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Patricia Akinyi

Weak shilling pushes Nairobi US Embassy visa application fees to Sh. 30,000

Kenyans applying for visas at various embassies in Nairobi are digging deeper in their pockets to make up for the  weakening shilling. The weakening shilling has pushed upwards the local equivalent of the fees required at the embassies. At the...

I paid agent Sh. 406,000 for air ticket to Canada; got returned to Nairobi in Ethiopia

A Kenyan who was aiming to travel to Canada on a visit visa has come out to share how he was denied boarding for Canada after arriving in Ethiopia from Nairobi. The Kenyan says that nearly four months later, he...

Kenya Shilling to sink to 210 against US dollar in 2024

The Kenya Shilling is expected to hit record lows of 210 against the US dollar by the end of 2024 in a worst-case performance scenario. This is according to a set of financial experts who spoke to financial media house...

Kenya Shilling now Africa’s second worst performing currency

The Bloomberg has termed the deteriorating Kenya Shilling as the second worst performing currency in Africa so far in 2024. The Bloomberg has also quoted that financial experts are expecting the Shilling to hit lows of 210 against the US...

Supreme Court bans lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi for life

The Supreme Court of Kenya has banned Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi for life. The ban means that Ahmednasir Abdullahi, popularly known as Grand Mullah, will never again appear before the court. The ban follows what the full seven-bench judge said termed...

Court orders Cytonn’s 40 acres in Ruiru be sold to pay investors

The High Court has ordered that a prime land belonging to Cytonn Investments be auctioned and the proceeds be used to pay investors who invested in the Cytonn High Yield Solutions that was placed under liquidation. Following the order, the...

Cost of hiring Kenyan house-helps in Saudi cut by Sh. 80,000

The cost of hiring Kenyans girls for house-help jobs in Saudi Arabia has been cut. This is after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia revised downwards the maximum amount for recruitment of the workers. Saudi revised the money downwards for several...

Group of Kenyans renounce their Kenyan citizenship to become US citizens

A group of Kenyans were among 50 nationalities who renounced their citizenship to become US citizens. According to a report that appeared in the Pacific Daily News, a  total of 50 applicants became US citizens during a ceremony that was...

Equity launches Sh. 100,000 Boostika mobile loans to rival Safaricom’s Fuliza

Equity Bank Group has launched a new overdraft mobile loans facility. The new facility dubbed Boostika loans will enable Kenyans to overdraw their accounts by up to Sh. 100,000 to complete transactions such as shopping. The new Boostika loans will...

Prominent businesswoman Lizzie Muthoni Wanyoike is dead

Prominent businesswoman Lizzie Muthoni Wanyoike is dead. Muthoni died on Sunday January 14, 2024. Lizzie was born in 1951. She would have celebrated her 73rd birthday this year. Reports say that Lizzie succumbed to illness. She was the founder of the...

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