Patricia Akinyi

We were traveling to Canada on visit visas, got denied boarding at JKIA

Over the past few months, Canada has experienced a high number or people from African countries who are seeking for asylum after arriving on visitor visas. These people have included Kenyans, some of whom have been televised sleeping in the...

It took me 8 years and four US visa denials to relocate to US

How many times would you reapply for a visa after getting denied? How many times would you reapply when visa application fees are quite high as is the case with the US visa? Well, for one Kenyan living in the...

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...

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PS Kello Harsama assures Kenyans of stable fuel supply and adequate petroleum stocks

The Principal Secretary for Petroleum, Kello Harsama, has assured Kenyans that the country continues to maintain adequate petroleum stocks...