2024
In a shocking turn of events, content creator Sharon Mwangi and musician Kagwe Mungai have officially declared their separation. In a joint Instagram post that left fans in shock, the dynamic duo shared the news with a level of honesty that was both refreshing and, dare I say, a tad cringe-worthy. Accompanied by a photo of them looking all lovey-dovey, the former flames expressed their gratitude to...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1721059020490866845 American YouTube star MrBeast has said he drilled 52 boreholes in Kenya to provide water to communities and schools lacking clean drinking water. MrBeast, a content creator with the most subscribers on YouTube, flew to Kenya, documented the building of the wells, and interacted with students and communities. He says that the initiative is part of his...
Fresh statistics show the Treasury expects revenue from stamp duty to dip to Sh9.51 billion from Sh12.13 billion recorded in the previous year ended June 2018. The fall in revenue from stamp duty is a pointer to reduced deals in land and houses, reflecting the recent slump in activities in real estate sector. The tax is charged on the market value of the property at the rate of four...
Shanghai residents passing through the city’s eastern Huangpu district earlier this month might have stumbled upon an unusual sight: a “walking” building. An 85-year-old primary school has been lifted off the ground — in its entirety — and relocated using new technology dubbed the “walking machine.” In the city’s latest effort to preserve historic structures, engineers attached nearly 200...
What is succession? Succession is the right and transmission of the rights and obligations of the deceased to his heirs. The Kenya law of succession prescribes the rules which determine what ought to happen to a person's estate after his or her death. It is also referred to as the law of inheritance i.e. transmission of property rights from the dead to the living. The rules of...
If you run into the 'Your connection is not private NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID' error in Chrome or Edge, sometimes you can click Advanced then Continue Anyway if it is a site you trust. What happens when there’s no Proceed Anyway(unsafe) button and you’re on a trusted or internal site that just uses a self-signed certificate? Click anywhere on the page(yes, anywhere as awkward as it seems)...
Mohamed Moti business in Meru is said to have started in the early 1900s. It is now over 120 years since they opened shop. Meru was declared a township by the first colonial District Commissioner Edward Butler Horne on May 13, 1911. By then, Mr Mohamed Moti was an established trader. It is said In 1896, the Indian trader sailed to Kenya from in India, where owned a cotton ginnery at the age of...
A 29-year-old man is nursing life threatening injuries at a city hospital, after he was found in a compromising situation with another man’s wife. The man only identified as Kangechu and the woman were having a good time, when the man of the house busted them in his bedroom at around 4am. Before Kangechu knew what was happening, he was stabbed several times by the man whom he later learnt...
To transform your snooze room into a fantastic get-away, use these refined little room ideas and designing strategies and astute storage tips. Make a Focal Point Each room needs a point of convergence, an eye-getting spot that sets up a hierarchy so you don't see only the clutter. Ordinarily, the point of convergence is the head of the bed, which you can amplify with a formation of bold pillows....
Requirements 1.Identity card (original) 2.Proof of land ownership (original) 3.Community consent (copy) It must be made by at least two thirds of the community assembly. For family land both the wife and the husband should present themselves before Land Control...
https://youtu.be/bgV8tLgl1TU Content creator Diana Marua has come out to clear the air after a video she uploaded in 2020 resurfaced and made her a trending topic for the better part of Thursday. Through a post on her socials, Diana explained that she shared the video with her followers because God has lifted her to inspire a generation. She further stated that role models...
Lord Egerton Castle is located in Njoro, approximately 30 minutes drive from Nakuru, Kenya’s 4th largest city. The mansion with fascinating architecture and surrounded by numerous shrubs, canopy trees, and lush lawns was built by Lord Egerton between 1938 and 1952. The story of this castle is one of both love and hate. Lord Maurice Egerton was born in 1874 into the Barons of Egerton, a royal family....
A 41-year-old man was last evening rushed to a Murang’a hospital in serious condition, after he was sodomised by four young men. In the bizarre incident that left villagers of Githiagara in Kugumo, Murang’a county in shock, the man was walking home from imbibing frothy waters with elders, when he was approached by the four, at around 1am. They immediately dragged him to a secluded area...
For some people, our college roommates become our lifelong friends. They’re the ones we vent about life with, the ones who get to see our ugliest faces on Snapchat, and the ones we’ll be having wheelchair races with 60 years from now. For the rest of us, our roommates are a bit – how do we say – different. We asked our readers to share their craziest roommate stories and they definitely did not...
This tattered, nondescript building on Kìrînyaga Road in Nairobi betrays little if any significance to a passer-by. Yet this is the first building in Nairobi's CBD that was owned by a black Kenyan. But there was more to this building. Acquired by a little known businessman Kiburi wa Thumbi in the late 1940s, Kiburi House was cause for much consternation for the colonial...
Are you too young to do business? I remember when I was a young adult, many of us would get business ideas and discuss them with the older generation in pursuit for advice. More times than not, they did not inspire us to implement those business ideas. They made statements such as, 'you are too young to do business'. These were not words spoken to fifteen year old teenagers but twenty three year old...
President William Ruto has promoted Major General Charles Muriu Kahariri to the esteemed rank of Lieutenant General, appointing him as the Vice Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). Kahariri will replace outgoing Lieutenant General Jonah Maina Mwangi who is retiring after serving 42 years in the armed forces. Major General David Kimaiyo Tarus has also been elevated to a similar rank as Kahariri...
Despite all the talk on affordable housing, at no one time has attention been actually paid to the question as it is being done today. In most cases, the unasked question has been: Affordable to who? For a time we had, and still have, houses selling for upwards of Sh7 million touted as affordable homes. Never mind the number of Kenyans who can afford that price is very small. It is not until talks of...
A will is a legal declaration by a person, of his wishes or intentions regarding the disposition of his property after his death, duly made and signed in accordance with the law. A will includes any attachments to the will, explaining or altering any part of the will. Such attachments are known as codicils and have to be signed. A will can either be oral or written. An oral will is only valid if it is...