Author: David Indeje

Employment and Labour Court Thursday blocked the planned layoffs at Tuskys Supermarket following a petition by the Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers (KUCFAW). Kucfaw had moved to court seeking to bar the cash strapped retailer from declaring over 400 employees redundant in a case filed at the court under a certificate of urgency. In response, Justice Stephen Radido ordered that “Pending the hearing of the motion, interpartes and or further directions, an order, do hereby issue restraining the respondent from further declaring any redundancies unlawfully and/or unprocedurally.” The worker’s union said the redundancies go against the Collective…

Kenya says it will be allocating  Ksh 400 million shillings annually towards rhino conservation.  This is aimed at achieving an average growth rate of 5 percent. Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala, said the funds will support the recruitment of rangers and the acquisition of surveillance technology to enhance the protection of the endangered species. “Kenya is committed to reducing the mortality of rhinos and sustain gains that have been achieved to secure its future. We plan to mobilize 400 million shillings annually to recruit additional rangers to patrol rhino habitats and procure surveillance technology required to stamp…

Safaricom’s PostPay plan with no expiry offers customers bundled voice, data, and SMS with no-expiry available on a 30-day basis with any unused resources rolling over to the next month. Customers join the plan dialing *544# and select option 4 to Join PostPay or by using the MySafaricom app to do so. The revamped plans from the expired platinum plans are offered at five price points ranging from a Ksh 1,000 plan with 5GB data, 400 minutes, and unlimited SMS, to a Ksh 10,000 plan that offers unlimited data, voice, and SMS. The postpay tariff once it gets depleted, users…

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has launched an instant messaging application to assist investors in the Kenyan bourse for the first time. The platform will support investors in buying and selling stocks, tracking stock prices, generating statements, and making funds transfers. “The ChatBot is a digital assistant that provides a conversational interface for investors supporting investors as they conduct various financial markets transactions on the NSE,” the bourse said in a statement. NSE says the Artificial Intelligence-powered mobile application, ChatBot, will provide investors with convenient, faster, and real-time access to data and information from the operator. ”With the chatbot, investors…

Safaricom has launched MySafaricom App, a new lifestyle app that will provide customers and users with an easy and efficient way to access its products and services under one roof. “For the new Safaricom app, we set out to do a lifestyle app, not a utility one, and we hope customers will have better experiences,” said Fawzia Ali-Kimanthi, Safaricom Head of Digital Products and Services during its formal launch Wednesday. https://twitter.com/SafaricomPLC/status/1308813384658419716?s=20 Fawzia said through the app, users have more visibility on their usage with the new App.  The app comes with three critical pillars: Security, an automatic authentication using a…

Kenya’s Parliamentary Service Commission says it will move to court to challenge Chief Justice David Maraga’s advice to President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament. The National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi who also serves as the PSC chair on Tuesday faulted the Chief Justice terming the advisory as unlawful and unconstitutional. “The commission regrets that the Chief Justice appears to be willing, even eager to plunge the country into a constitutional crisis without exercising the wisdom and circumspection that is expected of the high office he holds,” he said “As PSC, we have this morning agreed to move to the high…