Author: David Indeje

Microwave technology, over the years, has become an integral part of our lives. These days, anyone with an instantaneous indulgence utilizes a countertop microwave to quickly prepare a tasty and healthy meal cooked efficiently in the shortest time possible. However, with their various capacities, choosing the right one is often a daunting task. There are several types of microwave ovens available on the market today. Far from the conventional microwave ovens, others include Grill Microwave Ovens, Convection Microwave Ovens, and Oven Toaster Grills (OTG). While the basic function of owning a microwave is mainly to reheat food that may have…

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)  is expected to leave policy interest rate unchanged at 7.00% per cent when it meets Wednesday according to NCBA Market Research. The regulator’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will maintain an accommodative stance against a backdrop of stable inflation expectations. In addition to the improving albeit fragile economic growth prospects, NCBA notes in its Weekly Fixed Income Report published Monday. “While the policy body may hold the CBR at 7.00 per cent, the market will look out for any update on credit markets especially on treatment of potential credit risks from the persistent uncertainty and…

Kenya Breweries Limited has enrolled 10 women into its new Commercial Graduate Program aimed at bridging the gender gap within its commercial department from the current 33% to 50% by the year  2025. The programme, a collaboration between Commercial and Human Resource – Commercial & Marketing will also create a pipeline of future commercial leaders within the business. KBL Commercial Director, Joel Kamau, said that developing inclusive leadership skills at KBL has become more important than ever before. “Across our business, we are investing in a variety of ways to help our people identify potential blind spots and biases, deepen…

After living with the pandemic for a year, many questions and uncertainties remain among Kenyans, with the youth ‘extremely concerned’. This is according to May GeoPoll’s latest pan-African poll showing Kenyans are more worried than ever about the financial impact of Covid-19 and the accompanying restrictions. With 79 per cent of Kenyans reporting their incomes have declined since January 2021, the country reported the most widespread income declines of any of six Sub-Saharan nations polled by GeoPoll from March 24th to April 12th this year. Some 64 per cent of the 2,400 respondents in South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Democratic…

Safaricom Plc led consortium that includes its parent firms Vodafone and Vodacom, British development finance agency CDC Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation has been given a licence to operate in Ethiopia. This is after submitting a financial bid of $850 million (KSh91.8 billion) the Ethiopian government announced on Saturday. The Ethiopian government disclosed that it had received 2 offers, the other was from MTN from Johannesburg, and partners including the Silk Road Fund, a Chinese state investment group. Safaricom had said if it was to be successful, it will continue focusing on M-Pesa, and data business in the Ethiopian market.…

To have a conducive operating environment for effective public accountability, there is an urgent need for a ‘comprehensive whistleblower law’, said Wakesho Kililo, the Program Officer, Policy, Legal and Institutional Framework at Transparency International Kenya. Wakesho said besides the existence of the legal and institutional instruments in Kenya, non has offered comprehensive protection to whistleblowers. As a result, Kenyans have kept away from reporting corruption because many feel that nothing will be done even if they reported, for fear of victimization or because they did not know where to report.  This is besides the country having a Witness Protection Agency.  …