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A tree that has graced a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, for nearly a century is slated to be taken down to make way for a highway through the city intended to reduce traffic jams. The fig tree, four stories high and almost a century old, its arched branches forming a giant canopy, has served as a landmark for generations of Kenyans in the bustling commercial neighborhood of Westlands in the capital,...

The widow of a Mombasa businessman has moved to court to stop the distribution of her husband’s Sh600 million estate. Katharina Walele, the widow of Gasper Walele Mwanguwa, wants the High Court to nullify a decision by a lower court that allowed the property to be distributed to her daughter Veronica Kalamba, son Julius Mndwariga and stepson John Ighacho. Katharina is only entitled to a Sh10,000...

A huge fire has been reported at the lower side of Ngara Market in Nairobi.    According to photos and videos shot at the scene, billows of smoke could be seen invading the sky from more than a kilometre away.    The smoke filled the air as residents tried to put out the flames before the emergency services arrived.      At the time of this reporting, the cause of the inferno...

A 36-year-old pregnant woman is shivering inside a hollow baobab tree trunk on a cold morning. It is drizzling and she is surrounded by her four children. What started as a normal disagreement between Juliet Samba and her inlaws has now culminated in her expulsion from the family, prompting her to seek refuge in the forest alongside her husband and four children.     The woman from Kirutai...

The gold trading community in Osiri-Matada mines in Nyatike is counting losses after Saturday afternoon fire razed the mines. Property of unknown value was reduced to ashes, including more than 50 mabati structures used as houses and business premises.     Osiri-Matanda goldmine chairman Kephas Ojuka said the fire started in the afternoon at the informal centre, which is home to about 2,000...

The High Court has barred former Gatundu North MP Kariuki Muiruri from accessing a 17-acre parcel of land in Thika which is the subject of a protracted legal battle. Thika Environment and Land Court Judge L. Gacheru issued an injunction restraining Muiruri, his agents, and workers from developing, leasing, transferring or dealing in any way with the property LR No. 4953/2414, located at Kiganjo in...

Property worth millions of shillings was destroyed early Sunday morning in Nakuru County as the Kenya Railways Corporation evicted its tenants. The evictions saw businesses stretching about 500 metres along the busy Geoffrey Kamau Road demolished. The move is meant to pave way for the rehabilitation of the Nakuru-Kisumu medium meter gauge Railway and the Sh160 Billion expansion of the Limuru-Nakuru road...

The 'Proposed Nairobi River Pollution Control Action Plan' is set to act on or demolish several factories, estates and malls that have encroached on riparian land or have been discharging effluents into the river.   NEMA currently is recruiting 100 environmental inspectors, 50 police officers and crime scene officers to implement its laws.   Two tanneries in Industrial Area have been ordered...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1065875346942296065 A road accident involving a Kenya Prisons bus. The bus rammed into a handcart otherwise known as mkokoteni near the Bunyala Road junction, flipping the handcart upside down and leaving two casualties lying on the road. Both the bus and the handcart pushers were heading towards the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). The two handcart...

DusitD2 Nairobi is re-opening today in an elaborate ceremony that marks a new beginning after the January 15 terror attack that left 21 people dead. Events lined up in a programme released by the establishment shows that a flag was set to arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the morning to be received by General Manager Michael Metaxas representatives from the Tourism ministry. It...

More than 200 home buyers in Athi River’s Sunset Boulevard Estate are facing eviction from their houses, following a dispute between the developer and I&M Bank. Auctioneers Monday advertised for auction 204 houses whose value is estimated at about Sh2 billion, putting the home buyers at risk of losing their investment over a loan that they were not party to. The hammer is set to...

The Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) has slashed Sh200 million for the year starting July. The ministry had planned to condense the land procedures into three steps under the Public Land Information Management System (PLIMS) project to save time and costs involved in registering land. However, this has not happened after government opted to domicile all ICT related projects...

A Fifth Year student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology was on Monday shot while trying to sneak into State House, Nairobi. Brian Kibet Bera, 25, is a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering student. He got access to State House by climbing over “Gate Bravo “when he was spotted by security officers. Police claim the student drew out a knife when asked to...

Suraya Property Group has secured Sh1.6 billion financing from four banks to complete mega housing projects, whose construction had fallen behind schedule due to the biting liquidity crisis that has hit the property sector as a result of interest rate capping. The cash injection hands the company the much-needed lifeline to complete the projects. DTB, Coop Bank, NBK and Equity...

From the imposing darkness of a cold evening, Ezra Chiloba, the former CEO of Kenya’s elections agency, IEBC, emerges and slinks into an empty restaurant along Riverside Drive, a well-worn cap pulled low over his face. It is a few days after the announcement of the presidential results and, like his cap, he looks knackered but somehow still manages to hang on a thread of stoicism. He...

This week Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu makes a historic visit to Kenya and Uganda to commemorate the Entebbe Rescue of 4th July, 1976. This was 40 years ago, when Israel launched one of the most daring and  complicated rescue assault in history. Palestinian terrorists had hijacked an Air France plane with more than 100 Israelis and commandeered it to the Entebbe airport in Uganda. Uganda...

MUSEUM VIEW OFFICE SUITES LIMITED is a private company supported by about 10 investors who scout for good opportunities in the real estate sector and develop serviced plots. We have in our portfolio a 75 acre plot, 800 meters from Mombasa road and 200 meters behind Great wall Apartments. This plot has been subdivided into 1, 2, 2.5, and 5 acre plots as per the attached subdivision plan. We think that at...

Nanyuki: New Fresh Deals. Nanyuki Daiga red soil, 3 acres and 2 acres arable land @ Kes 380,000 per acre-6kms from Tarmac, Nanyuki- Daiga 10 acres, 14 acres and 6 gently sloping fronting a seasonal river @ Kes 450,000 ,Kes 350,000 and Kes 400,000 per acre respectively-5.5kms from tarmac(All with good views of Daiga Hills and Mt Kenya).. Nanyuki Muramati-8 acres with very good views of Daiga and Mt Kenya...

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