SportPesa and Betin Kenya halt operations, Betin sends all staff home

By Wangui Ngechu,

Betting firms SportPesa and Betin have halted their operations in Kenya marking what could be the final straw in their long-drawn taxation and regulat...

BetIn , betting , SportPesa

Blaze by Safaricom hosts 7th Be Your Own Boss Summit in Kitale

By Sponsored,

BLAZE by Safaricom on Saturday held the seventh Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Summit of the year at the Kitale National Polytechnic in Trans Nzoia County. ...

blaze

Gor to negotiate new sponsorship deal with SportPesa

By Milton Ochieng,

Kenyan Premier League (KPL) giants Gor Mahia FC will engage SportPesa in talks over a possible reinstatement of their sponsorship deal which was termi...

Gor Mahia FC , Kenyan Premier League , KPL

SWILA: Why the 2019/20 portends tougher times for KPL

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila After a two-months break, action has resumed in the Kenyan Premier League for the 2019/20 season with a bang. Gor Mahia has seemingl...

GOR MAHIA , governemnt , Kenyan Premier League , Sponsorship , Supersports , Swila

Gamers, entrepreneurs awarded Ksh.900K in BLAZE Be Your Own Boss Coast finale

By Citizen Reporter,

Blaze by Safaricom concluded its Coast region engagements by crowning Fahad Ali as the champion of the Coast region’s finals of the BLAZE E-Sports T...

blaze

Coast gamers compete for Ksh.100K in the fifth BLAZE Be Your Own Boss Summit

By Citizen Reporter,

BLAZE by Safaricom today hosted the fifth BLAZE Be Your Own Boss Summit of the year at Pwani University in Kilifi County. The summit comes shortly ...

blaze

European agents expected in Kenya for soccer talent search

By Otukho Jackson,

Top European football agents are set to pitch tent in Nairobi this coming weekend as they scout for local football talents through a soccer tournament...

Betting firms comply with 20 percent withholding tax

By Kepha Muiruri,

Betting firms that survived the Interior Ministry’s purge on tax non-compliance have moved to fast-track adherence to with-holding tax rules in the ...

betting in Kenya , Fred Matiang'i , KRA , Ministry of Interior

Broke Leopards opt for M-Pesa Paybill

By Dennis Kamariki,

Shaken by the recent developments that saw their shirt sponsors pull the plug on their sponsorship as well as that of other sports federations and arc...

AFC Leopards , DAN SHIKANDA , M-Pesa paybill , Sponsorship

Millionaires Casino to reopen in Nairobi 5yrs after Westgate Mall attack

By Citizen Reporter,

The Millionaires Casino is expected to reopen in Nairobi on August 31, 2019 after over five years of closure following the September 2013 terror attac...

Millionaires Casino , Nairobi , Westgate Mall

FIFA gamers converge to chase Sh26m jackpot

By Reuters,

Thirty two of the world’s best esports players are flexing their fingers and thumbs in readiness for the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final at London’s O...

FIFA eWorld Cup , FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final

betPawa suffers setback as court declines to renew licence

By Dzuya Walter,

Betting Company –Betpawa has lost a bid to have government decision that cancelled its license lifted. This is after High Court Judge Weldon Kor...

BCLB , betPawa , betting

17 foreign directors of betting firms to be deported

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has issued deportation orders against 17 foreign directors of betting firms among them SportPesa and Betin whose licenses were suspende...

BetIn , betting , SportPesa

betPawa fights to stop suspension of its betting operations

By Dzuya Walter,

Nanovas International (K) Limited trading as betPawa has now moved to court seeking to temporarily suspend a decision that cancelled its operational l...

BCLB , betPawa , betting , Nanovas International

Addicted to internet? Behavioral therapy could work, researchers find

By CNN,

Many people spend hours on the internet every week -- but some people can't pull away. For individuals addicted to internet, there's a type of shor...

Internet addiction

Gov’t orders Safaricom, Airtel to withdraw pay bill numbers of 27 betting firms

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has now directed mobile money service providers; Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya to withdraw pay bill numbers and SMS codes of 27 be...

BetIn , Betway , SportPesa

SportPesa, Betin among 19 betting firms facing closure

By Hassan Mugambi,

19 betting companies, 13 casinos and six lotteries now risk closure after the team constituted to review their licenses failed to green-light their op...

BCLB , BetIn , betting , CS Fred Matiang’i , SportPesa

Matiang’i says plan to lower sex consent age to 16 years is ‘nonsense’

By Citizen Reporter,

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has expressed his objection to plans to lower age for sex consent from 18 to 16 years. According to him, children should...

Sex consent age

Ban on gambling, betting ads unconstitutional: High Court

By Dzuya Walter,

The High court has declared a decision to ban outdoor gambling and betting ads null and void. According to Justice John Mativo, the ban was tainted...

betting , betting ads , gambling

High Court suspends ban on gambling adverts

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has temporarily suspended the implementation of a ban by the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) on gambling advertisements as w...

gambling , high court , Murugi Kamau Wanjohi