Author: Khusoko

Paul Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, was sentenced to 200 years in prison on Friday for the murders of 190 children and one adult. The sentence closes the main trial over the Shakahola Forest deaths in Kilifi County. A separate case over 52 more deaths remains before the court. Justice Diana Kavedza read the sentence at the High Court in Mombasa. She said it comprised 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years for direct homicide. The court convicted Mackenzie earlier. Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison over the Shakahola massacre that claimed 191…

At the end of every month, Kenyan households run an audit nobody talks about openly. School fees. Rent. Transport. Data bundles. And somewhere on that list, a question that would have seemed odd a decade ago: is this subscription still worth it? The numbers suggest that more households are questioning whether the subscription still earns its place in the monthly budget. Kenya’s pay-TV market shed 85,177 active subscriptions in the first three months of this year alone, a 5.1% drop in a single quarter, according to the Communications Authority. The decline touched almost every operator. That split matters. It means…

Canaan Developers has launched Aura Peponi, a limited collection of one and two bedroom duplex apartments in Peponi, Westlands, Nairobi. Units start at 676 square feet and run across two levels, with living areas on the ground floor and bedrooms upstairs. The project stands in the residential area of Peponi, General Mathenge and Spring Valley. Karura Forest, international schools, embassies, the Westlands commercial district and the UN Blue Zone are all nearby. What the duplex layout offers Each unit places the living room, kitchen and dining space on the ground floor. An internal staircase leads to the bedrooms. The living…

A KRA review is easier to handle when the records already explain the business. Trouble often starts when invoices, bank activity, contracts and tax returns sit in separate places, with no clear way to connect them. For Kenyan SMEs, audit readiness is not about expecting the worst. It is about having a routine that makes it possible to explain a transaction when KRA asks. This article provides general information, not advice on a particular tax position. Start with the records behind each return Before filing a return, a business should be able to trace the figures back to the underlying…

One of the UK’s leading educators, Parker-Jones, will join Wellington Kenya as Founding Master a year ahead of the school’s official opening, in September 2028. He will be joined by his wife, Amanda Parker-Jones, who has been appointed Head of Teacher Development for the school.  Developed by Rendeavour, Africa’s new city builder, in partnership with Wellington College, Wellington Kenya is the second school in the Wellington College Education family in Africa, alongside Rendeavour’s Wellington College International Lagos, and part of a wider network of 12 super premium British schools spanning the UK, China, Thailand, India, Indonesia and the United States.…

Green Generation Initiative (GGI) planted 2,000 indigenous trees at Turaco Camp in Oloolua Forest on Saturday 10 October to mark Mazingira Day, and said the planting counts only if the seedlings survive. The event was part of Conservation Is Fun, a GGI experience that brings people together to restore and protect nature through shared action, learning and play. The planting adds to Kenya’s goal of growing 15 billion trees by 2032, restoring degraded landscapes and lifting tree cover to 30 per cent. Students, corporates and conservationists plant at Turaco Camp Young people, students, environmental enthusiasts, conservation advocates and corporate teams…