Marsabit Woman Representative The Honorable Canon Naomi Waqo CBS has condemned recent attacks .
“I condemn the killings that took the lives of an elderly woman and a man today. Over the past few weeks we have lost 9 innocent people.
This is a troubling trend.
I urge the security forces to move with urgency to restore security in Marsabit and flash out the bandits behind the killings.
I extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.”
The Environment Watchdog the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has reminded Kenyans that the ban on plastic bags is still in force.
This follows laxity on the part of some Kenyans who have been using the banned single use plastic bags.
A message from NEMA confirms that the officers are still enforcing the ban and anyone found in possession of them will be prosecuted.
“18 people were arrested yesterday in Wakulima Market and Roysambu in Nairobi County after they were found in possession of banned plastic bags. This was during the ongoing joint crackdown. The offenders were arraigned at Nairobi City Court and were fined Kshs. 50,000 each for knowingly and unlawfully using banned plastic carrier bags.”
Plastic pollution is among one of the biggest threats facing humanity today. While Kenya’s government has generally shown commitment towards a plastic free future, there has been laxity when it comes to implementation of the same. Cooperation across the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) agents in different counties is critical in ensuring that all loopholes are sealed.
The good work that Kenya Tea Development Authority Chairman David Muni Ichoho has done and Continues To do will never go unrewarded.
God will bless him with a double portion.
“Yesterday I joined Theta and Ndarugu Tea factory directors lead by Chairman Charles Wanyoike Gatithi Gatithi during site handover for construction of a new orthodox production at Ndarugu Tea Factory in Kiambu county .
KTDA Orthodox tea is gaining its market in Russia,Pakistan and Egypt.”
Bahati Member of Parliament Irene Njoki is a champion in empowering her people.
“Financial empowerment is one of my key priorities for Bahati Constituency people as I continue to encourage my constituents to adopt saving and investment culture for economic empowerment.
Yesterday, I engaged 10 groups drawn accross Bahati Constituency at SCODE Kiamaina Ward. The groups have gone through Akiba na Mrembo trainings that equally facilitates access to government affirmative funds, innovation, networking, legal aid, resource mobilization and mental health.
I call upon more groups to enroll for Akiba na Mrembo for Bahati to achieve economic transformation and build an empowered society together.”
The Kenya Police Deposit taking Sacco has continued to be the leader and a good example of prudent management.
Kenya Police DT Sacco is steered by the National chairman David Sohelo Mategwa.
Mr. David Sohelo Mategwa together with the Chief Guest Cabinet Secretary. Ministry of co-operatives and Smes Simon Chelugui EGH Wednesday morning presided over the opening ceremony for Top savers conference at Diamonds Leisure beach & Golf Resort- Diani, other guests present, PS. Patrick Kilemi, National Police Service D.I.G Douglas Kanja, Former D.I.G Edward Mbugua, Commissioner of Co-operatives David Obonyo, together with our Board of Directors, CEO Solomon Atsiaya. Management, Top savers and Staff.
Kenya National Police DT Sacco Top Savers conference, is a noble initiative that brings together the national best savers of the society.
The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Patrick Nyangweso as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Through a notice in the local dailies, KNCCI President Richard Ngatia described Nyangweso as a focused and experienced professional with over 24 years of experience in planning, policy and project management across the public and private sectors.
“He is a focused leader who has transformed various institutions through the adoption of Change Management Systems and Performance Management tools that has enhanced staff’s productivity and motivation,” he said.
“Nyangweso is a highly experienced and transformative leader, an economist with expertise in budget implementation, monitoring and evaluation, research and financial management.”
Until his appointment, Nyangweso served as the KNCCI Chief Operating Officer and before that he headed various institutions including International Medical Corps and the National Taxpayers Association.
He is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Nairobi and holds a master’s degree in Projects Planning and Management and a degree in Economics from the same University.
“The board congratulates Nyangweso for the appointment and is confident that he will ably steer the organization’s future growth ambitions,” added Ngatia.
The National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) today appeared before the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to enlighten the Committee on its operations, programs, successes and challenges affecting the Fund.
Led by their Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yusuf Mbuno, the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) Board informed the Members that this year marks 20 years since the Fund was launched, adding that they have so far received Ksh435 billion from the National Treasury benefitting over 6 million students in Kenya through burseries. He however expressed some challenges such as delays in receipt of funds and the challenge of incomplete projects.
After the presentation of the Fund’s results over these years, the Chairperson of the Committee, Hon. Kuria Kimani advised the Board to develop a structured framework that provides real time information, develop well-structured Budget estimatesindicating pending arrears while Hon. Julius Rutto called for a creation of a standard template on Bursary issued towards the schools which is to be reconciled with acknowledgement receipts from learners.
Hon. Joseph Munyoro and Hon. Paul Biego were concerned of the reporting structure of the Fund Managers in the constituencies. Hon. Adipo Okuome noted that there was a communication breakdown and tasked the Board to outline their role.
While making his presentation, Hon. (Dr.) John Ariko notified the Committee that he was a beneficiary of the NG-CDF Fund through out his university course. He advised the Board to do serious checks and balances in the disbursement of funds for accountability purposes.
As part in the discussion, Hon. David Mboni and Hon. UmulKheir Kassim called on the Board in regards to the NG-CDF sharing formula, to be more equitable in the constituencies against the varied features across the country like high number of primary schools, enrollment rate among others.
The transition of incomplete projects was a concern to Hon. Joseph Makilap and Hon. Soud Machele who urged the Members to have a vote head for such projects so as to have them completed.
The CEO also requested the Committee consider amending the Act establishing NG-CDF to have it entrenched in the Constitution.
Somtel is a leading telecom and technology service provider with the widest network coverage in the Somali region. It’s Headquarter is located in Hargeisa and we are guided by our values of delivering an ambitious and new digital world to our 78 percent of telecom customers across Somaliland,Somalia and Puntland.
In addition, we have grown fast in superior communication, infrastructure and by harnessing the capacity of our esteemed clients. We now offer voice,data, digital services and enterprise solutions to to our retail and corporate customers.
Therefore, the organisation is part of the giant Dahabshill Group of Companies which spun off from its remittance wing founded by Mohamed Saeed Duale in the uear 1970.
The Group presently ranges from state of the art telecommunication , banking and remittance transfer to hospitality,real estate and energy. The Company expands it’s business operation ventures,constantly with Dahabshill Motors Hyundai that was recently launched in Hargeisa and Somaliland,joining the Groups business portfolio.
In conclusion, Somtel Somalia Limited is among the top leading telecommunication company in the Horn of Africa.
CAPTION: A delegation of victims of the Nandi mining blast at a press conference at the LSK headquarters in Nairobi seeking justice for their dead kin.
Picture By Tum David.
By Tum David
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) together with the victims of the Karebe Gold Mine tragedy staged a peaceful demonstration to the offices of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) in Nairobi on Tuesday 20th April, 2023 to present a memorandum to the Director Mr Noordin Haji.
The LSK in partnership with KHRC are deeply concerned by the recent events surrounding the investigations into the deadly gold mine blast that killed three (3) people in the Karebe Gold Mine shafts at Kibisem Location, Tinderet Sub-County of Nandi County on 23rd January, 2023.
The tragic incident which occurred around 1615hhrs resulted in the death of the following young men namely Geofrey Onyango, Julius Kiochumba and Geofrey Rotich with scores of others nursing serious injuries.
It was established that the Chief Magistrate’s Court at Kapsabet Law Courts acknowledges befire it the arrest and arraignment of ten (10) suspects and a miscellaneous application file No: E013/2023 in their custody on February 7, 2023 where the court granted the investigating officer fourteen (14) days to hold the suspects in custody pending further investigations into the deadly blast. It was also noted that due to the nature and the magnitude of the investigation, the case was taken up by the DCI investigators from the HeadQuarters in Nairobi who upon the completion of their investigations made a recommendation of a charge of murder against the suspects.
The LSK confirms a duplicate file was also forwarded to the office of the ODPP in Nairobi for perusal, direction and further action in court.
” The LSK therefore seeks answers to this pertinent issues” said the LSK President in a press conference in his office. He said that the LSK now demands for answers about the actual position of the DCI file about the investigations which were made and what was the recommendations and the charges referred against the suspects.
” We want to know the current position of the file that was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and why it has taken too long to charge the suspects” Mr Theuri said.
He added; ” We call upon the authorities to move with speed and wr hive them seven (7) days to act and provide answers failure to which, we as the LSK, we’ll be copelled to explore other options of law to compel the government to act in the best interest of the victims”.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) endeavours to promote human rights to ensure that justice is served to all.
CAPTION: The Brick Mall in Thindigwa along Kimani Road where the newly opened 92nd Naivas store is located. Pic By Tum David.
By Tum David
KENYA’S number one leading Food Store in the country, Naivas Supermarket has officially opened its newest outlet, the 92nd over all, at the Brick Mall in Thindigwa along Kiambu Road.
The move is seen as the perfect Easter holiday gift towards its cherished customers. However, it is also seen as an exciting effort towards its expansion spree and a step closer to attaining the 100 mark of the number of stores Naivas Holdings plans to attain before the end of the year to become an accomplished supermarket chain in Kenya.
The new store which covers about 20,000sq ft of trading space, has been accelerated by Proparco, a French sovereign wealth fund which acquired a Ksh 3.8 billion stake in early September last year.
The Naivas Supermarket also has plans to open six outlets of the Food Chain in the next two months which aims to attain a record 100 number of stores, a record never attained by any retailer in the region.
Speaking after the opening of the 92nd branch at the Brick Mall in Thindigwa, Kiambu Road, the Chief Commercial Officer of Naivas Supermarket Mr Willy Kimani had this to say:
” Naivas is in the operating track and should be getting to its 100th store this year and even over that number for we don’t track on physical stores but we track about profitability stores”.
Mr Kimani said that the challenges brought about by the recent drought and the political noise in the country coupled with the dollar challenges all this affected a lot of things including supply issues.
” Therefore, it’s timely that the Kikapu Kibonge campaigns which we have been rolling, is a campaign that encompasses all seasons”. Mr Willy Kimani said.
He went on to say, ” For once we broke tradition instead of doing an Easter Campaign, we decided to go for a campaign that encompasses all the seasons because it’s not about an Easter meal it’s more about the season and the people, people don’t have food in the homes and income has remained constant, but unfortunately prices have been rising double digits and that’s the reason why we had to say no we’ve to do a campaign towards it”.
The Chief Commercial Officer said it was so important for Naivas that the opening of the 92nd store happens at the same time when the retailer is having the “Kikapu Kibonge” campaign countrywide.
The expansion spree seem to be unstoppable given the Supermarket’s plans to open soon more stores in Kisii town, coastal town of Mombasa and in Westlands and Karen in Nairobi.
” Ours is not a rush to open brick and mortar stores, no, it’s making sure that we can be able to competitively in a profitable manner to be able to actually have a product fit for the market” Mr Kimani added.
