James Oundo

How Nairobi Hospital cooked crisis with 61pc increase in charges

The Nairobi Hospital has found itself in the middle of a crisis after prominent insurers issued notices that they will stop covering hospital charges that are incurred at the hospital due to high charges. The insurance firms include Old Mutual,...

Burugu couple pockets Sh1.2 billion from sale of Regis Runda Academy

The Burugu couple of Peter Burugu and Mary Burugu have pocketed Sh1.23 billion from the sale of their school Regis Runda Academy. The school was sold to South African multinational known as the ADvTECH Group. "The ADvTECH, Africa’s leading private education...

Amount of bank loans Kenyans have defaulted hits Sh724 billion

The amount of bank loans that Kenyans have defaulted has now hit Sh724 billion. In another sign of an economy that is struggling, the volume of non performing loans among commercial banks in the country increased by Sh7 billion...

150 Saccos disappear with Sh1.33 billion Kuscco money

150 Saccos that have now shut down or gone dormant disappeared with Sh1.33 billion belonging to the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Kuscco). In an effort to recover the funds, Kuscco has now asked the national government's...

U.S to ask visa applicants to post up to $15,000 visa bond in new Trump rule

The Department of State in the United States is reportedly set to roll out a pilot program that will lead to foreign nationals posting bonds of up to $15,000 (close to Sh2 million) in order to be allowed to...

Teachers in shock after realizing pay raise is as low as Sh36 per month

Teachers in Kenya are reeling from shock after discovering that their much anticipated pay raise is as low as Sh36 for some job groups. The teachers were expecting increased salaries after signing a new pay multi billion deal. However, as...

White House announces fresh Trump tariffs targeting dozens of countries

US President Donald Trump has unleashed a fresh wave of tariffs targeting dozens of countries. The countries that have been hit in the new wave include Canada and Pakistan. According to a report by the BBC, President Trump raised...

State to sell 65 percent of Kenya Pipeline Company in IPO

The National Treasury has announced that it is planning to sell up to 65 percent of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) in an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This has been revealed by Treasury cabinet secretary John Mbadi. CS Mbadi informed the...

Amount of bribe a Kenyan pays to get business licence hits Sh7,500

The average amount of money a Kenyan uses to bribe government officials in order to obtain a business licence has risen to more than Sh7,500. This is according to the results of a survey by the organization Transparency International...

How Kenyatta family made billions from Nairobi Expressway using proxies

A tax dispute has exposed how the Kenyatta family made over Sh1 billion during the construction of the Nairobi Expressway. According to a report on the dispute that was published on Tuesday by the Nation Media Group's Daily Nation, the...

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Second term unrest: List of over 30 schools closed indefinitely

A fresh wave of student unrest has swept across Kenyan secondary schools since the beginning of the second term,...