Eight former senior Isiolo County officials, including three chief officers linked to the loss of Sh58.6 million fire engine procurement fraud arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on January 17, 2024, have denied 12 counts of graft. Appearing before Isiolo Chief Magistrate Lucy Mutai, the accused denied charges of failure to comply with procurement process, unlawful acquisition of public property, and abuse of office. The suspects who include Peter Ngechu Muhuha (former chief officer, finance), Adano Salad Kadubo (former chief officer, public works, housing and urban development), Abdi Nasir Ali (former head of treasury), Jibril Hassan (accountant), and…
Author: Nairobi Business Monthly Reporter
By Dr Kellen Kiambati If a major strategic change occurs, it is often triggered by the resulting financial trauma. This raises the question of whether firms can make major strategic changes whilst maintaining high levels of performance and, if so, how? Dynamic capabilities have been advocated as means of achieving this and they can be addressed from two perspectives. First, it refers to the shifting character of the environment; second, it emphasizes the key role of strategic management in appropriately adapting, integrating, and re-configuring internal and external organizational skills, resources, and functional competences toward changing environment. The dynamic capabilities approach…
Football giants Morocco, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Senegal and Nigeria will meet at the group stage with Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria both in Group A, Egypt and Ghana in Group B and Senegal and Cameroon in Group C. These encounters are considered the finals before the final.
The Chinese authorities’ recent actions and statements have effectively warned the residents of Taiwan that this weekend’s presidential election on the island represents “a choice between peace and war,” Gregory Coutaz, an assistant professor at the Department of Diplomacy and International Relations at Taiwan’s Tamkang University, said.
Kenya has been bestowed the responsibility to host Africa’s first Centre for Anti-Corruption Studies and Research (CEREC), an agency which is to be established by the African Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (AAACA), the Continent’s network for regional cooperation in the fight against corruption and promotion of good governance.
Gaza genocide case against Israel that South Africa has brought before the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), a United Nations body, exposes Europe’s weakness, Politico, a media outlet, writes.
In 2014, Revitalize joined a growing list of wellness centres aiming at making fortunes from offering body treatments and massages, yoga and zumba classes, pedicures and manicures, and the gym.
Bamburi Cement Plc, in agreement with the Mombasa County government, has voluntarily suspended operations on its Mombasa quary site after a one off coal dust incident. On Wednesday, January 10, the company indicated in a statement that it is suspending “certain activities” while putting in place a cross-functional committee to address the incident, which it attributes to unprecedented winds during coal storage preparation. The Nairobi Securities-listed company will also implement “additional measures” to ensure control over coal movement from the port to the plant. “In our commitment to compliance, we are conducting thorough reviews, enhancing community engagement, and maintaining normal…
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The scale and intensity of information wars have reached an unprecedented level, including in the former Soviet space, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) First Deputy Secretary General Leonid Anfimov said during an awards ceremony for journalists covering CIS events held at the offices of the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk.