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MARTIN SIELE

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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COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli addresses journalists at his Tom Mboya Labour College office in Kisumu after holding a consultative meeting with a section of health workers leaders on February 6, 2021. [Photo /Tonny Omondi/NMG]

BUSINESS

Atwoli Takes On Fuliza And Digital Loan Apps

Atwoli cited petitions from numerous COTU members on the apps which have been accused of predatory lending with high interest rates, debt shaming...

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President Uhuru Kenyatta with Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when he witnessed the issuance of a telco-operating license to a Safaricom-led consortium. [Photo/ Borkena]

BUSINESS

Safaricom Ethiopia Staff Moved Out as Conflict Heightens

“It, therefore, concerns me deeply that after one year, the crisis has not abated but has in fact deteriorated. The fighting has continued,...

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Ben Githae in a music video for 'Tano Tena'. It was the official campaign song for President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election bid in 2017. [Photo Courtesy]

POLITICS

How Artists Can Mint Campaign Millions – KECOBO Offers Advice

"From previous experience, at the end of the campaign many musicians remain frustrated and unpaid. Some musicians lose completely as they cannot sue...

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ECONOMY

KRA Goes After Instagram High-Rollers in New Strategy

A team is scouring through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok and other social media services to identify potential cases of tax evasion.

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City residents pose with road signs on Raila Odinga Way after it was renamed from Mbagathi Way. [Photo/ Courtesy]

FEATURED ARTICLE

Raila Odinga Way: Mbagathi Way Officially Renamed

Landmarks along the road include Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Memorial Hospital, Nyayo Highrise Estate, Riara University and Mbagathi County Hospital. The 4-Kilometre concrete...

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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i offcially opens the Mwai Kibaki Convention Centre at Mount Kenya University (MKU) Thika Campus accompanied by the institution's founder Prof. Simon Gicharu. [Photo/ Courtesy]

FEATURED ARTICLE

Mwai Kibaki Convention Centre: MKU Unveils New Gem [PHOTOS]

Among other things, Kibaki's two-term stint from 2002 to 2012 saw accelerated economic growth and infrastructure development in Kenya, as well as the...

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