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MOMBASA, KENYA: Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has effected major changes affecting 16 senior officers either been demoted, transferred or promoted sparking tension among workers at the port. Among departments hit by the purge, which comes barely a year after a similar one in March last year, are the Procurement and
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on African countries to prioritize the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in their development plans because they hold immense economic transformation potential. The President spoke when he unveiled Kenya’s digital economy blueprint to investors and Heads of State attending the Transform Africa
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NAIROBI, KENYA: Lawyers have protested recent appointments to key government institutions claiming regional imbalance. Through an urgent petition at the High Court, Chama Cha Mawakili wants the government’s nine appointees to the Postal Corporation of Kenya and the Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA) stopped from assuming office
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The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) says it will pursue legal action to stop payment of house allowances to legislators as well as recover the paid funds. Terming it as illegal, the move by the Parliamentary Service Commission to pay the 416 legislators Ksh250,000 each monthly, SRC has maintained
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The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) on Tuesday, May 14, announced new fuel prices which came into effect on Tuesday midnight. The authority increased the cost of petrol, diesel and kerosene by KSh 5.43, KSh 2.24 and KSh 2.40 per litre respectively. READ ALSO: Petrol, kerosene
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Treasury is on the spot for delaying he release of funds for counties. Kisii governor James Ongwae appearing before Senate’s Public Accounts Committee asked senators to legislate on a policy that will compel Treasury to be releasing funds to the county on a quarterly basis as it is done
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NAIROBI, KENYA: Case on the rigging of bonds has given the Capital Markets Authority Sh374.9 million in fines on the conspirators. The scheme-involved use of sensitive information to buy bonds when anticipating an order from the government, quickly making an extra buck at the expense of other investors called
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By ROSE MIREMBE More by this Author The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has launched an online seed label verification system which will see all local seed in member states countries sell those branded with the trading bloc’s logo, in order to shield farmers from fake and
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- Firms lost KSh 2.95 billion to cons in 2018 up from KSh 2.1 billion stolen in 2017 - Banks, Sacco's and insurance firms were among the hardest hit by internet theft - This was blamed on weak frameworks firms are putting to ward off cyber
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News KRA impounds ethanol declared as spaghetti Wednesday, May 15, 2019 16:32 By STELLA CHERONO The Kenya Revenue Authority has seized a shipment of smuggled ethanol declared as imported spaghetti at the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi. The consignment was intercepted by the KRA Customs and Border Control unit
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Market News Italian tech devices firm opens shop in Nairobi Wednesday, May 15, 2019 16:31 By JAMES KARIUKI Italian tech devices maker Datalogic has entered the Kenyan market through a partnership with IT software development firm Lynx Distribution. Datalogic country manager for Africa Marco Santambrogio said Nairobi is its
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We live in an era of botnets and data breaches, which has made it more important than ever to use strong passwords. Yet, how many of us have one or two general passwords that we use for all our accounts? Or the same four-digit PIN for our phone and ATM