Author: Dredan Njau
Safaricom to set up new companies in growth push
Safaricom PLC wants shareholder nod to set up three new companies that will expand into mobile business in Ethiopia and an incubator for tech start-ups and SMEs. The company has asked shareholders to approve the special business orders to be reviewed in the company’s AGM scheduled for 28th July 2023. The telco giant incorporated a new company in Ethiopia, Safaricom M-PESA Mobile Financial Services PLC, to house the M-PESA business in Ethiopia and now want owners to approve the subsidiary. The Ethiopia outfit will be a fully owned subsidiary of Safaricom Ethiopia Telecommunication and ultimately a resultant subsidiary of Safaricom PLC. This came as a…
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Judiciary sets up digital footprints to track sex offenders
Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome has launched a digitally automated sexual offenders’ registry that gives judicial officers and the greater public vital information about sexual offenders. This automated register is set to contain all the records of convicted sex offenders. Access to the registry will however be restricted. Judicial officers will have unrestricted access, High Court advocates will have access in relevant criminal proceedings, probation officers, children officers, public prosecutors, police investigators and the prison. More parties that will be granted access on the basis of approved applications indicating their reasons for interest in the information via the e-filing system will include other relevant agencies as…
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Fried for breakfast
When Mejja dropped a relatable line in his song “Cheza kama wewe”, “ule ni msee wa mayai, muite mwambie agonge mbili,” eggs were a snack, that retailed Kes20 a piece from your favourite smokie vendor in lab coat and steaming white pushcarts. But I am sure Mejja did not imagine, eggs could be a luxury and that indigenous ones, popularly referred as kienyeji could be as rare and costly as quail eggs. Recently, when I paid my local vendor, Kasee, a visit for my usual “mayai pasua” with some hot “kachumbari”, he cracked them open then cracked my pockets, the prices had gone up once…
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