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TECHNOLOGY

Kenyans To Pay Ksh3,000 For New Generation Digital Number Plates

The government has launched new generation of digital number plates at the GSU Recce unit Headquarters in Ruiru, Nairobi, that will cost motorists...

Dr Fred Matiangi on Holidays
BT FACTCHECK

HOAX: Thursday 4th November Was Not Gazetted As Diwali Holiday

A gazette notice making the rounds on social media, announcing that Thursday, November 4th 2021, would be a national public holiday in Kenya...

KWS land grabbed
BT FACTCHECK

DEBUNKED: Our Land Has Not Been Grabbed, Says KWS

Activist Boniface Mwangi on July 9th 2021 kicked off a storm with a tweet on alleged land-grabbing on the Southern Bypass.  He wrote,...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i. The 8 pm curfew in the high-risk areas has been extended to May 29.
ECONOMY

Matiang’i Extends Curfew to May 29 in Revised Notice

In the revised notice, the government notably included on the curfew exemption list children protection service providers and operators of safe shelters and...

A gate at the Lang'ata Women's Prison. Interior CS has proposed that prisons in Nairobi be moved to other towns.
CITY DIARYECONOMYREAL ESTATE

Free Up Prime Land by Moving Prisons Out of Nairobi – Matiang’i

Kamiti, for instance, sits on a 1,200 acre land parcel in Kiambu with most of it undeveloped. According to the Hass Land Index...

Kenya's longest serving president, Daniel Moi, died on Tuesday 4th 2020. www.businesstoday.co.ke
FEATURED STORY

Kenyans Given National Holiday to Mourn the Late Mzee Moi

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has declared Tuesday 11th February a public holiday to give Kenyans an opportunity to mourn.

Motorists have until July to apply for the new licenses. www.businesstoday.co.ke
FEATURED STORY

Motorists Given Till July to Upgrade to Digital Licenses

In a few months' time, drivers will no longer be able to drive around the country if they have not digitized their licenses.

Residents removing logs that had blocked some roads. The American government has chosen to work with the Red Cross bypassing the government in giving aid to the affected residents. www.businesstoday.co.ke
FEATURED STORY

Americans Show Distrust in Kenyan Government with Their Money

On Saturday, a landslide in West Pokot left 43 dead and dozens of families displaced after their houses were destroyed by the landslide...

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho answering questions from KNBS enumerator in the census exercise www.businesstoday.co.ke
POLITICS

Census: 5pm Curfew Lifted as Counting Hours Extended in Urban Centres

The government has lifted the 5 pm curfew on bars and entertainment spots due to the ongoing census exercise. Interior Security Cabinet Secretary...