Author: David Indeje

Retailer, Tuskys Supermarket has been ordered to shut down its Greenspan outlet over KSh30 million rent arrears. Greenspan mall’s Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) manager, ICEA Lion Asset Management (Ilam), said  they resolved to shut the branch because it had failed to meet its tenancy obligation. “Tuskys started showing signs of distress as a tenant earlier in the year with regards to the tenant’s obligations. As the REIT Manager, we have been in discussions with them to reach an amicable payment plan and warrant their continued operations at the mall,” noted ICEA. “The payment plan has been dishonoured by the…

Tanzania has lifted the ban on airlines from Kenya to resume flights bringing to an end to the airspace feud between the two countries. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) Wednesday announced that it had lifted the suspension that hit Kenya Airways, AirKenya Express, Fly540, and Safarilink Aviation. In a statement, TCAA director-general Hamza Johari said the authority was acting on a reciprocal basis after the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), included Tanzania on a revised list of countries exempted from the 14-day mandatory quarantine upon arrival. “In view of that and on a reciprocal basis, Tanzania has now lifted…

Kenya’s Interior Ministry says it will roll out the second phase of the National Integrated Information Management System (NIIMS), popularly known as Huduma Namba. NIIMS is intended to be a single repository of personal information of all Kenyans as well as foreign resident in Kenya. Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Karanja Kibicho said the process will commence once the production of the third generation Huduma Namba cards begins at the end of the year. “After we have done preliminary printing, we have been directed to conduct the second mass registration. After that people will have to be walking to the Registrar…

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is scheduled to interview twelve shortlisted candidates on 21st and 22nd September 2020 for the post of Data Protection Commissioner. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is an office established by section 5 (i) of the Data Protection Act, 2019.  The Data Protection Bill, 2019, was signed into law on the 8th of November 2019. The  Act provides for the establishment of the office of the Data Commissioner in accordance with Article 260 (q) of the Constitution and lays down the rules for the protection of personal data by both public and private entities.…

Corruption remains endemic to Kenya’s public sector, scandals that have been exposed, however, have not ended the vice as a result of impunity. Afrobarometer’s Global Corruption Barometer – Africa 2019 found out that 67 per cent of Kenyans think corruption increased in the previous 12 months and 71 per cent thought the government was ‘doing a bad job of tackling corruption’. On the other hand, in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, Kenya is ranked 137 out of 180 countries with the highest corruption. In 2018, the country was ranked 144th placing it in the bottom 21 %. The Ethics and…

Kenya’s Department of Immigration Services has appealed to foreigners in the country to utilize the 14 days window to apply for permits to regularise their status or leave. This is after the department lifted the six-month stay amnesty granted to foreigners following the outbreak of Covid-19. “In light of the eased Covid-19 related restrictions and resumption of international travel, the Directorate of Immigration Services has lifted an earlier amnesty on stay in the country beyond the stipulated 6 months,” Immigration Director-General Alexander Muteshi said in a statement on Monday. “Visitors are hereby given 2 weeks with effect from September 14,…