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By Jeff Kizzilah

Today marked the 25th Anniversary for the 7th 1998 victims to push for justice for the affected victims.

Speaking during at the 25th Anniversary Hon Senator Machakos County Agnes Kavindu the led Chairperson of the Senate Committee said as the Senate Ad Hoc Committee they will ensure the victims of the 1998 bomblast get justice they deserve by compensating them.

“We are here to listen to the victims and we are not going to leave anything and any stone unturned before we make sure that our victims receive their receive their their compensation. Just to mention we are also planning to see our president who I know he knows that we are having this motion and he knows what we are having this discussion and I know he will give us fully backup. “She added

“We know even the opposition will give us full backup and we are going to do whatever is possible for us as a committee and as the Senate to make sure that we go and meet the Senate in the in the United States so that they can also include all victims in the fund, which should give us the leeway because Kenya was not included in it.” Senator Kavindu said

Hon senator Agnes Kavindu noted that Kenya was not included in it but they just need to change the law so that the victims has suffered for 25 years, many of our the victims continues to suffer.

She further said the issue, is reference to the compensation fund that was created in 2014.

” As part of the US omnibus budget legislation, the fund applies to judgement holding victims of the state sponsored terrorist attack directed against the United States.

Our greatest plea to the United government to the US government is to expand it. The proposal to Congress to initiate amendments through the victim of terrorist act the main aim of the amendment is to make Kenya Kenyan victims of the 1998 attack eligible to participate in the US victim terrorist compensation fund. We seek the US government to provide a pathway for all the victims to become eligible for the compensation of the funds.” added Senator Agnes Kavindu

The victims of the bomblast has highlighted many challenges they are currently facing since some were left as orphans , windows and they shared their testimony how they are suffering as some lost their loved ones.

Mrs Caroline Muthoka the Chairperson and International Convener Consortium of the 7th August victims Association saidthat the association has been of good help to the victims and in assisting the victims to get justice through compensation in collaboration with the US embassy.

The event was attended by dignitaries including Government officials and Opposition leaders led by Hon Kalonzo Musyoka and Hon. Martha Karua amongst other leaders.

By Jeff Kizzilah

The affected victims of 1998 bomb-blast has launched an appeal to champion for their compensation.

Speaking to press dueing the thanksgiving at 7th 1998 Bomb-blast monument Consortium for 7th Bomb-blast Chairperson Mrs. Caroriline Muthoka said that, “we need support from two governments for compensation from loss.

The Chairperson said that if the government will honor the compensationall families will have opportunities to cuter for their needs.

The Consortium is also requesting President Ruto government to honor the vulnerable victims which have waited to be compensated for the last 25 years ago in order for theor lives to move on in peace.

She said majority who were innocent kenyans who were affected and 240 killed during the blast, however the Kenyan government have totally isolated them.

The consortium has said that American government through the U.S Embassy has compensated all Americans while kenyans still languishing compensation disbelief.

Bishop Andrew Mweu has challenge the government to compensate the victims.

He said that justice should prevail to all affected families ,he said we are here to listen to the affected victims and we wont stop until government settle their plights.

The consortium has also urged the Kenyan Senators including Senator Hon. Agnes Kavindu , Senator Hon. Jackson Mandago amongst other committee membersnot to give up in the fight.

The Senate had earlier passed a motion which has formed an Ad Hoc Committee for of 9 members to facilitate the compensation.

The Consortium is currently composed of 1,000 members.

The consortium has call on all persons of good will to help them fight for this noble case which has lasted for 25years.

The Consortium Association for the victims of 7th Bomb-blast has also invited President Ruto for the gathering in championing for the affected Victims on Monday.

By Bruno Aero

Kenya top hospital M.P. Shah hospital has unveiled its grand new cutting-edge maternity Wing.The Martenity Wing is an ambitious project that signifies the hospital’s dedication to enhance the healthcare experience.Dr.Tosseff Din ,CEO MP Shah said the Martenity Wing is designed to support a family centered approach to care and encouraging the active participation of family member in the birthing process.Dr.Din said the Martenity will be wing offering a spacious and luxurious private rooms designed to provide a serene environment and also a well delivery suites and much more modern labour plus a delivery suite that cater for individual needs for all expectant mothers.Dr.Din said that Martenity Wing reflects M.P Shah hospital’s dedication and continued investment in exceptional healthcare facilities and services for the community.

By Jeff Kizzilah

Over 5000 victims of 1998 bomb-blast are crying for help from American and Kenya government to compensate them.

Speaking to press in Nairobi,Chairperson for Consortium for Bomb-blast Victims Mrs. Caroline Muthoka said, “we need support from two government as well as donors for recovery.

The compensations to be used to pay for hospital bills,school fees for the needy children who lost their parents in the blast.

She said they request President Ruto government to support vulnerable victims to be compensated therefore until now nothing has bèn done.

She said majority who were innocent kenyans who were affected and 240 killed during the blast, however the Kenyan government have totally isolated them.

The consortium has also requested American government through the U.S Embassy has compensated all Americans while kenyans still languishing compensation.

The Consortium group claims that American and Kenya government has totally refused to compel and to compensate the victims.

They said that let the justice be done to all and victims be compensated.

The consortium for Victims are also working with Kenyan Senator through Hon. Agnes Kavindu and U.S House of Congress to push for faster compensation to all victims.

The Senate had earlier passed the motion which has formed an Ad Hoc Committee for of 9 members to facilitate the compensation.

The Consortium is currently composed of 1,000 members representing Teachers Services Commission,TADRa and National Housing Corporation and Cooperative Bank of Kenya.

By Jeff Kizzilah

The Food and Land Use Coalition has committed to engage 60 private organisations into shaping the way the country is preseving food and land use.

The association has decide to bring together private organisations in kenya to change the whole transformational sorounding food and sustainable farming.

FOLU Country Director Mr.Michael Onjabo said we are focusing on how people should consume food in a healthy way.

Speaking during Africa Climate Summit High level CEO’s Round Table on Green Growth Mr. Onjabo said our main focus in the upcoming Africa Climate Summit will be to influence policies that will mainly adress issues around food and land us,’he said

He said besides, land provides habitation where space is key to development of different niches from simple housing caves to complex manufacturing units.

Kenya’s food systems face many challenges ranging from their unsustainable nature, a major contribution to national carbon emissions, and detrimental impact on biodiversity. With millions of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition.

FLUC was started in 2017 globally with 9 patners about nine patners and also composed on representatives within the country.

Food and Land Use Coalition is a global partnership that brings together businesses, governments, civil society, and researchers to transform the world’s food and land use.

by Tum David

The Naivas Supermarket is now in a record breaking spree as it unveils its 97th branch in Malindi.

And in keeping true to its strategic expansion plan, the leading retailer both in Kenya and in the entire E.A. region returned to the coastal region barely two months since it last set up an outlet in Bombolulu.
The retailer unveiled its newest branch, 97th, in Malindi along the Malindi-Mombasa highway just about 2km from the Malindi Airport.
This is Naivas’ second branch in the town fondly referred to as LITTLE ITALY and it’s the third one in Kosovo County.

The brand new store brings Naivas store tally to 10 in the coast region and 97 stores in overall countrywide.

This is a big year in the books of Naivas Supermarket even as it sets out its FY24 plans in motion with the biggest being to hit the historic 100th branches, a campaign the retailer has dubbed: # RoadTo100. It’s a countdown also to take stock of its 33 years of good work that has led the chain to this moment.

” Looking at where we’re today, we could not have done it without the support of our shoppers who have constantly demanded more, better and faster services from us”. said Mr Andreas Von Paleske, Naivas Chief of Strategy.

Mr Andreas continued to say that it has taken Naivas about one and a half years to return to Malindi which is a statement to the support they have received from the community of the Malindi people.

” We have made it out modus operandi to listen to the customers’ feed back and constantly deliver new and enhanced shopping experience”, remarked Andreas.

The Chief of Strategy continued to enumerate that with 97 branches, it’s a strong believe that Naivas has put strategic building blocks in place to help define the next chapter of retailer while driving strong growth.

Since the retailer opened its first outlet in Malindi in Decembe 2021, its goal has been simply to provide world-class shopping experience while maintaining the unmistakable Kenyan hospitality and keeping true to Naivas promise of ‘ SAVES YOU MONEY ‘.

Mr Andreas said the addition of the 2nd outlet rubber stamps their authority as the winning retailer in the country.

” As has been our tradition, we will run a 4 week campaign dubbed: MALINDI TENA NA TENA. The people of Malindi have really honoured us through their support and for us we will keep turning up for them again and again whenever they call on us”. Concluded Mr Andreas, the Chief Strategic Officer of Naivas.

By Jeff Kizzilah

Electric bus pioneer, BasiGo, has made a second entry into the African market with the launch of BasiGo Rwanda Ltd a new entity focused on electrifying the public transport system in Rwanda.

BasiGo has partnered with AC Mobility, Rwanda’s leading provider of automated fare collection systems for public transport.

The partnership will deliver electric buses to Kigali transport operators by October of this year through BasiGo’s innovative Pay-As-You-Drive financing model.  BasiGo and AC Mobility have signed letters of intent for the pilot with Kigali Bus Service, Royal Express, and Volcano Express, three of Kigali’s leading bus operators.

BasiGo Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Jit Bhattacharya speaking on the expansion says Rwanda has led the way in creating an enabling ecosystem for E-mobility. BasiGo is proud to be partnering with AC Mobility, a technology leader in Rwanda’s transport sector, to help accelerate the transition to electrified public transport.

Electric buses will bring bus operators freedom from rising fuel prices while also dramatically reducing air pollution and CO2 emissions. Through our Pay-As-You-Drive model, we are excited to bring a complete E-Bus solution to make this technology affordable, accessible and convenient for all bus operators in Rwanda.”

Speaking on the partnership, Jones Kizihira, Chief Executive Officer, AC Mobility Rwanda says We are excited to partner with BasiGo to drive Rwanda’s public bus electrification. The country has recorded rapid transformation, creating a need for a more robust and cost-effective public transport system.

The electric buses will help ease the cost burden of public bus transporters and advance Rwanda’s transition to clean mobility. We look forward to leveraging BasiGo’s experience and network to build a strong electric bus business in Rwanda.”

The Government of Rwanda recently announced an initiative to rapidly scale the size of Kigali’s public transport fleet while also aiming to convert 20% of the public bus fleet to electric by 2030.

Founded in 2021, BasiGo has led the introduction of electric buses in Nairobi’s public transport fleet.  BasiGo has sold 19 Electric Buses to public transport operators in Nairobi and has secured reservations for over 100 additional buses. BasiGo electric buses have driven over 460,000 kilometers and carried over 580,000 passengers. BasiGo has also deployed Kenya’s first DC Fast Charging stations for Electric buses.

BasiGo offers electric buses to private bus operators through a mileage-based leasing model called Pay-As-You-Drive, which makes electric buses affordable for private bus operators to purchase and use. Through this financing model, BasiGo and AC Mobility aim to deliver 200 electric buses to bus operators in Rwanda.

By Jeff Kizzilah

A three days conference on Emerging New Urban Dynamics and Public Finance of African cities pushed for all African cities.

The conference which was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia brought together United Nations Agencies, Academia and Experts on Finance, Spatial and Urban planning.

Speaking during the event Mr. Denise Kodhe former Presiding Officer of the African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council ( AU ECOSOCC)said its high time Africa rise to change the dynamics and use the mechanisms for growth.

Director General of the Institute for Development and Leadership in Africa ( IDEA), Jalal Abdel- Latif of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa supported the sentiments that Africa should not wait for the West to give them ideas of development.

Coleman Msoka a lecturer at University of Dar es salaam among others.Ms.Sweta Saxena Chief of staff and Acting Director of GDPSD and UNECA made a presentation on Framing a New Urban Agenda from Behavioural Economics Perspective.

Contestualizing Urban Dynamics in Africa and Social Dimension of Rapid Urbanization in Africa among others.

Nairobi, Monday 24 July, 2023

by Edna Okoth

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) hosted a 4 day conference for the African Curriculum Association that was themed “learning for sustainable futures connections between Curriculum cognition and context”.

In a speech read by, Principal Secretary State Department for Higher Education, Kenya, Dr Beatrice Muganda Inyangala, Cabinet Secretary for Education Kenya Mr Ezekiel Machogu noted that African governments have faced myriad problems in implementing curricula terming the theme of the conference timely.

“I urge you to put your best foot forward in coming up with solutions as as you cross ideas from different countries, ” said Mr Machogu.

Dr Beatrice Inyangala in her words said that Kenya was at the dawn of economic taje off and that the new Curriculum is geared towards equipping students with skills that are readily required in the market.

“Teachers must strive to be creative in their teaching to capture the imagination of learners, for example, using music to personify the Malaria causing pathogen Plasmodium in a music performance, ” insisted Dr Beatrice Inyangala.

Executive Director of KICD Prof. Charles Ong’ondo noted that they are currently on their seventh grade and are currently formulating content for senior secondary and also gave a brief overview of the process and status of curriculum reform at the basic education level in Kenya.

” I recommend that educators generally and Curriculum developers in particular need to engage in robust contextual analysis and map strategies for navigating them to enhance the acceptability, ownership and support for the curricula with ultimate focus on learning for sustainable futures, ” said Prof. Ong’odo.

Ghanaian Minister Education Hon. Dr Yaw Usei Adutwom mentioned that when he tought in United States before joining politics at home, he observed the gaps that were between African system and that of the US and from there he picked picked positive lessons that he used for establishing model classes in Ghana.

He illustrated with pictures and videos how a model school in Ghana has revolutionised classroom instruction that matches any in the developed West.

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By Jeff Kizzilah

The new refrigerator offers a wide range of Bespoke colors and finish options, AI-assisted energy saving, and optimal refrigeration modes for various lifestyle needs.

Samsung Electronics East Africa has introduced the Bespoke Top Mount Fridge (TMF) into the Kenyan market. The TMF refrigerator that is quite popular in other global markets combines elegant design with a full range of Bespoke color and texture options to help give every kitchen a unique and stylish decor. Equipped with the latest in freshness technologies and energy saving, it makes food storage convenient, efficient and flexible.

“These days, customers expect appliances to go beyond their basic functions,” said Junhwa Lee, EVP and Head of the Customer Experience Team of the Digital Appliances Business at Samsung Electronics.

The Bespoke TMF refrigerator’s flexible design options help customers realize the unique aesthetic of their kitchen. With a range of Bespoke colors and finishes to choose from and an elegantly simple modern flat door design, its stylish finish helps bring the colors of a kitchen to life. Glass textures in Clean Black, Clean Navy, Clean Peach, Clean Pink, Clean Vanilla and Clean White offer a sleek, color-enhancing finish for a refined, modern look. By contrast, Cotta textures in Metal Charcoal, Metal Pink and Metal White offer the warm, matte finish of baked terracotta.

“We understand that every home is unique, and the Samsung Bespoke refrigerators are designed to cater to this diversity. The Samsung research and Development team has worked tirelessly to ensure that every detail is taken care of, and the end result is a product that we are extremely proud to introduce to this market,” said the Head of Consumer Electronics at Samsung Electronics East Africa, Mr. Samuel Odhiambo

“With the Bespoke refrigerators, Samsung has taken customization to a whole new level. The Bespoke refrigerators allow you to choose from a wide range of colors, materials, and finishes to perfectly match your home’s décor. The goal is to provide Kenyans with a refrigerator that not only meets their functional requirements but also adds to the aesthetic appeal of their home.” he adds

To complement this range of colors and finishes, the Bespoke TMF refrigerator’s clean, contemporary flat door design features streamlined recessed handles that do not protrude or get in the way. With recessed handles and a smart, refined design, the Bespoke TMF refrigerator enriches color schemes and fits in seamlessly with existing kitchen.

SmartThings Energy’s AI Energy Mode uses AI to keep track of usage patterns and power consumption of the Bespoke TMF. AI Energy Mode then analyzes the data to provide useful insights through the SmartThings app to help the user proactively save energy.

Users can monitor consumption cost estimates and get a better understanding of how they use their fridge. This usage statistic can be viewed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, all up to user’s preferences. If an estimated monthly electricity bill goes over preset targets, SmartThings alerts users by recommending switching to AI Energy Mode, reducing energy use by up to 7% with just the press of a button.

The Bespoke TMF refrigerator’s Optimal Fresh+ compartment offers four distinct modes of refrigeration and can keep food fresh for up to twice as long as standard cooling.

Located in an independently controlled drawer installed at the top of the fridge, the four unique temperature modes, Fridge, Meat & Fish, Soft Freeze and Power Cool are designed to store different food types efficiently and optimally.

The Fridge mode is ideal for preserving fresh foods and frequently used daily items like dairy and deli foods. If users want to store unfrozen meat, fish and poultry, Meat & Fish mode is perfect for keeping it fresh and ready for up to seven days. The temperature setting for Meat & Fish mode can go up to -1℃. If users are looking for an even longer storage time without full freezing, Soft Freeze mode applies a thin coating of ice that prevents freezer burn and allows for pliable cutting with no defrosting required. The temperature setting for Soft Freeze can go up to -4℃. For rapidly locking in the freshness of groceries, Power Cool mode blasts the Optimal Fresh+ compartment with cold air, reaching low temperatures fast and chilling foods and beverages quickly.

With the dedicated Optimal Fresh+, the Bespoke TMF refrigerator lets users store all kinds of foods flexibly, making the storage of numerous food types simpler and more .

To give customers more freedom in how much food they can keep fresh at once, the Bespoke TMF refrigerator comes with 20 liters more storage capacity than previous models with no extra exterior.

To learn more about the innovations, the Bespoke TMF refrigerator delivers in freshness and connectivity and the freedom it offers users in terms of color choice and appliance management, visit Samsung.com. The Refrigerator is available at authorized Samsung Retail stores in all major towns in the Country. You can also purchase it from the Samsung online platforms.