Author: Muindi

Experience working on communication and marketing departments and in the broadcast industry. Interested in sustainable development and international relations issues.

Kenya’s insurance industry reported claims from July to September 2022 declined by 12 % to 1.8 million compared to 2 million reported in the year’s second quarter. The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Quarter 3 Claims Report disclosed that during the quarter, general insurance business claims reported were 1,705 020 compared to 1,965,735 reported in Q2, 2022 in the previous quarter. Long-term Insurance claims hit 106,121, an increase compared to 99,678 reported in the second quarter of 2022. Consequently, claims paid to the total number of claims actionable during the quarter went up in the general insurance business. “In the period…

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Typically, I would need the assistance of a sign language interpreter when interviewing a Deaf person to facilitate communication between us.  Today, however, I am fortunate to have a conversation without an interpreter while talking to George Ochola, 26, a student at Nairobi Aviation College studying Film Production and Camera Operations.  “I am Deaf but hard of hearing. I can speak, but I can’t hear well, so I’m using a device known as a hearing aid that is helping me to produce the sound,” he says.  According to his parents, George’s hearing problem began when he was four. There was…

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