Kenyan Schools warned over uniforms cartel

The other day a student under my guardianship was chased from school due to unpaid school uniform fee. The boy, a form three student at Ol Kejuado Boys High School was supposed to pay around Ksh5400 for a new set of uniform.

Apparently in this school boys proceeding to form three must buy new uniform despite the state of their old uniform. Fine. That is not my concern. My inner eye was attracted by the fact that there was no option for the parents/guardians/students to buy the uniform from preferred suppliers. The rule is and has been: the school buys the uniform from own selected suppliers on the students’ behalf.

In my thinking, this policy is subject to abuse and most likely the school principals and administrators could be minting millions of shillings through kickbacks and commissions from suppliers.

Africa’s first pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards

Journalists from across Africa have until the 29th February 2016 to submit their entries for the inaugural pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards.

Dr Femi Oyetunji, Group MD/CEO of Continental Reinsurance said: “The insurance and reinsurance sector has a valuable role to play in Africa’s economic growth and development and we want to recognise the respected contribution of the media to the sector’s growth.”

Nairobi’s Westgate mall ready rise above the ashes

Kenya’s Westgate mall, the scene of a four-day siege in late 2013 that left 67 dead will reopen to the public this Saturday. With fresh paint and concrete works covering its painful scars of bullets and grenade attack, it is a strong signal of a fresh start.

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Kenya’s Westgate Mall bounces back from terror attack

Nairobi’s upmarket Westgate Mall which was destroyed in September 2013 is set to open its doors to clients next week, management officials have announced.

The then flourishing mall was literally reduced to ashes and rubble when Al Shabaab militants attacked in September 2013. At the time, its owners estimated it might take at least two years to get it back on its feet.

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Twitter reacts to Moses Kuria remarks

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Kenya shilling weakens to 100 mark against the dollar

Kenyan shilling has continued to post dismal performance against the world’s major currencies. Commercial banks data quoted the shilling at 99.95/100.15 to the US dollar on Monday.
The trend is alarming considering that on Friday, it traded at 99.70/80. Fears have gripped the country that the currency may witness the trend of 2001 when the shilling hit 106.75 against US dollar to become one of the weakest currencies in the world at that time.

World Bank: Mobile money a game changer in the banking industry reveals new report

Thanks to mobile banking technology like Kenya’s Mpesa, millions of people in Kenya and Africa now are banked.

The latest report by World Bank dubbed Global Findex 2014 report shows that millions of people in the world now have bank accounts – and an increasing number of them are in the world’s least developed countries.

Operators USF contributions surpass sh2.5bn target

Contributions to the Universal Service Fund by Kenyan Operators has surpassed the targetted sh2.5billion.

Samsung Electronics introduces innovative solutions for its display screens business

 As competition in the country’s retail and hospitality market heats up from the growing number of operators, the use of in-store display screens has also grown in tandem. Leading electronics company Samsung Electronics East Africa, cognisant of this, is introducing new business display solutions and technologies to the market.

How to beat Cyber criminals –Kaspersky

Cyber criminals are getting more daring everyday and everyone on the Internet should be wary and take precautions, warns Internet security solutions firm, Kaspersky.

Two decades ago, cyber threats were few and not as fraudulent as they are today.

Most cyber criminals now target to make money or simply cause destruction.