Author: David Indeje

The Nairobi Regional Commissioner  James Kianda says they will review their traffic management within the county as they enhance compliance with Covid-19 measures. Kianda says the idea is to identify bottlenecks, towards optimization of traffic throughput before the 8 pm to 4 am curfew. “Going forward, our traffic management will be reviewed and enhanced to facilitate smooth transition into curfew hours,” he said in a statement issued Sunday. This was in response to the traffic snarl-up along Thika Superhighway as a result of police officers trying to ‘strictly enforce the curfew restrictions. “We are also fully alive to the fact…

World men’s marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge on Sunday won the Mission Marathon in Enschede, Holland. Kipchoge finished the 42km race run at the Twente Airport in 2:04:29. “The marathon was the real test towards Tokyo and is a good marathon to happen before the Olympics, I am going back to Kenya and see how my training will become,”  Eliud spoke after the marathon. Jonathan Korir clocked 2:06.40 to finish second. Eritrea’s Goitom Kifle finished third 2:08.27. https://twitter.com/NNRunningTeam/status/1383707539578052609?s=20

Sameer Africa PLC profit surged to KSh43 million net profit at the end of December 2020 from Ksh 1.76 billion in 2019. Its’ revenue dipped by 57% to KSh757 million from KSh1.76 billion in 2019, due to the shut down of its tyre business.  However, the tyre business has been revived according to its four years strategic plan (FY 2021-2024). “Despite 2020 being a difficult year, the group reported a profit which was a significant turnaround and improvement from the loss of Sh1 billion reported for the year 2019,” Sameer said in its financial statement. Operating expenses declined to KSh118…

Kenya has inaugurated its National Civil Aviation Facilitation Committee (NCAFC) in its bid to be in line with international civil aviation standards and best practices as required under Standard 8.19 of Annex 9 of the Chicago Convention. The committee comprises government ministries, security and stakeholders in the aviation industry will serve for a period of 2 years. “The Committee shall be chaired by the Ministry responsible for Civil Aviation and the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority shall be the Secretariat,” James Macharia, Cabinet Secretary, Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works said through a Gazette Notice dated 7th April 2021.…

The Central Bank has approved the liquidation of Chase Bank Limited (In-Receivership) and appointed Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) as its liquidator. Chase Bank was placed under receivership on April 7, 2016, under the Kenya Deposits Insurance Corporation (KDIC) with an estimated Ksh 4.8 billion of bondholders funds. In a statement issued Friday, the central bank said this is after KDIC’s report recommended to them that CBK recommending that CBLIR be liquidated.  “The report indicates that considering the weak status of CBLIR’s financial position, liquidation is the only feasible option,” the statement reads. As a result, according to CBK’s assessment,…

Shares of BOC Kenya hit a new high of Ksh 67.00, up 8.94 per cent, on the Nairobi bourse on Thursday as shareholders wait for a decision from the appeal at the Capital Markets Tribunal. BOC, a leading supplier of industrial, medical, and special gases began the year with a share price of Ksh 63.00 and has since gained 6.35 per cent on that price valuation. The firm’s subsidiaries include wholly-owned East African Oxygen Limited, BOC Tanzania Limited and BOC Uganda Limited. BOC Kenya Ltd is a subsidiary of the Linde Group. On Thursday, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), a…