A friend tells me how he developed his rental apartment in Jamhuri estate and from which he now collects quite a chunk of revenue, without borrowing a dime. “A brick a day, literally,” he says. All you need is the dream and the drive to see your project accomplished, no matter how long it takes. And of course the designs plus a piece of land that you own. After all, you have no contractual...
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Until recent pase, Kenya's Boni forest was an oasis of peace occupied by the Aweer, a nomadic hunter-gatherer community. The poor, sandy soils and unreliable rainfall rendered this dry lowland forest on Africa's east coast unsuitable for agriculture, and the ubiquitous tsetse fly meant pastoralists were averse to grazing their cows or camels in this remote corner of Kenya. So, the Aweer, also known as...
1. Application Apply online by login to https://selfservice.kplc.co.ke, submit with the applicable documents . You will be provided with an Application Reference Number instantly. Attach the following documents when submitting your application for connection All Applicants Copy of National Identification (I.D) or Passport for Non-Kenyans/ Company Registration Certificates Copy of your PIN...
Here are some exciting business ideas for you to hit the ground running right away: 1.Brick Making Business (Estimated Budget:Ksh100,000) The real estate market is booming and people are looking for ways to build cheaper homes. Bricks are relatively cheap to produce and provide a cheaper building option to stones. Requirements: Brick making machine, enough sub-soil, a bit of...
The newly opened store has been making headlines for its fair prices and is said to be a hub for everything from electronics to clothing. The store gained attention for creating a versatile shopping centre that some social media users claimed was challenging the dominance of Eastleigh, Kamukunji, and Dubois Road in the Nairobi Central Business District. CS Kuria...
This top cop A.G from Vigilance House was anything but vigilant. He was robbed at gunpoint, gave up his two ATM cards, PIN numbers and phone. He was drugged and dumped by the road in Kileleshwa. The ladies went on a shopping spree and the cop lost more than Sh450,00o, and his pride. The tale unfolded on Monday in the Milimani law court before chief magistrate Martha Mutuku. The two women —...
Here are a few steps one can follow to begin trading securities at the NSE. Step 1: Figure out which assets to invest in. Step 2: Choose your securities wisely. Step 3: Choose a stock broker. Step 4: A CDS trading account. Step 5: Choosing the stocks. Step 1: Figure which assets to invest in There are two analysis methods by which one can select assets appropriately, the...
Pedestrians will continue chancing their lives on the busy roads as the multimillion-shilling footbridges are anything but safe. Hawkers, street families and motorcycle taxi (boda boda) operators have taken over. Today, one is just as likely to get knocked down on footbridges as the pedestrian crossing the road below. And if they are lucky to make it from one end to the other unscathed, they’ll have...
People turn their businesses into places where they go to work or put it better still, their jobs. This is not entrepreneurship. Having skills to perform a task is different from having a business that performs the task. The role of an entrepreneur is to run his business as opposed to performing the tasks of his business. For a true entrepreneur, his business is his product. He looks at his business in...
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC RIGHTS AS THEY RELATE TO MINORITY GROUPS? • Right to participate in economic activities in the country • Right to preserve their cultural way of life in line with article 11 of the Constitution • Right to representation in land governance institutions and participation in land related decision making processes. • Right of access to the shore lines of lakes and rivers...
Tear gas is a riot control agent commonly used to quell civil unrest. The two most common riot control agents are chloroacetophenone (CN) and chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS), according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What’s called tear gas actually comes in a powdery solid form, rather than a gaseous state. Commonly known by their initials, CN and CS are...
Salma Hussein, the wife of the well-known rapper and producer George Mugai, also known as Madtraxx, has recently come forward with disturbing allegations of domestic abuse against her husband of five years. She bravely took to Instagram to share her harrowing experience, posting photos that revealed bruises and a doctor’s report from 2021 detailing the severity of the alleged abuse. The medical report...
During the 1988 desert locust plague, swarms crossed the Atlantic from Mauritania to the Caribbean, flying 5 000 kilometres in 10 days. Scientists were stumped because migrating swarms normally come down to rest every night. But locusts can’t swim, so how could it be? It turned out that the swarms were coming down at sea – on any ships they could find, but also in the water itself. The first ones...
State House Nairobi was built in 1907 and was known as Government House before independence. It was designed by a British architect Herbert Becker. It served as the official residence of the Governor of British East Africa when Kenya was a colony. After independence, it became the residence of head of state the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Kenya Commercial Bank was housed at Kenya National Archives...
Moving process Here are the steps to display a WordPress site installed in its own sub directory Go to the General Screen. In WordPress address (URL): set the address of your main WordPress core files. Example: http://example.com/wordpress In Site address (URL): set root directory’s URL. Example: http://example.com Click Save Changes. (Do not worry about the errors that...
Real Estate industry has been seen by many entrepreneurs to be a lucrative business to start due to attractive profit margins that one can earn through a successful sale of land, property or building. But before you begin that journey, you need to have a legal entity registered. You will need to choose any of the following entity to start your business; Sole Proprietorship Business (only 1...
There’s something unexplainable about an almost universal desire to own property called land. Could it be because it’s a basic factor of production? Possible. It could also be due to the sense of security land possesses, including the literal use as collateral in loan acquisition. In many cultures and communities, land ownership is also a symbol of status. Certainly, there are innumerable reasons...
You can get married in Kenya if: You are 18+ years You are in an opposite sex relationship Are not married or in a civil partnership with someone else Are capable of understanding what marriage means Are capable of consenting to marriage The Marriage Act recognizes five (5) systems of Marriage, namely: Civil Marriages Christian Marriages Hindu...
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