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The real reason why people cheat in relationships
I know this topic has been talked about across, over and beyond a thousand times. But no matter how much information is available out here about cheating and the emotional damage it causes, people still cheat. Even as you’re reading this, there are people somewhere cheating. What people may not understand is that cheating is more mental than physical. This…
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Kenya Airways Resumes International Passenger Flights
Kenya Airways (KQ) today resumed international passenger flights following the easing of movement restrictions as directed by H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta. The first international flights departed on 30th July today to the following international destinations; London, Dubai, Addis Ababa, Kigali, and Lusaka. During the month there will be a gradual increase in the network with flights to Paris, Mumbai and Amsterdam.…
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BetKing Kenya Backs Grassroot Sports and Community Development in a five-year deal
Pan African Group and Kenya’s fastest-growing Sports betting & Gaming company, BetKing Kenya has announced a landmark 5-year partnership to develop sports and communities from the grassroots level. This follows the 5-year title sponsorship agreement with Football Kenya Federation (FKF) worth KES 1.2 billion that also marks the first time that FKF Division One Football league is receiving any form…
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Majid Al Futtaim Donates Over KSH 5 million in Food Aid to Underprivileged Families across Nairobi
Majid Al Futtaim has completed the second phase of its charity initiative to support underprivileged families across Nairobi affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In line with the company’s long-term commitment to the health and wellbeing of the communities it serves, the initiative has helped to generate donations of more than 65 tonnes of staple food items, worth over KSH 5…
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Minet enlists more hospitals for the Teachers’ Medical Scheme
Minet Kenya, administrator of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) Medical Scheme, has enlisted additional 32 medical service providers under the scheme, bringing the tally to over 500 unique facilities spread across all counties and sub counties in the country. The Teacher’s Medical Scheme covers over 1,036,000 lives which includes 332,000 registered teachers and their dependants countrywide. “We have added more service providers as a…
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Healthcare and corruption are the top devolution misses in Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the country really hard. As of yesterday, Kenya had reported 15,601 positive cases and 263 deaths. Recovered cases stood at 263. Once again, the pandemic has exposed some weaknesses in our government system. Weaknesses we expected the devolved government would fix. When the current Kenyan constitution was promulgated on 27 August 2010, Kenyans had so…
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Safaricom and AYUDH Kenya Partner to Distribute White Canes to 20,000 Blind and Visually Impaired Persons
Safaricom has partnered with AYUDH Kenya, an international youth movement dedicated to empowering young people to contribute to a peaceful and sustainable world, to distribute white canes worth over KES 30 million to 20,000 blind and visually impaired persons across the country. The project will see 10,000 children and youth identified by the Kenya Union of the Blind (KUB) and…
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I&MBank Foundation Partners with Kenya Community Development Foundation on building Sustainable Environments
The I&M Bank Foundation and the Kenya Community Development (KCDF) Foundation have signed a partnership on environmental conservation. The partnership will look to inculcate the culture and practice of environmental awareness and conservation amongst children and the youth in 172 learning institutions (primary, secondary and vocational) in 4 sub-counties in Narok and Kilifi counties. The 3-year conservation programme endeavours to…
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Equity Bank Receives $50 Million Loan from IFC to support Kenyan SMEs affected by COVID-19
IFC has announced a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to support local SMEs especially those facing COVID-19 related challenges. The loan, which will ultimately support hundreds of Kenyan businesses in the manufacturing, health, trade, transport, and consumer goods sectors, is part of IFC’s global $8 billion fast-track COVID-19 facility, announced in March. It is designed to help businesses…
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ONE, MTV Base, Mandela Foundation pair up with 10 African Artists in Song to Fight COVID-19
Ten of Africa’s biggest musical artists are uniting to record “Stand Together”, a rallying call to all Africans to unite against COVID-19. With artists from seven African countries, the song is a powerful reminder that no one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is protected from the disease. The biggest crisis facing Africa today is the COVID-19 pandemic, which comes on…
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More than three-quarters of polled Africans report income falls on COVID-19
A five-nation survey by GeoPoll in Sub-Saharan Africa has found that 60 per cent of those employed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic have not been able to work as a result of the outbreak, and nearly half of those are unsure if they will have jobs to go back to. An even larger proportion, at four out of five of…
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Safaricom Extends Free Digital Learning as Schools Remain Closed
Safaricom has extended free access to digital education content for primary and secondary school students to 8th September 2020 following the extended closure of learning institutions. The content, which is approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), has been free to access from April 2020. Since then, more than 10 million education bundles have been redeemed to access e-learning…
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[Game Spot] Detroit: Become human review
There has never been a better time to be a Gamer than now. The pandemic that is Covid-19 has ravaged the world forcing us to alter how normal tasks are performed. This has seen a lot of folks work from the comfort of their homes as they try to adhere to health guidelines on staying home and reducing risk of…
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High Court stops implementation of Gazette Notice appointing a Committee by CS Munya
The High Court in Nairobi has today issued orders stopping the implementation of a Gazette Notice by Agriculture CS Peter Munya that sought to form a National Steering Committee on The Implementation of Tea Reforms in Kenya; after the process was challenged by KTDA lawyer, Benson Millimo. In a Judicial Review application, the lawyer argued that some of the persons…
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M-PESA Foundation Partners with KMPDU to distribute PPEs to 7 Counties
Over 3,000 healthcare workers will receive personal protective equipment (PPEs) courtesy of the M-PESA Foundation. The Foundation will work with local manufacturers to procure the PPEs and Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) to distribute them at an estimated cost of KES 20 million. Healthcare workers in 7 Counties will receive the PPEs which include surgical masks, N95…
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[Column] Lulu Kiritu: Effects of Covid-19, Will it get easier
Covid-19 has in a big way affected the world. Businesses are now looking to the lifting of the travel bans and restrictions with the hope of adapting to the ‘new normal’. The 6th of July 2020 is a date that every Kenyan looked forward to, with the hope of an ease in the movement within the country. There are great…
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Safaricom to connect Coca-Cola coolers with data collection sensors
Coca-Cola has partnered with Safaricom to connect its coolers with data collection sensors that will enable the company to enhance its offering to retailers and outlets of its beverage products in the country. The connected coolers are wired with sensors which leverage on the Internet of things (IoT) – the inter-networking of “smart” devices that collect and exchange data. The…
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Kenya’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Now Official, To Take Effect From January
The proposed 1.5% digital services tax in Kenya is set to start being implemented from January 1, 2021. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta gave a green light to the Value Added Tax (Digital Marketplace Supply) Regulations, 2020 draft yesterday. Now that the President has signed it, companies in the digital space will have to pay 1.5% of their gross…
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KETRACO partners with Kenyatta University to offer Scholarships to female students from vulnerable communities
The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited, KETRACO has partnered with Kenyatta University to offer scholarships to girls from vulnerable families across the country. The partnership will see KETRACO pump resources into the program dubbed KETRACO Scholarship for Orphans and Vulnerable Students (KSOVS). Over the next five years vulnerable female students in KU’s Electrical or Civil Engineering faculty are set to be beneficiaries…
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Kenya COVID-19 Fund, Equity Group Foundation and Health Ministry Distribute First Supply of Locally Manufactured PPEs
Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board flagged off the first consignment of locally manufactured PPEs to public hospitals in Kenya over the weekend. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Equity Group Foundation (EGF). The Board through its Health and Procurement Committees is coordinating the sourcing, quality assurance and distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for frontline health care workers at…
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