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- nation.africa You've failed Kenyans, MPs tell Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait over Worldcoin saga
SHe told MPs she was not aware of Worldcoin's activities until the public outcry and long queue witnessed at KICC three weeks ago.
> "We have determined that the information regarding WorldCoin's operations is insufficient to completely exonerate your office. You need to resubmit your answers as to who should be held responsible in this inquiry," Mr Kiarie said.
- nation.africa ICC prosecutor Karim Khan recuses himself from Kenyan cases amidst Azimio onslaught
Azimio had claimed the ICC prosecutor was compromised.
> In a communique to the Nation following allegations by Mr Odinga’s camp that Mr Khan’s visit to Kenya last week could interfere with their case at the court, the office of the prosecutor (OTP)’s public information unit clarified that the official was in the country in his private capacity.
- www.businessdailyafrica.com Saccos to invest Sh800m in a joint ICT platform
The Co-operative Alliance of Kenya (CAK) has launched a technology platform to ensure the safety of depositors’ funds saccos.
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Kenyans will travel to South Africa visa-free from 2023
www.citizen.digital Kenyans will travel to South Africa visa-free from January - President RamaphosaKenyans will starting January 2023 be able to travel to South Africa without a visa in the new resolutions announced by Presidents William Ruto and Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday.
> “Kenyans holding ordinary passports will be allowed to enter South Africa on a visa-free regime for up to 90 days per calendar year”
- nation.africa Kenya’s healthcare system is being handed over to profiteers
Exclusive new data shows skyrocketing public expenditure on private health facilities in Kenya
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Kenya election 2022: Kenya's Shona community first time vote after statelessness
www.bbc.com Formerly stateless community voting for the first time in KenyaThe Shona community in Kenya will be voting for the first time in the 2022 Kenya election after receiving citizenship in 2020
- nation.africa Three women arrested for 'buying' identity cards in Narok
County Commissioner Isaac Masinde told reporters in his office that the three would be charged with election offences.
> Security agencies in Narok have arrested three women in Emurua Dikirr constituency and seized 16 identity cards that they believed were intended to be used to commit election malpractices.
- www.businessdailyafrica.com Dealers run out of KRA tax registers ahead of deadline
The Business Daily has learnt that more than half of the licensed dealers of the new tax registers have run out of the machines.
> The new ETR will be connected through the Internet to the KRA’s systems, allowing it to monitor all transactions in the traders’ point of sale and invoicing systems.
- nation.africa Raila receives more coverage than Ruto, says MCK report
MCK argue that Kenyans like consuming Raila-Karua-related news hence their stories “sell more” than those of Ruto-Gachagua.
> Gauged on their own, Azimio deputy presidential candidate Ms Karua trounced her colleagues, with the news about her exciting many Kenyans and giving her 78.8 per cent of media coverage while United Democratic Alliance’s (UDA) Mr Gachagua only got 20.9 per cent ...
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Degree of Urbanisation (DEGURBA) - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
DEGURBA methodology:
- Captures the urban-rural continuum in a harmonised manner;
- Uses the same population size and density thresholds across the globe;
- Starts from a population grid to reduce the bias generated by the different shapes and sizes of spatial units;
- Measures population clusters directly; Defines areas to monitor access to services, not areas defined by access to services; and,
- Proposes a cost-effective approach.-
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Kenyan Media Share of TV Audience
90%+ of TV audience is under media houses who are campaigning for one coalition in the upcoming elections.
- nation.africa Nairobi declines Ukraine request to address Kenyan Parliament
Nairobi declines Kyiv request to address Kenyan Parliament on Russian invasion.
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- www.theeastafrican.co.ke Tale of Tusker, land thirst and Hurst’s hunts in Ngorongoro
By trampling George Hurst to death, an elephant in Ngorongoro unwittingly immortalised its tusks, its victim and its elephantine imprints in history, bottled in glass.
> On arrival in Ngorongoro, George moved into a derelict farmhouse located between the crater and the Lerai forest. He was optimistic that he could own the crater, home to more than 50,000 zebra and wildebeest. He, therefore, made an application to be allocated the land by the Custodian of Enemy Property, a government department tasked with reallocating assets seized by Britain upon the defeat of Germany in WWI. > > George was optimistic about getting the Ngorongoro Crater ranch seized from a German, W.F. Siedentopf. It was on this conviction that he squatted in the dilapidated farmhouse biding his time. > > But his hopes were dashed when his application was rejected and the government gifted the coveted crater teeming with wildlife to an aristocrat, Sir Charles Ross, manufacturer of the Ross rifle and Ross cartridge. The Siedentopf brothers had killed thousands of wildebeest, whose tongues they canned and shipped out of the country. > > One of the Siedentopf brothers, Adolf, was however found dead, with a Maasai spear protruding from his body. > > Disappointed by his failure to secure his dream paradise, and upon learning that Ross would be its owner for the next 99 years (until 2022 AD), George wandered off into the wider Ngorongoro. And here disaster waited.
- www.businessdailyafrica.com Nairobi boda boda to get digital plates in new rules
Boda boda riders in Nairobi will have biometric plates with unique colour codes for easy identification, Governor Ann Kananu has announced.
cross-posted from: https://baraza.africa/post/60350
> > > - The move follows a meeting on Thursday between City Hall and boda boda associations that agreed on a raft of new regulations aimed at streamlining a sector that has been dogged by crime, indiscipline and accidents. > - Announcing the new development, Ms Kananu said that they have agreed that boda boda operators will have their motorcycles fitted with the digital numbers with each of the 17 sub-Counties in Nairobi having a different colour code for easy identification. > - Ms Kananu said the special plates, when scanned, will be able to reveal the name, ID number and phone number of each rider.
- nation.africa How Njonjo, working with politicians, silenced the karafuu whistleblowers
In the early 1970s, cloves from Zanzibar had become a cash cow for the Kenyan elite and top politicians and civil servants were reaping big.
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EP21: Central Bank Digital Currency || Kenya's Market Map
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- kenyanwallstreet.com Why Kenya Cannot Print More Money To Pay Off Debts - Kenyan Wallstreet
Obviously the video was made on a light note. However, it is important for us to examine the underlying questions being raised. Why is Kenya broke? And why
- www.tuko.co.ke Mum first: Survey shows most Kenyans abroad send money to mothers, few to dad
A new survey has revealed that Kenyan mothers receives the highest amount of diaspora remittances from their children, followed by sister, brother and father.
- kenyainsights.com DCI Trailed Pakistani National For 2 Weeks Before Nabbing Him With Sh110M Cash At JKIA | Kenya Insights
Sleuths attached to the Asset Recovery Agency are holding a Pakistani national identified as Khalid Jameel Said Ahmaad, who was arrested on Friday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) “as he attempted to flee the country with over Sh110 million in cash.” Khalid Jameel, traveling on a Ba...
- nation.africa State extends e-passport migration deadline to November
The government had previously set a deadline of December 31 last year.
> The Immigration Department on Friday extended the deadline for the phasing out of the old generation passports to November this year. > >The Interior Ministry in a statement dated Friday, January 21 said the deadline had been extended to November 2022. This follows a council meeting of the East African Community (EAC) member states. > > The government had previously set a deadline of December 31 last year for the phasing out of the old generation passport, according to the Directorate of Immigration Services.
- www.businessdailyafrica.com Sign language gets boost after Senate approves Bill
It will soon be compulsory for all government institutions including parastatals, the Judiciary and schools to provide for the use of sign language.
cross-posted from: https://baraza.africa/post/41212
> > If the proposed law is approved by the National Assembly as passed by the Senate, sign language will become the third official language after Kiswahili and English and will be used in all government offices, schools and courts.
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Kenyan Rapper King Kaka now a SportsBet.io Global Ambassador
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- www.businessdailyafrica.com Huduma Namba to replace KRA PIN in battle against tax cheats
The controversial biometric identification scheme or Huduma Namba will replace the KRA PIN in changes to the law that are designed to check tax cheats.
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9 Best Spots to Surf in Kenya
www.tripindigo.com 9 Best Spots to Surf in Kenya - TripindigoThe Kenyan coast is one of the main attractions that bring visitors to this beautiful country. Find out where you can catch the best waves in our guide to Kenya's best surf spots.
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Street toponymy and the decolonisation of the urban landscape in post-colonial Nairobi
> ABSTRACT > > Kenya attained independence from the British in 1963 and immediately following this, the country embarked on a decolonisation process in the political, social, and economic sectors. As a result of this process, urban landscape symbols began to change. In this paper, we examine how decolonisation occurred through the naming and renaming of streets. Using critical toponymic theory, we analyse the socio-political processes that influenced the inscription of street names as part of the symbolic production of the urban space of Nairobi. Our study suggests that, during the period of British rule (1895–1963), toponymy was used as an exercise of power and ideological dominance over space with the purpose of reflecting British control. Soon after Kenya gained independence, the erasure and re-inscription of street names were used to renounce the colonial regime and its ideology, and redefine the city’s identity with toponymic symbols of nationalism and pan-Africanism. In the process, street names acted as sites for the restitution of justice and arenas for reputational politics, spatial scales of memory, and symbols of ethnic diversity and unity. This research demonstrates the role played by street names as symbols of memory and socio-political ideology, especially during major political transitions.
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After maids die in Saudi Arabia, Kenyan relatives sound alarm
news.trust.org After maids die in Saudi Arabia, Kenyan relatives sound alarm | ContextA growing number of bereaved Kenyan families are sounding the alarm over the sudden deaths of female relatives working in Saudi Arabia
> Attracted by the promise of well-paid work and a chance to escape joblessness at home, more than 100,000 Kenyans work in Saudi Arabia - sending home millions of dollars every year, government and central bank data shows.
- nation.africa ‘Please call me’ inventor NKosana Makate wins another round in Sh75bn case
Mr NKosana Makate says the R47 million (Sh354m) paid to him was insufficient since Vodacom had understated the profits drawn from his invention.
- www.grassrootseconomics.org Grassroots Economics - Bad Bus Tickets
The Crypto world is printing out bad bus tickets and I want off the bus.
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Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya: Change and Continuities by Jacob Mwathi Mati
ukombozireview.com Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya: Change and Continuities by Jacob Mwathi Mati, New York, Routledge, 2020, 207pp, ISBN: 978-0-429-31657-9 - Ukombozi ReviewBy Njuki Githethwa The title of this book attracts at first glance. It inspires the excitement of providing a lucid and deep analysis of the major waves of political protests in Kenya since independence, a terrain that is often overlooked by scholars of social movements in the region. The half title...
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Communist Party of Kenya's Quarterly Magazine Itikadi is having its third issue
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/38070
> Here it is (in case the link doesn't work). > > Has some Gonzalo cringe but it is well-worth the read.
- www.aljazeera.com National media failing Kenyans on Pandora Papers
Kenyan media are doing a disservice to the public by framing the revelations as an issue of legality rather than ethics.
- www.aljazeera.com Kenya rejects UN jurisdiction ahead of Somalia border ruling
The neighbours have been feuding over a stretch of the Indian Ocean that is believed to hold oil and gas deposits.
- www.icij.org As Kenyan president mounted anti-corruption comeback, his family’s secret fortune expanded offshore - ICIJ
The Kenyatta family has ruled one of Africa’s largest economies for decades. But to the Swiss advisers who helped them funnel wealth into tax havens, they were 'Client 13173'.
- www.aljazeera.com Islamic New Year: What you need to know
The upcoming Hijri new year marking the start of the Muslim lunar calendar will fall during the second week of August.
> Running for 354 or 355 days, it is approximately 11 days shorter than the solar, Gregorian calendar. > > The year has 12 months beginning with Muharram, and ending with Dhul al-Hijjah. Each month starts with the sighting of the new moon.
- nation.africa How 'foolproof' Nemis is used to deny Form Ones schools of choice
How unscrupulous principals and parents have been denying some deserving learners their places in top schools.
This kind of reasoning is part of the problem: > “We applied the principle of equity, fairness, merit, inclusiveness and affirmative action, that is why the process took longer (than usual). We trusted the computer and it doesn’t have a mother or a father,” Prof Magoha
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Kenya Power revenues hit as rural homes use less electricity than expected.
www.businessdailyafrica.com Kenya Power revenues hit as rural homes use Sh3.34 dailyHomes use about 6kWh of electricity or less monthly, returning a bill of Sh100.45 for charging phones and controlled lighting
> Power sales have increased 39.3 percent since 2012 when the number of those connected to the grid jumped 271.7 percent.