Author: Khusoko

The Kenyan Government on Tuesday restored 18 websites that had been breached on Monday by a group calling themselves the Kurd Electronics Team. In a statement to newsrooms Monday evening, Government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna Col. Oguna said there was no cause for alarm as the affected sites are just ‘informational’ platforms. On Monday, the ICT Authority confirmed the attack on the 18 government websites hosted on a single server. “This morning (Monday), a cluster of 18 government websites, hosted on a single server and managed by ICT Authority were defaced. This defacing was on websites which are devoted to…

Consumers in Nairobi can now shop and recycle. PETCO, Kenya’s industry body for the manufacturers and retailers of plastic bottled goods, has unveiled 5 drop-off sites in the city. The drop-off sites will allow members of the public to return their recyclable products to the recycling partners. PETCO Kenya Chairman John Withaka said that the drop-off points would offer consumers a solution for a disposal site for their recyclables, which currently end up in dumpsites. “This drop-sites will allow our recycling partners to receive uncontaminated plastic bottles and other fractions for them to be able to manufacture new products such…

PKF Kenya, an accountants and business advisers firm,  is calling for tougher measures to control rising corruption cases and public debt in order to stimulate economic growth. In its pre-budget briefing, PKF is proposing that the Government rebuilds its capacity to fight corruption by focusing on long term projects. “There is a need to urgently rebuild the capacity of the Government to implement projects and prevent corruption and to do this it will be necessary to stop all projects, take stock and close the taps,” said David Kabeberi. Among the proposed capacity building measures include data warehousing technology to curb…

East African literary icon Ngugi wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, about language and its constructive role in national culture, history and identity. Lord Mayor Wolfgang Griesert, the representative of the city of Osnabrück on the prize’s jury, said in a statement, “Especially in his essays, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o refers very early to the very current discussion about the consequences of the colonial period – I am thinking, for example, of the question of the…

Institutions make names then names make people but USIU-Africa, according to alumni, makes both names and people. The job market is flooded according to the majority of people. However, what most people don’t know is the only field that seems flooded is the white-collar sector. Employers, on the other hand, argue that every time they want to hire people, they find no individuals suitable. They say, most of the graduates have only mastered theory as compared to the much-needed practical skills. A university that channels out all-round individuals who have perfected both theory and practical is what Kenya needs. Kenya…

The NBO Film Fest (Nairobi Film Festival) is back for its third year and Lusala, a film directed by Mugambi Nthiga, produced by One Fine Day Films and Ginger Ink Films will premiere at the festival. This will be continuing a tradition that started in the 2017 premiere of Kati Kati by Mbithi Masya and was followed by the 2018 premiere Supa Modo by Likarion Wainaina. NBO Fest will be happening from 6th June 2019 to 16th June 2019 at Prestige Plaza, Ngong Road, Nairobi, Kenya featuring films from Kenyan, African, Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean cinema. Co-founded by film director Mbithi…