WEEK 1, AUG 2019 ISSUE
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The court has awarded journalist, poet and author Tony Mochama, Sh9 million in damages in a defamation suit. Magistrate A Obura directed that Shalja Patel and Prof Wambui Mwangi furnish him with a written aplogy within 14 days. Mochama went to court in 2014 after two women accused him of sexual harassment on September 20, 2014 at a lunch meeting at the home of Wambui.
Five nurses at Mama Lucy Hospital who were on duty when a pregnant woman delivered on the floor have been suspended, Governor Mike Sonko says probe launched.
Equity Bank has appointed Gerald Warui as Managing Director following the resignation of Polycarp Igathe who rejoined his former employer Vivo Energy as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Africa after an eight-month tenure at Equity.
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has increased the KCB MPESA interest rates from 4.08% to 7.5%
removed from Port of Mombasa or the inland container depot in Nairobi within 21 days from the date of discharge of the vessel will be transferred to a designated Customs controlled area awaiting disposal in accordance to the EAC Customs Management Act, 2004.
Police have been deployed at the Bamburi area in Mombasa County after more than 30 armed criminals linked to the outlawed Wakali Kwanza gang attacked residents. Casualties have been reported. It is advisable to avoid the area.
8 people injured, 3 in critical condition admitted in the Coast General Hospital and 2 people discharged following the gang attack in Kwabulo and Bamburi Mwisho. Most people sustained panga attacks on the head, hand and stomach. Following the gang attack in Bamburi, Mombasa county police boss Johnstone Ipara assures the public that the situation has been managed. He however urged them to be cautious and encouraged the residents to report any suspicious activity to the Police. The gang state they are on a revenge mission as one of their colleagues was shot dead yesterday after being involved in a robbery incident in Kisauni.
Governor Sonko introduces the new Nairobi County Finance Bill 2019 which when passed will force Mosques and Churches to pay up to Ksh. 10,000/monthly in form of revenues to the County Government.
Interior CS Matiangi set to gazette Monday 12th AuThe Kenya Revenue Authority has gust as a public holiday to mark Eid al-Adha, Chief set new guidelines to enhance effiKadhi says. ciency at the port of Mombasa and the Inland Container Depot in Nai The ministry of interior has formulated a policy to robi. In a statement issued by KRA regulate installation and use of CCTV technology in Commissioner General James Mbuall public and private places. And it's just what I ru, all imported cargo for delivery to have been praying and advocating for in my small Nairobi shall now be conveyed by way for a very long time. The policy is now out for the Standard Gauge Railway and public participation prior to implementation and the cleared at the Inland Container Depublic has upto Aug 14 to present views on it. A pot from August 7. All imported cargo intended for Mombasa and its number of you may have already seen it but some environs will also need clearance at may not have. The policy is actually to encourage as the Port of Mombasa. Mburu said much use of CCTV technology as possible, with that imported cargo not declared and maximum benefit to the owners/operators and the
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general public. It’s also intended to ensure use of CCTV complies with laws that are relevant to that technology and it's disposal. I will keep discussing it here up to and even after 14th.
KWS officers have arrested three suspects including a Naivasha trader with over 200kgs of buffalo meat destined for Nairobi. During the arrest in Marula farm located off the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, the officers impounded a personal car that was ferrying the meat.
A 22-year-old student at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in Kakamega County this evening found dead in her rented house in Lurambi. Belinda Akeyo Achieng, a Fourth Year Bachelor of Education student, was found lying lifeless, with blood oozing from her mouth and private parts. Investigations into the learner’s suspected murder have begun.
MPs claim the National Environment Management Authority has been compromised in a case where Parliament ordered the closure of London Distillers over environmental pollution. Members of the National Assembly’s Implementation Committee expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace the environmental agency is taking to implement the House report. The MPs threatened to sanction an independent probe to ascertain complaints of environmental pollution by the distiller.
A Nyeri woman died under unclear circumstances in Dubai after reportedly leaving her house at 3am on Wednesday last week to meet someone. The body of the 22-year-old Suzan Makena was found in the sea that Wednesday morning, which was coincidentally her birthday.
A Nairobi court on Thursday, August 8, froze Ksh734.5 million suspected to be allocated toward the constructions of the nowcontroversial Arror and Kimwarer dams in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. The money has been frozen for 180 days (3 months) to allow for investigations to be done. The money, which is banked at the Standard Chartered Bank, belongs to Stanlib Wealth Amanah Property Limited.
EA Portland Cement to lay off entire workforce, the firm’s CEO Stephen Nthei says all positions in the company have been declared redundant and will affect both unionisable and nonunionisable workers in the company. They say the Nairobi Securities listed company has been making losses of up to Sh8 million daily which has impacted negatively on sales and subsequent profitability, hence the move. Subsequently, all jobs will be reconfigured in terms of job consolidation and enrichment, in line with the restructuring. The cash strapped company reported a 30 percent increase in loss to Sh1.26 billion for the half year ended December 2018 up from the Sh949.2 million loss it posted six months before. The company attributed the heavy loss to increased output prices, a sluggish market and production challenges, arising from the company’s tight working capital position. This is not the first time the company is restructuring.
Stanbic Bank to lay off over 250 employees The bank is said to have issued a memo to permanent and pensionable employees offering them a voluntary early retirement package which they are at liberty to accept or decline. Among the benefits offered to employees in the early retirement package include retention of their monthly salary to the last day of work. The employees will also receive payment in lieu of notice as per the individual employment contract. Stanbic also offered to retain employees' medical scheme for the remainder of the calendar year up to December 31, 2019.
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At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart shopping center in El Paso, Texas, making it one of the ten worst mass shootings in U.S. history; with the 21-year-old suspect, Patrick Crusius now in custody. Law enforcement sources said the suspect is Patrick Crusius, 21, of Dallas, Texas Surveillance footage shows an image of the gunman walking through front entrance of Walmart The shooting took place at the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas on Saturday. At least 20 people have been killed and at least 26 others, including two children, were wounded. The gunman, wearing ear defenders and cargo pants, first opened fire in the parking lot outside the store. He then walked inside the store in a calm and confident state, as if he was 'on a mission', a witness said.
TREND ANALYSIS Figure 1: Distribution of incidents by type of neighbourhood
Figure 2: Distribution of incidents by their type (Graph)
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I'm not in favor of the death penalty.
But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape.
They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you got to rethink everybody else.�
By John Grisham
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