2024

Properties for Sale

We would particularly like to highlight the following properties which are either new on the market or now re-priced: 0.5ac plot on Kikenni Road, Langata. Ksh.28M 5 bed house on 1ac. with pool, Ololua Ridge, Karen. Sh.70M 4/5 bed house on 1.7ac, Ololua Ridge, Karen. Ksh.74.5M 5 bed house on 0.5ac, Ngecha Road, Lower Kabete. Ksh.77M. 5 bed house in Thome Estate, Runda. Ksh. 55M 1ac. Freehold plot, Gitanga...

Govt is Selling KICC, Kenya Pipeline & 9 Other Parastatals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72cRwcnzeF4 The National Government has announced that 11 parastatals are being put up for sale. Some of the companies to be sold through the privatisation program include; Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB), Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), National Oil Corporation (NOC), Kenya Seed Company Limited, Mwea Rice Mills, and Western...

Christian Marriage registration step by step

Requirements: Fill the online application form Attach the following documents-: Copy of National Identity Card, valid Passport or valid Alien Card for Refugees One coloured passport-size photo for each Applicant Copy of Death Certificate (if widow or widower) Copy of Divorce Decree Absolute (If the partner had been married before and divorced) A sworn affidavit to confirm...

Mumbo Island in Lake Malawi National Park

Malawi's only national park is a stunner, encompassing a section of Lake Malawi and its adjacent land. The lake is one of the African Great Lakes, and the world's ninth-largest by area. A southern portion of the 350-mile-long lake was given park status in 1980, partly to protect its abundant aquatic life. The hundreds of species of cichlids found here are of special interest, as scientists say they're the...

25 Land terminologies every adult must know

Acre: A unit of measuring the size of a plot. The two mostly used area units in Kenya are acre and hectare. 1 acre = 0.4 hectares Apartments: Synonymous to a flat but more elegantly constructed and refers to a suite of units on one floor (Basically an up-market flat) Beacon: These are marks showing the dimensions, demarcations or perimeter of a plot. Bungalow: This is a one level house on its own...

KCB joins the court battle to save Ruto’s Weston Hotel from demolition

KCB Group has backed the court battle to block repossession of land on which Weston Hotel sits, fearing loss of security to the Sh1.2 billion loan it advanced the business associated with Deputy President William Ruto five years ago. The bank Thursday told Justice Benard Eboso that the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) erred in filing a fresh suit for repossession of the land instead of challenging...

How to obtain a certificate of good conduct

1. Duly fill a C24 application form which can either be downloaded from the e-Citizen portal at  dci.ecitizen.go.ke, at the Huduma Centres or at the DCI offices located at Mazingira House, Kiambu Road. 2. Make online processing fee payment of Ksh1050 for the Police Clearance Certificate through the mobile money platforms. 3. Present the Original ID and its photocopy (or Birth Certificate for...

How to apply for the Hustler Fund on your phone

With loans from as minimum as Ksh.500 to as high as Ksh.50,000 at 8 per cent pro-rated basis or a daily rate of 0.002 per cent, the fund is expected to offer much-needed relief to millions of Kenyans who could not access credit after having been blacklisted by various credit rating agencies.   So how can you access the Hustler Fund from your phone? The fund is accessible through the USSD code *254#...

Ways to legally lose the right to your land

The ownership of land in Kenya is not absolute and this right can be lost in the following ways; Non-renewal of leasehold interest Land holding tenure in Kenya is either free hold or leasehold. A Kenyan citizen or a company that is fully owned by Kenyans can hold land on freehold or leasehold tenure. A non-citizen or a company that is not fully owned by a Kenyan however can only hold land on a leasehold...

Proven toothache remedies to try at home

Toothache pain can range from mild discomfort to excruciating agony. When you have a toothache, the last thing you want to do is search through the Internet for a remedy. You just want the pain to go away. Luckily, there are remedies that actually work. They're natural and easy to find.   Cloves Cloves have long been used as a natural toothache remedy. They contain eugenol, which has...

Mida Creek Islands where all women give birth to twins

Mida Creek, a tidal indian ocean inlet that expands across an area of 32 km2. It has one of the largest mangrove plantations and a wide variety of habitats that are influenced by the tide. The creek is also an International Bird Area (IBA) with a wide variety of rare birds that come to breed, many from as far as Europe that stay at the creek between September and April. Do you know that there are 4...

Pastor Ezekiel Odero building a city complete with hotels, malls and helipads on his 65-Acre Property in Kilifi

Crowd-pulling pastor Ezekiel Odero has allowed the media into the sprawling 65-acre property owned by New Life Church which he founded.   Odero noted that the multi-million investment in Mavueni, Kilifi County, is set to become a self-sufficient neighbourhood with several social amenities.   True to the very word that he preaches, the man of cloth used 10 per cent of the land to...

Cheap decent estates to stay in Nairobi

Nairobi has some of the most expensive estates in Africa but it also has very affordable houses for low-income earners. With fluctuating rent prices, low-income earners face challenges in getting a decent house to live in but here are good estates to choose from: 1. Roysambu Located near Thika Superhighway, Roysambu is mostly inhabited by fresh graduates and upcoming middle-class residents. The...

Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud died by bare hand strangulation – post-mortem

The late Somali-American national Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud died by bare hand strangulation, a post-mortem examination has revealed. The autopsy report, which was released on Monday by his family lawyers, also revealed that there was evidence to show that Bashir was tortured before his murder. He reportedly had burns on his body, trauma on the head consistent with being hit by a blunt object, and his...

Mathare's collapsed house

4-Storey building collapses in Nairobi ​​trapping occupants

Five individuals found themselves in a precarious situation on Wednesday when a four-story building collapsed in the Gateway area of Mathare North, Nairobi County. Reports indicate that the building had been partially demolished before it crumbled with people still inside. The Kenya Red Cross Society sprang into action, rescuing two casualties during the search process. First aid was promptly...

Kenyan woman and her two daughters killed by husband in USA

A Kenyan woman and her two children have been killed by her husband in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in a murder-suicide case.   Gary Stanton, 60, shot to death his wife Mary Njoki Muchemi Stanton, 49, and daughters Andrianna Stanton, 17 and Brianna Stanton, 11 inside their house in the Valley Station neighborhood.   It appeared Stanton was the aggressor,...

Capital FM host Miss Mandi apologizes for bullying co-workers

Media personality Mandi Sarro has publicly apologized after a former co-worker came out to accuse her of bullying.   In a statement on Saturday Mandi expressed remorse over the situation saying her silence was meant for introspection.   The bullying accusations attracted other allegations against her online in an intense conversation that spawned over three days.   The...

How I moved and thrived in Ushago, Amani Maranga

So April last year, I made the decision to leave Nairobi for good, I packed my bags, furniture and dog and with permission from the authorities(it was during a lockdown) …I drove out and never looked back.   Let’s start with why I relocated, you see I make money when people gather, and Covid made sure people don’t gather so for most of 2020 and beginning of 2021 I wasn’t really...

Can you reuse an injection needle if you sterilize it?

I grew up in the village and the country was much poorer than it is now. Therefore anything that could be reused was reused, not out of environmental consciousness but out of sheer necessity. It was therefore common to visit your local health centre for your daily prescribed injection(much more common than oral medication) and be asked to wait for 30 minutes because the needles were being...