Author: David Indeje

Kenya wants two refugee camps, Dadaab and Kakuma closed by June 30 next year, the government said Thursday.  This follows a meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the  U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.  The camps currently host 433,765 refugees.  “A joint team comprising officials from the Kenyan government and the (U.N. Refugee) agency will therefore be formed to finalize and implement a road map on the next steps towards a humane management of refugees in both camps,” a joint statement said. The Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said that repatriation of refugees to countries of origin and socioeconomic integration…

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc Thursday said sales of home appliances and TVs propelled its operating profit to hit USD 1.36 billion (Ksh. 145 billion) the first three months of this year. Its sales hit 17 billion dollars, an increase on year of nearly 28 per cent.  “At 8.1 per cent, this is a first-quarter operating profit record for the global consumer electronics giant, reflecting strong demand for LG home appliances and home entertainment products as customers around the world continue to spend more time at home due to Covid-19 lockdowns,” the firm said in an emailed statement to Khusoko.…

Shares of Safaricom Plc advanced nearly 1.4 per cent to hit a record high of Ksh 39.90 on the Nairobi Securities Exchange on Wednesday after the company made its bid for one of the operating licence in Ethiopia.  At the close of business, 11 million shares worth KSh 441.7 million changed hands at a price of between KSh39 and an all-time high of KSh40.2, bringing the average for the day to KSh39.9. “SCOM began the year with a share price of Ksh 34.25 and has since gained 16.5 per cent on that price valuation, ranking it 5th on the NSE…

South Africa’s Echo International, a cloud-based, pan-African ICT service provider has formally launched its brand in Kenya with a new office and products. Echo Kenya brand will deliver value in creative and transformative ways, with a focus on building partnerships with clients as an Internet access provider. “We are strategically aligned ready to take off,” said Echo International Managing Director Ken Munyi. Munyi says this will be through service delivery, investment holdings and strategic partnerships. “Our persuasion is not to build or acquire but have an ecosystem that delivers value to our customers.” Loren Bosch, Chief Operating Officer at Echo…

Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Tuesday unanimously nominated Court of Appeal judge Justice Martha Koome Karambu for the position of Chief Justice. If appointed, she will become the first female president of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kenya.  The JSC said she emerged the best among the 10 candidates who sought to replace retired Chief justice David Maraga. “After lengthy deliberations and careful consideration of the performance of various candidates, the JSC has unanimously recommended the appointment of Hon Koome Martha Karabu as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya and has submitted her name to the…

“The moment I played it I think even the instrument became happy because it was not bored again. When I hear it from someone else playing or when I play it, it takes me to another world a world that is stress-free you can’t think of any other thing, but music only and when you think of music, you think of happiness,” Cyndicate Kabei, French Horn player. Sunday afternoon, my house reverberated with melodies, from work from home, Colonel Bogey March”, a British march that was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945), moon river to the 1812…