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Martin K.N Siele is the Content Lead at Business Today. He is also a Quartz contributor and a 2021 Baraza Media Lab-Fringe Graph Data Storytelling Fellow. Passionate about digital media, sports and entertainment, Siele also founded Loud.co.ke

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Parastatals will no longer be required to get approvals on new hires from the Office of the President. [Photo/ Courtesy]
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Hope for Job-Seekers as State Lifts Hiring Freeze

“State corporations with approved Human Resource Instruments will henceforth be exempt from the requirements of the Circular of 28th July 2017 and can...

Estates covered in the ongoing second phase of the NMS Affordable Housing project are Woodley, Bahati, Maringo, Jericho, Lumumba, Ziwani, Embakasi, California, Kariobangi and Bondeni. [Photo/ NMS_Kenya]
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NMS Races to Finish 60,000 New Houses in City Estates

"The demand for low-cost housing in the city is incredibly high. As of now, all the units under the affordable housing bracket valued...

TSC CEO Nancy Macharia. Previously, a female teacher was entitled to 90 calendar days maternity leave from the date of confinement. This leave is exclusive of annual leave. [Photo/ Courtesy]
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Teachers Get Extended Maternity, Paternity Leave in TSC Changes

"The Code of Regulation for teachers (2015) read together with the CBA (2021-2025), have specific provisions for maternity, paternity and pre-adoptive leave. In...

The scheduled auction makes prospects of the chain's come-back less likely. [Photo/ Courtesy]
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Tuskys’ Iconic CBD Branch Set for Auction

The auction makes prospects of the chain's come-back less likely. It notably comes amid a push by many of Tuskys' creditors to have...

The expansion of Kisumu International Airport is expected to be completed within the next 90 days. [Photo/ Courtesy]
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Kisumu Airport Gets a Major Upgrade

“We have identified a serious contractor who gave us an assurance that the new airport will be ready ahead of the summit,” KAA...

Central Bank of Kenya Governor (CBK) Governor Paul Njoroge. A discussion paper has offered insights into the proposed Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). [Photo/ Courtesy]
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M-Pesa vs CBDC? Safaricom Faces Digital Currency Headache

Kenya is recognized as a global pioneer and leader in mobile money largely thanks to M-Pesa. CBK in a discussion paper on the...

President Uhuru Kenyatta pictured at State House, Nairobi with Ms. President finalists in 2019. The reality show is set to return for a second season. [Photo/ Courtesy]
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Ms. President: TV Show Welcomes Applications for 2nd Season

The first season of the show aired for 26 weeks on KTN in 2019. It is styled as a competition in which participants...

(L-R) Ronald Karauri, Tabitha Karanja, Fernandes Barasa, Mwenda Thuranira and Richard Ngatia. [Photo/ Business Today]
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From Boardroom to Ballot – 6 CEOs in the 2022 Race

While they're running for different seats, a common thread in their campaigns is that they're banking on their career track records to endear...