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News Real estate on the decline despite key foreign investment Sunday, June 9, 2019 18:00 By JAMES KARIUKI Nairobi has dominantly enjoyed foreign direct investments across all real estate segments in the past decade but that now appears to be fast ebbing away. The launch of affordable housing by
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News Court allows registration of domestic workers union Sunday, June 9, 2019 18:00 By SAM KIPLAGAT The Registrar of Trade Unions has been directed to register the National Union of Domestic Workers. Justice Matthews Nduma ruled that the new organisation should restrict its representation to domestic workers employed in
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News Real estate firm Suraya secures Sh1.6bn to complete projects Sunday, June 9, 2019 18:00 By VICTOR RABALLA 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
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News Oil marketers suffer losses amid row over leakage detection system Sunday, June 9, 2019 18:00 By PIUS MAUNDU A tender row on a system to detect leakages on the new oil pipeline has occasioned heavy losses to oil marketing firms amid uncertainty over the exact quantity of fuel
Fashion How women want their men to dress Sunday, June 9, 2019 8:51 By MIKE MWAI Gentlemen, if you really want to know how to dress, ask the woman in your life. If she is honest and well exposed, you will be OK. On the other hand, if she
Music Morgan Heritage is back Sunday, June 9, 2019 9:33 By BILL ODIDI Some of the biggest African contemporary music stars along with a select group of top Jamaican artists will perform in Nairobi this weekend for a project that supports youth and leadership programmes in the continent. The
Gardening Cowrie shells at the balcony Sunday, June 9, 2019 9:37 By JOSIAH MWANGI When Harfa Haq is not finger-painting or beautifying hand-woven baskets in her Nyali residence in Mombasa, she is in her “little garden” on her balcony watching dangling cowrie shells arranged in patterns. She says her
Health & Fitness Depression and cancer treatment Sunday, June 9, 2019 9:45 By DR MUKUHI NG’ANG’A Qn: I am a breast cancer survivor currently on hormone therapy drugs (Tamoxifen). I started taking them in September last year and after three months; I started feeling really low especially
Food & Drinks At these city restaurants, designs tops the menu Sunday, June 9, 2019 9:57 By WINNIE WANGUI As new restaurants open, competition has shifted from the way the chef whips up cuisines to ambience. From lighting to tiles to wooden panels, restaurant owners are creating beautiful spaces
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Counties Mombasa and Kilifi residents stare at dry taps as Kenya Power cuts supply Friday, June 7, 2019 13:09 By WACHIRA MWANGIBy DIANA MUTHEU Mombasa and Kilifi County residents will have to do without water in their taps after electricity supply to the main pump station was cut off
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Art Titles to Attract Attention Friday, June 7, 2019 14:15 By MARGARETTA WA GACHERU Titles attached to exhibitions of events can be informative or ill-advised. For instance, the exhibition currently at Banana Hill Art Gallery by Nigerian artist Adeshina Ademola is appropriate. ‘Beyond Borders’ makes sense as a lead
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Gardening In Homes, Succulents Come to the Fore Friday, June 7, 2019 13:50 By MARGARETTA WA GACHERU Succulents are the saviour of many a gardener in Kenya who do not want to be devastated by drought. For succulents are specifically designed to retain water in arid climates. “Succulents can