of land among two brothers and their sister who have been battling over distribution for 42 years. The land measuring 127 acres at Tigoni in Kiambu County is under coffee, tea, dairy farming, vegetables and staple crops. The appellate court comprising its president Justice William Ouko, Lady Justice Hannah Okwengu and Mr Justice...

For the many that have never been to Pipeline Estate in Nairobi, the houses are apartments just like any other. Poor infrastructure in the area gave birth to its improvised and jerry-rigged plumbing and electrical wiring. Often water must be ported great distances, and rudimentary methods of waste disposal pose health hazards. The muddy paths, blocked drainages overpopulated streets, unhygienic sidewalk...

Here are 4 common reasons even properly installed metal roofs can leak:   1. Metal roofing screws  Roofing screws are responsible for the majority of leaks on metal roofs. Metal roofing screws seal water out by compressing a rubber washer at the base of the screw head. When the screw is driven into the metal roofing panel the rubber washer forms a “ gasket” between the roofing panel and...

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    Air conditioning refers to the process that removes heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior environment. In certain situations, it also tightly regulates the air’s internal humidity.   #1 Central Air Conditioning System   This is the costliest type of conventional air conditioner which usually requires a large space to be installed. These...

The value of a house can be increased with kitchen and bathroom remodelling. Different ways are now applicable in increasing the worth of these areas. Kitchen and bathrooms are given more preference as compared to other areas, and these two places' remodelling requires modern and trendy designs for a healthy lifestyle. Nowadays, saving money is one of the residents' utmost preferences, and there are...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1696867988710764965 A group of senior Gabonese military officers on Wednesday announced that they had taken power and detained President Ali Bongo, minutes after the state election body declared  the winner of Saturday’s general election. Appearing on state-run television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the...

Rogue officers are now forcing members of the public to withdraw cash from specified Mpesa agents and businessmen whose agent and till numbers are used. “After forcing you to withdraw money, they delete the message,” a resident of Buruburu explained.   One of the cases under investigation is when officers based at Parklands police station assaulted a man in front of his wife at City Park...

The former head of the Presidential Press Service in Kenya, Lee Njiru, gives a rare glimpse by an insider of happenings that led to Museveni becoming the president of Uganda.   In early 1980s, President Moi introduced me to a tough Ugandan revolutionary, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. By that time, this Ugandan rebel was going by the pseudonym ‘Mzee Kassam’. His young brother Caleb Akwandwanaho was...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1395083968551260170 Police question people who interacted with businessman Bashir Mahmoud. Bashir’s family seeks US government help in unraveling his disappearance. Shell of a vehicle believed to be Mahmoud’s car found in Ngong forest...

This is not one of those articles that make vague assumptions about the roofing materials prices. Rather, it stretches beyond indefinite pricing estimates to reveal the specific costs of roofing materials across different regions in Kenya. We’ve compiled the guide after scrutinizing an array of contract bills, as well as roofing materials price lists from various manufacturers, suppliers, and...

The search for missing tourists who were caught up in the floods at Hell's Gate National Park has resumed this morning. The search is being led by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).  8:29am: KWS recovers the sixth body. One person still missing.  7.54 am: Search and rescue operation for three missing tourists continues.  Two more bodies were recovered overnight, bringing the total number of the...

PROS Superb interior space, advanced infotainment and safety tech, good value for money CONSRide is a bit firm, interior is rather drab and plasticky, diesel is noisy The new Nissan Note is a modern-looking, well-built small car that’s a little larger than a conventional supermini but the benefits of this come in the exceptional space… via Nissan Note Review — Magari Poa Click...

Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, said he was sexually abused as a child at boarding school. In an extract from his memoir, published in the Mail on Sunday, Earl Spencer said he was targeted by a female member of staff at Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire in the 1970s. Now 59, he alleges the abuse began when he was just 11 years old. Maidwell Hall said it was "sobering"...

Lagos is the largest city and chief port of modern Nigeria. The area that is now Lagos was settled by Yoruba people during the fourteenth century.  The founders created a coastal village they called Eko.  In the 1760s, Portuguese traders settled there and began using Eko as a port for the slave trade, renaming it Lagos after the coastal city in Southern Portugal that had the greatest trading links with...

Fridah Warau lived secretively, to a point completely detached from her relatives.   Even when she lay dead in the mortuary, none of her relatives or friends appeared to notice, no missing person report was made, and it is detectives who went searching for her parents to identify her from the mortuary freezers.   She died alongside Tirus Maina Gikonyo inside his Nissan...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1766405485836537949 The sentencing of Joseph Irungu alias Jowie has been postponed to Wednesday, March 13th. This is after Lady Justice Grace Nzioka pointed out that crucial documents expected to assist the court in reaching its final decision had been filed as late as last evening at 7pm. The postponement was also occasioned by a change of counsel by the accused...