200 Migori delegates who were to allegedly visit Ruto stranded after organiser disappears

By George Juma,

Over 200 people from  various parts of Migori County are stranded at Awendo after the organiser of the trip disappeared. The group were anticipati...

Migori County , migori delegates stranded , ruto

Gov’t sets aside Ksh.1B for Kenya mobile phone industry

By Reuters,

The government has set aside Ksh.1billion to help local start-ups in the Kenya mobile phone software and hardware segments to grow. ICT minister Jo...

Kenya mobile phone , mpesa , Mucheru

Nairobi Marathon attracts Ksh. 130 million sponsorship

By Citizen Reporter,

The 16th edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi International Marathon has received a boost with eight corporates pledging Ksh 130 million worth of...

Athletics Kenya , Ksh 130 million , Standard Chartered Nairobi International Marathon

Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom ease mobile money transfer across networks

By Rachel Ombaka,

Kenya's top three telecommunications companies Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom have announced a new deal to enable customers to easily send mobile money ...

Airtel Money , interoperability , mobile money , mpesa , Safaricom , Telkom , TKash

MPs to debate Uhuru’s proposed tax hike on money transfer services

By Reuters,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has proposed hiking taxes on mobile money transfer services, amid a tussle in government over how to boost revenues without h...

Airtel , budget , fuel tax , Mobile Money transfers , mpesa , Rotich , Safaricom , Uhuru kenyatta

19 Nigerians arrested over social media scam in Nairobi, police warn Kenyans

By Citizen Reporter,

19 Nigerians have been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nairobi for electronic fraud targeting Kenyans....

DHL , Facebook scam , nigerians arrested , social media scam

Safaricom employee,JKUAT IT student arrested in SIM card fraud

By Makori Ongechi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations( DCI) have arrested a Safaricom employee and a Jomo Kenyatta University of Advanced Techno...

SIM Card

Kenyans transact Ksh.1.8T on mobile money in three months

By Mumbi Warui,

Kenyans transacted Ksh.1.8 trillion through mobile money platforms between January and March 2018, Communications Authority of Kenya has revealed. ...

CAK , Communications Authority of Kenya , Equitel Money , Safaricom , T-Kash , telkom kenya

Safaricom in ‘advanced talks’ to take MPesa to Ethiopia

By Reuters,

Safaricom is in “advanced talks” with the Ethiopian Government to introduce MPesa to Ethiopia, a market of 100 million people, Reuters has reveal...

Ethio Telecom , mpesa , Safaricom

Safaricom MPesaTu promotion: South African wins Ksh.7.8M apartment

By Rachel Ombaka,

Safaricom has revealed the winner of the Ksh.7.8million apartment in the MPesaTu promotion as Eric Lindenberg, a South African living in Kenya. In ...

MPesaTu , Safaricom

New Safaricom MPesa charges to take effect on July 1

By Rachel Ombaka,

Kenyans will from July 1 have to dig deeper into their pockets as the new charges for the money transfer service MPesa take effect. In his budget r...

mpesa

2018/2019 Budget: The winners and losers

By Sam Gituku,

Local manufacturers in the steel, textile and timber are among some of the big winners in  2018/2019 budget unveiled by National Treasury Cabinet S...

2018/2019 budget , budget , Henry Rotich

Embattled Kiprop claims doping official ‘extorted’ him

By Bernard Ndong,

The doping allegations swirling around three-time 1500m World champion Asbel Kiprop have taken a new twist with the 2008 Olympic gold medalist claimin...

Asbel Kiprop , doping , IAAF

‘Samantha’ tops Kenya Google searches in January 2018

By Ian Omondi,

Google has released its top trending searches for the month of January 2018, and the now (in)famous sex doll christened ‘Samantha’ is, almost too ...

Farida Karoney , Google Januaryy 2018 , Google trending searches , January 2018 trends , Kambua Manundu , Ken Wafula , KUCCPS , Most searched items , Polycarp Igathe resigns , Samantha , Trending How to , Yvonne Wamlwa

Kenyans moved Ksh.1.65T in mobile transactions in just three months

By Francis Gachuri,

Users of mobile phone money transfer services in Kenya transacted over 1.7 trillion shillings between July and September this year, with person to per...

1.7 trillion shillings between July and September , Airtel Money , Communications Authority , data and internet services , Equitel , Fineserve Africa , Mobile Pay , Mobile payment , roaming calls , Safaricom , Sema Mobile services , SMSs were off net , telkom kenya

How to party on a budget this Christmas according to #KOT

By Ian Omondi,

December is the month of excessive consumption and waste of money as people take in the festivities with little regard of the 900 days of January. ...

@RookieKE , El Mucho Ding Dong @DrKanyuira , Kenyans On Twitter (KOT) , Kipticha @pkarnet , KOT advice on how to party and still save money this festive season , Leslie Nope‏ @unatilam , mwangi maina‏ @mMwangiJ , project X , Puff Zaddy‏ @ATheChamp

Safaricom yazindua mfumo mpya wa Mpesa kwa walemavu wa kuona

By Patrick Igunza,

Wateja wa huduma ya M-Pesa wasiokuwa na uwezo wa kuona sasa wana nafasi ya kutumia huduma hiyo bila kuhitaji msaada wa mtu. Hii ni baada ya kampuni ya...

M-Pesa for visually impaired

Small scale traders reap big as Governor Mutua scraps levies

By Disney Maloba,

Machakos Governor, Dr. Alfred Mutua, has scrapped levies on small-scale businesses in a move expected to grow the local economy and improve livelihood...

Nation journalist arrested over bribery claims

By Citizen Reporter,

Nation Media Group (NMG) journalist Walter Menya has been arrested, with police boss Kinoti George saying that he has been remanded till Monday for so...

Partner with Africa for solutions, not impose them – Uhuru to G7

By Citizen Reporter,

TAORMINA, SICILY, ITALY The sun sets close to 9pm in the evening, the fading clouds hanging on the Sicilian skies, dim into night. In their place...