Storm Brigid is gathering pace in the Atlantic and heading for Britain [Eumetsat Meteosat]The entire country faces at least three days of torrential downpours, savage 150mph gales and weeks of relentless flood misery.
Storm
Brigid is expected to first hit UK shores later this afternoon before
the full force of the onslaught rips into the country tomorrow.
Experts
say it threatens to cause destruction on a par with the ferocious
October St Jude’s Day Storm and subsequent Storm Emily which hit in
December.
It came as figures show some areas of England have already had their wettest January since records began.
The Facebook phone has been
rumored for some time already, but recent events make us believe that a
Facebook Phone will be released very soon for developing countries like
Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, and more in Asia.
Back to September 2012, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has dismissed the possibility
of a Facebook-branded smartphone, saying it wouldn’t make any sense.
However this week’s release of the feature “Call Friends for Free With
Facebook’s Messenger App” is a huge step into that direction, and we
expect to see soon Facebook Phone in more hands.
From
today, we are starting a series of posts focused on ideas to start a
profitable business in Africa . We will present them segment by segment.
Here are 10 ideas to start a business targeting expatriates in your
country.
Overall, our purpose is to simulate your mind, and encourage you to start your next business in Africa. 1. International Aid and investment segment opportunities
The international aid for Africa is a $40-billion-a-year industry.
Most of this, is easy money to take, mostly for corruption and overpaid
expatriates; however smart startups would be wise to explore the needs
of this huge international organizations full of the laziest people in
the planet always in search of someone to do their job for them or make
their life easier. Here is a list of 10 ideas to create customized
services or application for their use:
Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!
When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french
colonial empire, and opted for the country independence, the french
colonial elite in Paris got so furious, and in a historic act of fury
the french administration in Guinea destroyed everything in the country
which represented what they called the benefits from french
colonization.
Three thousand French left the country, taking all their property
and destroying anything that which could not be moved: schools,
nurseries, public administration buildings were crumbled; cars, books,
medicine, research institute instruments, tractors were crushed and
sabotaged; horses, cows in the farms were killed, and food in warehouses
were burned or poisoned.
during a past interview. To him, the
Jubilee Government
is God’s miracle, and it is his duty to
worship in its shrine,
a duty he said he would execute at all
costs. FILE
By JUSTUS WANGA
In Summary
Mr Duale hinted of the appointment of presidential loser Musalia Mudavadi and former Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa—all from western Kenya.
He has been branded the sycophant-in-chief of President Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto, but he has no apologies for it.
Instead, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Barre Duale says Kenyans do not really know the extent to which he is indebted to, especially, Mr Ruto. And he sought to illustrate it.
On May 2014, through Europe newborn children will be compelled to take in a subcutaneous RFID chip.
Public
clinics in the European Union are to be alerted. The chip in inquiry
will be contributed with the report sheet on the newborn.
This
chip will also be an impressive GPS sensor that will task with a micro-
disposable battery every 2 years in state clinics. GPS chip grants an
edge of error of 5 meters, as a statement that it is excellent.
It
will be linked straight to a satellite, which will guide the networks.
As forecasted, this chip will be essential for all kids born after May
2014 , but with a present confirmation date until December 2016. profecies
Over 50 years ago Barack Obama Snr boarded a plane for Hawaii on a scholarship that would later lead to the election of the first black President of the United States of America in over two centuries of independence.
Now 50 of Kenya’s most promising young leaders, under the auspices of President Barack Obama, will have a similar opportunity to learn about what makes, what has been touted as the world’s greatest democracy, tick.
This is through what has been dubbed the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
The flagship programme which will last for six weeks between June and July will instruct 500 Africans, mainly between the ages of 25 and 35, in the three areas of Civic Leadership, Public Management and Business and Entrepreneurship.
How comes its not men asking for the web to be shut down?
By AFP, PORT ELIZABETH,
Voluntary male circumcision session. Critics want graphic S.African
circumcision website shut as it displays Chilling images of deformed
penises on a website slamming botched traditional circumcisions in South
Africa have raised the ire of cultural commentators who called Monday
for the site to be shut down. PHOTO/FILE
In Summary
"We condemn the exposure of this
ritual to people who do not practise it. Women should not see what
happens at initiations," Holomisa, a former leader of the Congress of
Traditional Leaders of South Africa told AFP.
Graphic images
show severely disfigured, infected or amputated genitals on the website,
named for the local Xhosa language word for initiation into manhood,
which Rijken encountered while working in the rural Eastern Cape
province.
South Africa's Film and Publications Board (FPB)
restricted the website for people under 13 years following a complaint
by Codefsa because of "material which may be very disturbing and harmful
to children".
Moi-era political elite have recently transferred shares worth Sh4
billion that placed them among the top 10 owners in the financial
services company. FILE
In Summary
Businessmen associated with former
presidents Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki have recently transferred shares
worth Sh4 billion that placed them among the top 10 owners in CfC
Stanbic.
The shares were held through Africa Liaison &
Consultant Services (Alico) — an investment vehicle that held 40.4
million shares or a 10.2 per cent stake in the firm.
The
disappearance of Alico from the list of CfC Stanbic’s top 10
institutional owners signals that the old guard may have finally
liquidated their investment and bowed out.
A group of politically connected
businessmen has quietly exited the top shareholders’ list at CfC Stanbic
Holdings, the company that owns Kenya’s sixth largest bank CfC Stanbic.
Three Blind Phreaks How the phone-phreaking Badir brothers ran rings around Israel's telcos for six scam-filled years. By Michael Kaplan Inside the chintz-filled
living room of the Badir family's neat and modest home, a feast of
freshly roasted chicken, saffron rice, and seasoned vegetable stew
perfumes the air. Friends and relatives pour through the front door to
congratulate 27-year-old Munther "Ramy" Badir. He's just been released
from prison after serving 47 months for computer-related crimes.
Outside, Islamic prayers resonate from speakers on a truck moving slowly
down the dusty streets of Kafr Kassem. Everyone in this Israeli village
- populated mostly by Arabs - appears ecstatic to have Ramy back.
Telling
the African story like never before, with courage and enthusiasm, Aura
Obama was unique and authoritative and spoke perfect German. She was the
principal speaker at the “Lessingtage” that took place on the Sunday,
the 26th of January 2014 at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the hall was very full.
Dr
Auma Obama, is a Kenya scholar, who studied in Germany, a half sister
to Barrack Obama, a sociologist and journalist. Her theme was “You are Your Future”. She spoke at length, below are some of the issues she tackled.
The new measures require that all
vehicles must be stopped and searched at the entry points while the
occupants should alight for frisking.
Head of airports security
Eric Kiraithe said the new checks were put in place in response to
“intelligence reports and matters of concern raised.”
While
information gathered by undercover officers showed the airports were
among installations targeted by terrorists, an expose by NTV revealed
serious security lapses.
Intelligence briefs also showed
potential threats at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Parliament
buildings, military headquarters and the Kenyatta International
Conference Centre (KICC).
Travellers using Kenya’s airports will
take longer to gain entry following the introduction of stiffer security
procedures aimed at preventing terror attacks.
The new
measures require that all vehicles must be stopped and searched at the
entry points while the occupants should alight for frisking.
The
security upgrade was announced by Kenya Airports Authority managing
director Lucy Mbugua in an advertisement in yesterday’s Nation.
The new rules require passengers to arrive at the airport an hour early.
Somalia's
al-Shabaab militants may be planning new attacks on Kenya, the director
of US national intelligence warned on Wednesday.
Security
has increased and counter-terrorism efforts have been strengthened in
Kenya and other East African countries in the aftermath of the September
massacre at the Westgate shopping mall, intelligence chief James
Clapper said in his global threat assessment for 2014.
Two Kenyans living in the UK have been ordered by a London court to pay over Sh3.6 million
Two Kenyans living in the UK have been ordered by a
London court to pay over Sh3.6 million (£26,516) in damages for defaming
a lawyer through their community online social website known as www.misterseed.com.
Sources
in London, UK indicate that A Queen’s Counsel at the Queen’s Bench
Division of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mr Master Kay (Q.C) who
presided over the case in which a Kenyan father and his son have been
accused of libel, ordered Mr Peter Njiiri Karanja popularly known in the
UK as ‘Misterseed’ after the name of his website, and his son Jackson
Njiiri Karanja, to pay the lawyer, Mr David Muroki Kague £20,000 in
damages for defaming him through their website.
The
court has also issued an order for two separate awards £2,286 and £3,655
in favour of Mr Kague in legal costs. The £3,655 has however become the
subject of an appeal process.
It is reported that Mr
Kague who practices law in the UK with the firm of Moorehouse Solicitors
in North West London represented himself in his suit against Mr Kiruthi
and Mr Karanja who are father and son respectively, for defamatory
postings published through www.misterseed.com falsely claiming that Mr Kague had dishonestly taken money from people.
Pictures of the Kenyan lady that was found dead in her house in Henningsdorf have been released by the Police in Henningsdorf.
The
police have identified the lady as Munira Hussein, which is the name on
all her documents in her home. Due to the state in which the body was
found in, it had to take a few days before an autopsy could be done. The
police confirmed that the autopsy was to be done on the body today.
From
the police investigations, it was clear that there was no violence
involved and no third party was involved. There are no signs of faul
play or murder. This is in reply to the rumours that have been
circulating that Munira had been hacked to death, fortunately, that is
not the case.
It is believed that the body must have lay in the
house for a couple of weeks before the neighbours called for the police
to break into the house.
Rumours have it that, she:
originally hails from Kikuyu
came to Germany from Mtwapa
is half Kenyan and half Somali
at one time lived in Munich
was an asylum seeker
The rumours may be unfounded and may even be false, but then again they might be true and might help in finding her relatives.
The
police are looking for the next of kin before they can make a decision
on what to do with her final remains. If any of you know who she is or
who her family are, or have her real name or passport number from Kenya
please contact the head of consular at the Kenyan Embassy in Berlin, Mr.
Wamela: 0302592660 (available Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm) or 0170-5653817 (available 24-7)
It is Tuesday… The following takes place between Friday 2am and Monday 4pm…
I was driving home a tad tipsy Friday morning at about 2am following every detail I taught you on my letter, HOW TO DRIVE HOME DRUNK. I was driving in the middle of the road and all…
When I got to Madaraka roundabout, I was stopped by cops…
Now you see we had talked about this earlier in the club… If you see cops… Reverse… ESCAPE! This is a tad difficult with 10 cars or so behind you! So I stop..
“Kijana toka toka toka… Leo ni leo… Toka…” A cop sermons me out of the car… You see, I was not drunk… But I was far from sober! I am guided to the bonnet of a cop land rover where a second cop handed me something I was supposed to make sure hadn’t been tampered with… Then he asks me to unwrap it.. It was a nozzle for thealcoblow… He fixes it to the machine and asks me to blow… I hadn’t had much to drink so I was sure I was safe… So I blow…
Arsène
Wenger will be given full autonomy to preside over the largest
transfer budget in Arsenal’s
history following confirmation yesterday that he will extend his contract
beyond the end of this season.
The Premier League’s longest-serving manager is ready to sign a new deal that
is understood to be worth £24 million over three years and will take him
into an unprecedented third decade at Arsenal.
Telegraph Sport revealed in September that Stan Kroenke, Arsenal’s
majority owner, would ask Wenger to oversee the next phase of the club’s
development and chief executive Ivan Gazidis revealed yesterday that a
formal announcement was now a formality.
“Arsène will be extending with us and, at the right time, we will make that
announcement,” said Gazidis. “We have always supported Arsène, the board and
Stan Kroenke have always been completely behind him. Arsène has always been
committed to the club. He’s the right person to see us forward.”
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the
public to shun individuals whose interest in the standard gauge railway
project is personal gain.
On Tuesday, the President said the Government followed the right procedure and the project will go on as planned.
"The
very notion of economic progress is persistently threatened by conflict
sparked and fuelled by commercial interest groups, be they local or
international.
Yes, the rich only date the rich…..the two have been spotted in social media hot spots showing off some Public Display of Affection (PDA). According to “Kahawa Tungu” Muhoho and Phillip Moi’s daughter, Tallisa Moi have been dating for some time now.
We try to keep a positive vibe going here at This
Is Africa, but every so often you come across something that just paints your
mood black. Some of you may already be aware of this, but if like us you're
hearing about this for the first time your jaw will drop. And it'll probably
raise the same BIG questions in your mind that it did in ours. (Incidentally,
once you read this you'll no longer wonder why French presidents' and ministers
are sometimes greeted by protests when they visit former French colonies in Africa,
even if the protests are about other issues. Though what other issues could be
more important than this one we have no idea.)
Rebels of the SELEKA
coalition in the Central African
Republic patrol on a road 12kms from
the city of Damar,
by Sandile Memela
I am glad that I am neither a soldier nor a
mercenary. Both are instruments of war and destruction
Nobody should ask me to put on a uniform to go to
some strange country in the heart of Africa to fire high caliber machine guns
and drop bombs on fellow Africans whose leader got into power through a violent
coup and not democratic elections.
Only last August the arrivals terminal at Kenya's main international airport was a huge ball of fire and smoke. Putting that disaster in the past, Titus Naikuni is looking forward to an April delivery of the first of the company's six Boeing 787 Dreamliners being shipped this year.
And, mirroring a rise in local airlines seen across the continent, a Kenya Airways-owned low-cost carrier - Jambo Jet - is set to begin flights early this year. Naikuni predicts an explosion in air travel across the continent in the next decade as Africa continues to modernize.
FA Cup fifth round draw: Arsenal's clash with
Liverpool adds to nightmare 12-day run next month
Arsenal have been handed a nightmare run of
fixtures after they were given a testing FA Cup fifth round assignment against
Liverpool – right in the middle of an already daunting run of matches.
The Gunners were already due to face Liverpool in
the Premier League on 8 February, but now they face a second encounter with
Brendan Rodgers’ side the following weekend – either side of a tricky midweek
clash with Manchester United. To top off their twelve days of torment, Arsene
Wenger’s side host European champions Bayern Munich in the Champions League on
Wednesday February 19.
THE sudden move by former National Speaker Kenneth Marende to
pull out of the forthcoming elections of the populist opposition
ensemble, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) was prompted by certain
compelling political realities in his native Western Kenya, The People
Sunday can reveal. Key among the trending opinions in the region is the
need to help in ‘emancipating’ his populous Luhya community from the
stranglehold of former Premier Raila Odinga, narrowing, if not sealing,
the hiatus between that community and the national government and
formulating a viable political vehicle through which residents can
propel one of their own to the presidency in 2017 or any other time in
future.
Passing
by the gate, one only sees bored-looking armed officers from the elite
General Service Unit (GSU) standing sentry. The first impression one
gets is that the imposing building, sheltered by a huge thicket of
indigenous trees and bougainvillea, is an exclusive members’ club or a
security safe-house. There is no human or vehicle traffic going in or
out of the home, making one conclude that whoever accesses the place is
either by light aircraft landing inside the expansive compound or from
the nearby Mweiga Airstrip.
Located at Sasini Ranch, about 10
kilometres from Nyeri town on Mweiga-Nyahururu highway, the Sh200
million property is as magnificent as they come. The intended retirement
home for immediate former President Mwai Kibaki is located on a
120-acre ranch lying in the imposing ridge between the scenic Mount
Kenya on one side, and the Aberdare Ranges on the other.
where communities pool ideas and resources for the common good.
The relationship between Kenyans at home and those in the diaspora is Graduating from handouts to hand-ups: The Diaspora’s painful but steady movement from charity to investment. Let us start with a Bible verse “For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. (Galatians 4:22-26 KJV).”
.........What will you do with the Gays, those who have come out and those yet to come out? Grow up-:
KIAMBU: Governor William Kabogo has said single people should not be allowed to contest elective positions, saying they do not have leadership qualities and values. Mr Kabogo said while making an entry into politics, interested candidates should first show their spouses to the public.
He caused a stir when he said that unmarried women who are over 35 years of age have a problem. “You young ladies who are not married, please find men and get married for it is because of this reason we are having problems all over (referring to leadership) yet men are all over,” he said.
He added, “We will be asking any woman who wants to be elected to bring her husband and any interested man to bring his wife and I will now be going around with my wife. Kabogo said it is impractical for a single person who has not even been able to take care of a home to lead a nation.
(AFP) – Margaret Kenyatta, the wife of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta will compete in the London marathon in April in a bid to raise money for local charity, her office said.
The Kenyan First Lady will join other celebrities in the April 13 race to create awareness on health issues facing Kenyan women and children.
To prepare for the event, Mrs Kenyatta has been training near her residence at State House in Nairobi, with former London marathon winner, Douglas Wakiihuri taking her through the paces.
She will test her race abilities when she competes in a half marathon in Nairobi on March 9, in a race she hopes to encourage other First Ladies in Africa to take part.
The London marathon has attracted a strong line-up of elite athletes from Kenya, including the women’s defending champion Priscah Jeptoo.
The chairman of National Police Service Commission Johnston Kavuludi
(left) confers with commissioner Mursid A. Mohammed (right) in this
file photo. Two senior policemen have been sent home while three others
will face further investigations following a second round of vetting.
In Summary
Mr Kavuludi defended his team against accusations of conducting an unfair process.
By FRED MUKINDA
Two senior policemen have been sent home
while three others will face further investigations following a second
round of vetting aimed at removing those found unsuitable for law
enforcement.
Those sent home on Friday are the head of
Administration Police college in Emali, Mr Eusebius Laibuta, who during
the vetting had told the panel that sending him home would be tantamount
to killing him, and Mr Philip Tuimur of police headquarters.
Prof Kobia Friday said the auditors would be outsourced and the culprits held to account.
By SAMWEL BORN MAINA
The tricks rogue civil servants use to defraud Kenyans can be revealed today.
They
have been substituting names of dead or retired employees with those of
their cronies, creating a bloated service that has been costing tax
payers Sh1.8 billion annually.
The complicated system
where numbers of public servants are retained long after they ceased
working in the public sector has been blamed on employees in charge of
the payroll and those in the finance departments of Government
institutions.
The administrators have been cashing in
on loopholes in the public service structure and an outdated IT system
that has not kept pace with developments in modern finance to ensure
theft of public money goes undetected.
For the past 7 years, a dog called Capitán has slept next to the grave of
his owner every night at 6pm. His owner, Miguel Guzmán died in 2006.
Capitán, the dog, disappeared while the family attended the funeral services. A week later relatives of Guzmán were visiting the cemetery
when they were astounded to find the dog next to the owner's grave. The
cemetery director says that the dog comes around each night at 6pm, and
has done so for the past 7 years
He Marshaled 54 African Countries Within 3 Months In Office!
Thursday January 23, 2014 – Last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta, became the first President in the history of Africa to marshal all the 54 nations in Africa with the aim of amending an international statute that favoured his cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
With a great smile and charisma and with the assistance of his Deputy, William Ruto, Uhuru traversed all over the African continent and eventually managed to force the amendments to the rules of the Assembly of State Parties which forms the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Allan Otieno, an architect and director at Dimensions Architects and Interior designers Ltd, has made several trips to China to shop for finishes, both for his clients and his house.
According to Otieno, shopping in China is a worthwhile experience that doesn’t just offer a wide range of products but also saves him considerable amounts of money.
“By getting finishes from China, one can save upto 30 per cent of the total construction cost delivered to the site,” says Otieno. This, he adds, includes all travel, accommodation and freight charges.
The Embassy of China in Kenya acknowledges that more and more Kenyan builders are looking to China when it comes to shopping for building materials and finishes.
“We welcome trade and investment between our two countries,” said Mao Yinzong, the embassy spokesman. Although the embassy says there are many Kenyans travelling for business to China, the figures were not immediately available.
President Barack Obama greets President Uhuru Kenyatta at
Nelson Mandela's memorial service in December.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 00:00 -- BY PAUL ILADO AND
AFP
THE White House yesterday said President Obama would
invite President Uhuru Kenyatta to Washington for a summit in August.
Uhuru is still technically
an ICC indictee although there is widespread speculation that his delayed trial
at the Hague is about to collapse.
The indictment is
one reasons why Obama is yet to visit the homeland of his late father as
president despite visiting Tanzania on an African tour last year.
Obama will invite
47 African nations that are currently in good standing with the United States
or are not suspended from the African Union. Egypt, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Guinea
Bissau will not be invited. Sudan's President Omar al Bashir has refused to go
to the Hague to answer charges of human rights abuses in Darfur.
President Uhuru Kenyatta chairs Cabinet meeting Thursday in Nairobi.
Thursday, January 23rd 2014
By MOSES NJAGIH and LUKE ANAMI
Kenya: The government could be losing as
much as Sh1.8 billion annually through payment of salaries to ghost workers,
President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed. The President said an on-going audit of
human resource in the public service by the Ministry of Devolution and Planning
indicated that Sh70 million had been lost in eight ministries. He said if the
trend was repeated across the 18 ministries “this will translate to Sh150
million monthly or Sh1.8 billion annually.” President Kenyatta revealed that
the interim report of the eight ministries so far audited had started revealing
worrying concerns, with government losing millions in a month to remunerate
ghost employees. “In an initial eight ministries partially audited, we have
found evidence that indicates that a considerable number of officers who are
either on secondment, are deceased, retired or have deserted their duties and
who therefore ought not to be remunerated, are still retained in the public
service payroll,” the President said in a statement.
Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May after 26 years in charge of Manchester United
A drunk Manchester United fan called 999 "demanding" to speak to Sir Alex Ferguson after the club's defeat.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were called at 22:30 GMT on
Wednesday by a man from Crumpsall after the team lost to Sunderland in
the Capital One Cup.
GMP said it "can be sad and depressing" when a football team
loses a game but asked the public to "remember that 999 is to be used
for emergencies only".
The force suggested contacting the club to speak to the former manager. Manchester United lost 2-1 on penalties in the semi-final of the competition at Old Trafford under new manager David Moyes.
The man opened the call by asking to speak to Mr Ferguson
before telling the call handler: "The result is all wrong, they had
extra time and it was a total and utter load of rubbish."
Thinking of those who define the present-day Seattle music scene, musicians like Damien Jurado,
who not only call the city home but who have influenced, promoted, and
produced other local artists’ music, come to mind. Jurado’s
soul-searching folk ballads have earned him a wholehearted embrace from
his fans. What better way to kick off his 2014 tour and to celebrate Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son,
the 11th and latest album in Jurado’s repertoire, than to throw an
album release party at the Neptune Theatre with fans from his own
backyard?
Uhuru Kenyatta trial postponed by international criminal court
Associated Press in The Hague, Thursday 23 January 2014
Kenyan president was due to stand trial on 5 February on charges of crimes against humanity, which he denies
The international criminal court has postponed the trial of Kenya's president on charges he orchestrated violence after his country's 2007 elections.
The court said it would instead hold a hearing on 5 February – the
day Uhuru Kenyatta's trial was due to have started – into a request by
prosecutors for a three-month adjournment in the case and a request by
the president to have the case thrown out altogether.
The delay is the latest setback in the case against Kenyatta, who insists he is innocent of all charges against him.
By Kimathi Mutegi (Sources: HassConsult, propertyzote, VillaCare): The People in Property WeeklyJanuary 23, 2014
While thousands of Nairobi
residents struggle to pay Sh2,000 in rent, the city’s cream regularly
shell out Sh200,000 every month.
A prominent resolution by most people each new year is to either
build or buy their dream house. The type of the house might be as
diverse as the various tastes but one common denominator is that a dream
house needs be in a dream estate. Mr Solomon Kagwanja, a lawyer in town
vows to get his family a house in Ridgeways estate in the next three
years.
James, a banker is also intent in acquiring a house and though his
dream estate is Runda, he admits that a spot in the less pricey South B
would do for him. For those wishing to acquire a dream home in a dream
estate in the city, the choices are there. Let’s sample some of what
this former swampy, mosquito infested, colonial outpost has to offer, in
the high end sector.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and CDC Group last week
announced an investment of $32 million (Sh2.8 billion) in a new
mixed-use real estate development along the Thika superhighway in
Nairobi. The Garden City project is sponsored by Actis, and expected to
create more than 650 jobs directly during the construction phase and
over 800 more once completed.
Garden City will be built in two phases, comprising a 50,000 square
meter mall, 20,000 square metres of office space, 421 residential units
and a three acre park. The project will meet retail needs in one of the
fastest growing areas of Nairobi. An estimated 1.5 million people live
within the immediate, primarily residential, catchment area.
The Kenya Airport Authority has invited tenders from international
fast food brands to submit bids ahead of the opening of the new Terminal
4 which is expected to open in a few months’ time.
According to information received from Nairobi, KAA expects some of
the world’s big names like Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, and McDonalds to
compete over the opportunity to establish a presence at East Africa’s
largest aviation hub, which is presently undergoing expansion and
modernization at an accelerated pace, following the fire in August last
year which destroyed the international arrivals hall and triggered some
serious fast tracking.
T-Mobile (one of the major US mobile companies) today announced its
intention to get into the business of providing banking services to its
wireless customers, and any others who want an alternative to
traditional banking accounts. The new platform will compete with, and
also potentially boost, other, less-known mobile banking services, like
those provided by a banking startup called Simple, for example, or
Amex’s Serve.
It’s not a new idea for a mobile carrier to get into the
bank-by-phone business like T-Mobile is now doing - Kenya’s M-PESA,
launched in 2007, is probably one of the best known examples of how
successful such a tie-up can become. Today, there are nearly 20 million
people around the world using M-PESA, which has since expanded from a
basic mobile money transfer scheme, to include other loans and savings
products, bill pay, salary disbursements, and more.
By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
Capital FM
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.........What will you do with the Gays, those who have come out and those yet to come out? Grow up-:
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He Marshaled 54 African Countries Within 3 Months In Office!
-Business daily
By Kimathi Mutegi (Sources: HassConsult, propertyzote, VillaCare): The People
in Property Weekly
January 23, 2014
TechCrunch23 January 2014
