2024

Schedule your biometric appointment: After completing the online application and paying the fee, you will receive instructions to schedule a biometric appointment at a Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Kenya. Choose a convenient date and time for your appointment. Gather the required documents: Prepare the necessary documents for your visa application. The specific documents will depend on the type...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1384931941305053188     Hero saves a child in the nick of...

Safaricom has restricted the time within, which customers can use up data resources bought through the use of its Bonga loyalty points, marking an aggressive policy to push the use of the points which are a liability to the telco.   Bonga data bundles that were previously marked as having no expiry are now carrying a validity of seven days, as per terms and conditions published by the...

Here are six tips to help you eliminate and prevent an infestation of ants in your home. Identify Ant Trails The key first step in eliminating an ant infestation is to identify the trails used by worker ants to move to and from the nest. Any visible ants moving inside your home are seeking food, and once an ant finds edible material, it carries it back to the nest By doing so, the ant...

Apply In-Person Step 1: Obtain a survey plan from Survey Kenya i. One is to visit the Survey of Kenya offices in the ministry of land departments to obtain a survey plan. A survey plan from Survey of Kenya is a required document when applying for a building permit. ii. You should then proceed to request for Folio Registry number search: You are required to provide proof of land ownership...

Exactly six years and one month ago, three people among them an advocate attached to the International Justice Mission disappeared never to be seen again.   The bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and the taxi driver were found one week later stashed in gunny bags and thrown into a river near Donyo Sabuk.   Their disappearance after attending a court case at...

Getting your desired piece of land is not a walk in the park — you have to go through some legal processes to ensure the land you acquire is legitimate. Nowadays, land selling offices are all over and one wonders where all this land that is being sold on a daily basis is. “Advertisements run throughout on radio, television and newspapers. People believe the media too much and end up being...

Forget the days when a neighbour playing loud, boring vernacular music would make you go berserk. If you thought that warring couples next door were the most annoying, wait till you meet Nairobi’s most disturbed and disturbing neighbours:   1. Loud, screamy ‘soundtracks:’ A common pattern for the residents living in apartments is to overhear the mid-coital confessions of couples on the...

KICC started as an idea and simple sketches for a four-storey building. Under the guidance of the first President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, the concept underwent improvements and culminated in the construction of the iconic 28-storey building that we see today. In 1968, the ruling party Kanu approached architect David Mutiso to design a building that was to serve as the party’s headquarters....

  In a quick rejoinder Mzee Jomo Kenyatta responded, "Nitatuma ndege mbili tu, na hazitakuwa zimekujs kusalimia nyanya yako"   Ugandan President Al-Haji Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada attempted to redraw the boundaries of the two countries. Amin wanted back all Kenyan districts that were part of Uganda before the colonial re-demarcation of the territorial boundaries.  He claimed that...

Should the Livestock Bill 2023 see the light of day; a tough regulatory regime awaits animal feed farmers and the entire animal feed value chain. The proposed bill will affect all the stages of animal feed chain from the basic level of growing the feed, processing it, and ensuring its quality, its storage and distribution of the feed. The bill proposes that all involved in the animal feed value chain...

So, you want to start manufacturing custom design furniture. This is a nice thing. First of all, let’s check what you need to start. You got to have a woodworking shop, with all the machines you need to be working from day one, and of course, you need to know how to manufacture furniture, or have someone in the business who knows the stuff. Then you have everything. What you are missing is the...

Once upon a time the leopard who had been trying for a long time to catch the tortoise finally chanced upon him on a solitary road. "Aha", he said; "at long last! Prepare to die." _And the tortoise said: "Can I ask one favour before you kill me?" The leopard saw no harm in that and agreed.   "Give me a few moments to prepare my mind", the tortoise said. Again the leopard saw...

In 2017, Kenyans politely told owners of La Cascina Restaurant in Karen that they should know people.    This came after the world-renowned conservationist and chair of the Kenya Wildlife Service went to their restaurant for a pizza, and after demanding 'Kanjo' water, was asked to leave.   Dr. Richard Leakey, one of only three Kenyans to grace the cover of TIME magazine, was dining...

Have you written it? It is easy to imagine that entrepreneurs have well written plans of their businesses before they start or during their operations. Nothing could be further from the truth. Interestingly, a majority of people find it easy to speak about their plans than to write down about them, and yet, there is no investor who would even think of funding a business whose plan is not well articulated...

Residents of three slums in Nairobi County's Embakasi South and Starehe sub-counties have suffered a severe water shortage for about three weeks now. The slums are Mukuru-Kwa Njenga in Embakasi South, Mukuru-Maasai and Mukuru-Kayaba in Starehe.     The business of selling water thrives under such circumstances, and in several parts of the city, as residents go without tapped...

Building houses cheaply requires careful planning, resourcefulness, and making cost-effective choices. Here are ten ways to build houses more affordably: Design for simplicity: Opt for a straightforward and uncomplicated house design. Complex architectural features and unusual layouts can increase construction costs significantly. Compact footprint: Minimize the square footage...

Former Lang’ata Women’s Prison beauty queen Ruth Kamande has suffered a major setback after the appellate court upheld her death sentence for stabbing her late boyfriend 25 times. Justice Hannah Okwengu, Mohamed Warsame and Jamila Mohamed said there was no doubt that Kamande inflicted the injuries that caused the death of Farid Mohamed Halim. The judges said the nature of injuries suffered by the...

This process is simple. You will need to submit: a copy of the death certificate, affidavit of death and form to requesting change of ownership to the Ministry of land   Step-by-step guide on how to change a name from one to another one in a title deed: Changing the name in a title deed from one to another is a recurrent activity especially in selling and buying land and housing...

In case you want to amend your birth certificate. Within a duration of two years after registration of birth, the names could be changed on application but after production of relevant documentary evidence in support of the amendments.  After two years, you can add names to the existing ones but you cannot remove the names previously on the birth certificate, again documentary evidence will be...