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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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ODM leader Raila Odinga during a campaign stop in Nyahururu County on October 10, 2021. He championed the creation of a social welfare state to cushion vulnerable households and unemployed youth. [Photo/ @RailaOdinga]

ELECTION WATCH

Raila’s Proposed Ksh6,000 Unemployment Benefit Gets Kenyans Talking

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga in his latest campaign stops unveiled a new proposal, splitting opinion among voters, analysts, opinion shapers...

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Former Kiambu governor Ferdinard Waititu at the Milimani law Courts Nairobi on Monday, March 1, 2021 during the mention of his abuse of office and corruption case. [PHOTO/ DENNIS ONSONGO]

BUSINESS

Waititu in Ksh520M Deal Gone Wrong, Could Lose Ksh52M

Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu risks losing Ksh52 million he paid as a deposit for a prime city property in the Central Business...

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Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier. The latest transfer ban imposed against the club by FIFA is the second it has faced this year. [Photo/ NMG]

SPORTS

Gor Mahia Hit With Transfer Ban Over Ksh3.3M Debt

Kenyan giants Gor Mahia were on Wednesday, October 6 issued with a transfer ban by football's world governing body FIFA. The decision follows...

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Stranded customers flooded customer care channels for banks and Safaricom seeking answers after encountering various challenges. [Photo/ Citizen]

BUSINESS

M-Pesa Outage Hits Bank Services Leaving Customers Stranded

Customers were unable to transfer funds between their M-Pesa and bank accounts on Thursday, October 7 as the service faced a disruption affecting...

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Kibwage is the holder of a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nairobi, a masters degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Analysis) from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and a Doctoral Research Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

CAREERS

Egerton’s Ksh6B Debt Looms as Kibwage Becomes Vice-Chancellor

Professor Isaac Kibwage who has been the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Egerton University since November 2020 has been confirmed as the institution's substantive Vice-Chancellor....

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