Substandard goods worth sh. 15 million destroyed in Mombasa
Mombasa, KENYA: Goods valued at sh. 15 million were on Wednesday destroyed in Mombasa as the government scales up the fight against substandard goods in the country. A multi-agency team led by the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Co-operatives in conjunction with Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and Kenya Revenue Authority KRA led the operation […]
President approves cyber-crime law amidst opposition from media rights groups
Nairobi,KENYA:President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday 2018 assented to a new law that will cost any Kenyan Sh5 million for spreading false information electronically. Parliament passed the Computer and Cyber Crimes Bill last month despite protests from the media that it could be abused to stifle press freedom. The Bill stipulates stiff penalties on cyber espionage, […]
Parliament raises red flag in rise of acting CEOs in state corporations
Nairobi, KENYA: Parliamentary Investment Committee has raised a red flag concerning the rise of number of acting chief executive officers in state corporations. In a media briefing at parliamentary buildings on Wednesday, the PIC chair who is also Mvita Member of Parliament Abdul Swamad Sharrif said that the committee is concerned over the high number […]
Man sentenced to life imprisonment for trafficking 155 rolls of bhang
Mombasa,KENYA:A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Mombasa court after he was found guilty of trafficking 155 rolls of bhang. The court heard that Emmanuel Chacha was transporting the bhang from Migori County to Mtongwe when he was intercepted at ferry area on 14th May. The bhang with a street value of […]
COTU refutes proposed changes to labour laws
Nairobi, KENYA: As the government seeks to slap a sh 500,000 fine with an alternative of three-months imprisonment, to union officials, should the strike they call disrupt the provision of essential services, Central Organization for Trade Union COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli has refuted the amendment bill claiming its unconstitutional. Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, […]
Lamu residents blame leaders silence on delayed compensation
Lamu,KENYA:Lamu residents whose lands were acquired for the Sh.21 Billion Wind Power project in Lamu have blamed the loud silence from area leaders as the main reason for their delayed compensation. The project is under the Baharini Wind Power Project,a consortium of Elicio company from Belgium and Kenyan firm,Kenwind Holdings Limited and is to be […]
Elizabeth Lulu Michael to clean government offices for 18 months
Tanzanian Actress Elizabeth Lulu Michael who had her 2 year sentence reduced to a non custodial sentence will now clean offices,Tanzanian authorities have said. Lulu who was released from prison on Saturday last week is set to clean ministry offices in the Tanzanian capital Dares Salaam for four hours on weekdays according to the head […]
Coast region will not be used as a ladder in 2022,Kaloleni MP
Kilifi,KENYA:The Coast region will stand on its own and decide its own fate come 2022, Kaloleni Member of parliament Paul Katana has said. Speaking at the Kaloleni social hall on Monday, Katana said the region has ever been taken for granted despite being vote rich. “This (Coast) region is not predestined to be in opposition […]