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What is a Treasury Bond? A treasury bond (T-bond) is a medium term to long term security issued by the government. They typically pay interest every 6 months until the bond matures. Treasury bonds in Kenya are issued every month. Who can invest in T-Bond? Any person/organization with a CDS...

Land vs car: Investments either in a piece of land or a vehicle is all about buyer preference. But there has always been a divisive debate on what between the two should come first. So which ought to come first? As written by Immaculate Wairimu: Andrew Kari, 28, is thinking about investing...

A former asylum seeker at Kakuma refugee camp has motivated and inspired youth to achieve their dreams and proved nothing is impossible after she confirmed having bought a house worth Ksh300m in the United States. Adut Akech, who spent eight years in Kakuma as a refugee after the South Sudan...

Kenya has received a batch of 880,320 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US government through COVAX. The vaccines arrived Monday morning as the country intensifies its efforts to vaccinate at least 10 million people by December. The COVAX facility helps the African Union acquire vaccines...

Vagaries of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy have seen many Kenyans engage in all kinds of survival tactics and business activities to make ends meet. Despite all the gloom, the Kenyan entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive and kicking. Some hardworking and innovative citizens are able...

Zimbabwe has apologized to Kenyan YouTuber and blogger Marceline Masanya following her recent encounter at Robert Mugabe International Airport. Through social media, Marceline called out an immigration official at the airport for trying to extort a bribe from her by withholding her passport...

Kenya has signed bilateral labor agreements with some countries as part of the government’s efforts to boost labor export. The countries include the United Kingdom, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said the agreements are aimed at...

A Kenyan woman who died in Saudi Arabia suffered blows to the head, an autopsy exam conducted in Nairobi has shown. Maximilla Muhadia is suspected to have died in the hands of her employer who is yet to explain what killed the mother of two. Her parents, Violet Kasika and Agrey Mtoro, on...

Matatus in Kenya: This is a venture in Kenya that is hated by many and loved by few, many have made money from it others dread hearing the term matatu. Is the Matatu business a good and profitable one? Well yes it is; Just like any other business; you need to have a goal. Ask yourself a few...

Carolyne Wanjiku had been employed for five years before she took the jump into entrepreneurship. Her journey started in 2010, a few months after sitting for her 2009 KCSE exams. “I was employed as a waitress at the Village Market for one year. My monthly salary was Sh. 15,000,” says Carolyne...

Covid-19 Curve Likely to Flatten in the Next Three Weeks- Ministry of Health [PHOTO/ COURTESY] Covid-19 curve is most likely to flatten within the next three weeks, the Ministry of Health has revealed. This, the Ministry says is due to the increasing numbers of people who have been...

Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Services, Simon Chelugui has announced today that the State has set up a fund to support Kenyans stranded abroad. Speaking on Saturday morning, 4th of August, the CS mentioned that the government has begun funding the initiative, which is aimed at...

Qatar authorities have reportedly deported at least 60 Kenyans for allegedly holding a house party without a permit. The immigrant workers were found making merry at a private residence without a permit as required by the Gulf state’s law, according to reports. The Qatari government is yet to...

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested four people including three suspects linked to money laundering crimes in Nairobi. The money-laundering suspects, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Hassan aged 54, Dorcas Ntoya, 34, and Arum Bob Busimbi, 26, were arrested on...

Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui says Kenya will send up to 20,000 nurses to the United Kingdom for work. This follows the signing of a bilateral agreement for collaboration in the healthcare workforce between Kenya and the UK, which allows Kenyan healthcare professionals to be recruited...

Chief Justice Martha Koome has marked 100 days in office since her appointment to head the Judiciary on 21, May 2021. During an interview with a local radio station on Friday, September 3, Koome shared her vision of transformation for the judiciary, the setbacks she has had in office and her...

Murang’a-based agriculture firm Kakuzi is yet to get a nod to supply avocados to Britain’s largest supermarket, Tesco. This follows a ban instituted by Tesco to Kakuzi on October 11, 2020, following reports of assault and sexual misconduct by some Kakuzi employees. Kakuzi, for over a year now...

Kenya Airways Captain Irene Koki Mutungi , popularly known as Koki Mutungi , is a professional pilot in Kenya. She was the first female on the African continent to become certified as a Captain of the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft. She flies for Kenya Airways , the national airline of Kenya...

Kenyan-British model Rehema Muthamia has been crowned Miss England 2021. The 25-year-old was crowned Miss England in a ceremony held in Coventry on Friday and will now represent England at the 70th Miss World competition in Puerto Rico later this year. She received the crown together with...

Priscilla Sitenei's advocacy for girl child education has earned her global recognition, with a French film based on her life story premiering in Paris. Gogo, which premiered on September 1, 2021, tells the story of a Kenyan grandmother who went back to school at the age of 94 years. Her...