Five mattress companies in Kenya are suspected of working together to fix prices.
These companies include Bobmil, Superform, Foam Mattress, Jumbo and Vitafoam.
[They are now under investigation by the competition watchdog].
Kenya plans to sell anonymised, non-personal data from platforms like eCitizen to businesses, researchers, and NGOs.
The plan aims to raise revenue and improve government planning.
[Personal data like names and ID numbers will not be included].
Report: How visa outsourcing firm VFS 'exploits' applicants through value-added services
A recent report by Lighthouse Reports has alleged that @VFSGlobal, a visa outsourcing company, pressures visa applicants into paying for optional add-on services.
Published in collaboration with 14 media organisations, the report said the findings were based on a year-long investigation involving hundreds of internal European Union documents obtained through freedom of information requests, financial statements, analyses of customer receipts, and interviews with former VFS employees.
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Condoleezza Rice in the 2007/2008 post election, she told Kibaki to his face at State House, "You know Mr President, you never won." Kibaki became furious and ended the meeting !!!
~ Martha Karua Memoir 2024
@KibangaBooks please confirm availability of the following books and prices;
1. In The Country of Men - Hisham Matar
2. The Yacubian Bulding-Alaa AL Aswany
Paul Njuguna, a retired technical manager at the Agricultural Development Corporation, invested Ksh 16 million in 2019 to set up Elgon Pine, a refined oil and animal feed plant in Eldoret. At its peak, the plant processed 90 tonnes of canola, sunflower, and soya annually, with capacity for 300 tonnes. Njuguna contracted about 100 farmers who supplied raw materials, while he also farmed 10 acres himself.
The business also produced poultry feeds and soap from crop by-products.
The venture collapsed after Kenya Power slapped him with a Ksh 400,000 bill in August 2021, compared to his usual monthly bill of about Ksh 30,000. Njuguna disputed it as an error and filed a complaint, but Kenya Power claimed underbilling and refused to adjust. When he failed to pay, Kenya Power disconnected electricity to both his plant and home. Though EPRA ruled in his favour and ordered reconnection, the power was never restored, forcing him to shut down operations.
The shutdown affected the entire value chain - contracted farmers, suppliers, and employees - all of whom lost income. Njuguna now questions whether the disconnection was deliberate sabotage and why Kenya does little to protect small industrial ventures. His case has raised concerns about how utility billing errors and slow dispute resolution can destroy promising local businesses and the livelihoods tied to them.
It's a 30 minute chopper ride to Sagana State Lodge,
It's equally 45 minutes to Nakuru State Lodge.
Meanwhile, patients are sharing beds in Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital wards, exactly 3km from the American Ebola center.
Overheard some youngins discussing the Utumishi fire today and they said 16 casualties is "Al Shabab numbers" and that really put it into perspective fr.
Finished building my mom a house, some bits to go, but she's in her new home. Planted an orchard with pixies, mangoes, pomegranate, bananas and other fruits. Finished my LLM with a near perfect average score. I survived.
Volumes.
But a common practice is to give feedback to those who you screen.
The more you advance in the process, the more detailed feedback you will receive.