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Rihanna’s Fenty beauty to open first shop in Kenya
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Rihanna’s Fenty beauty to open first shop in Kenya

Popstar turned fashion mogul Rihanna has announced that her brands Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin brands will soon arrive in African countries, including Kenya. The billionaire businesswoman took to her social media, striking a number of poses in a headwrap, likened to expressing the African culture and shared the good news to her 128 million followers on Instagram. The brand will be available in selected countries including Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Namibia, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. She is set to officially open the first shop on May 27, 2022. Fenty Beauty became one of the first makeup brands to offer over 40 (now 50) foundation shades.
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No M-Pesa Payment, on Nairobi Expressway
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No M-Pesa Payment, on Nairobi Expressway

Motorists using the soon-to-be-launched Nairobi Expressway will not be allowed to pay via M-Pesa, the highway’s operators have announced. Only cash and electronic card payment will instead be allowed in a bid to avoid traffic congestion at tolling points occasioned by authentication of mobile transactions. “M-Pesa payment would result in traffic congestion at tolling points,” a spokesperson of Moja Expressway told Business Daily, “It is still in consideration. It will be there in the future.” The 27-kilometre expressway that stretches from Mlolongo through Uhuru Highway to the James Gichuru Road junction in Westlands will be operated by Moja Expressway, a subsidiary of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) which designed, financed and constructed the road.It is set for ope...
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KRA To Set Up Forensic Lab To Nab Tax Cheats
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KRA To Set Up Forensic Lab To Nab Tax Cheats

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will soon be armed with cyber forensic lab facilities to nab tax cheats as it hopes to build a state-of-the-art forensic lab. The lab is expected to equip KRA to recover all deleted files, mine hidden data including hidden accounts from tax payers computers to uncover tax and financial frauds."The proposed Digital Forensic lab will be set up to perform the activities of forensic Acquisition, Extraction and e-discovery of evidential materials," says KRA. While investigating cases of tax evasion in the country, the tax man hopes to build water tight evidence against those that it will take to the courts. The move comes in response to the rising trend among individuals and businesses as they switch to electronic record keeping which has become probl...
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Njugush And Celestine Expecting Second Child
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Njugush And Celestine Expecting Second Child

Renowned comedian Njugush, real name Timothy Kimani, and his wife Celestine Ndinda are expecting their second child together. Debuting her baby bump during their third season of the show Through Thick and Thin (TTNT) on April 22, Celestine astonished the audience as her belly helplessly protruded through her chic red dress. At a recent interview, Celestine revealed that the good news was long awaited further noting her contentment that the information was kept under wraps. "It was God's timing, we really wanted it," she said. "My life went on normally, just that my fans and people who knew me did not blow it up and I thank them for minding their business." The lovebirds already have a son, Tugi, who has been initiated into content creation, similar to what their pa...
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Zimbabwe Government Under Fire For Halting Bank Lending
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Zimbabwe Government Under Fire For Halting Bank Lending

A move by Zimbabwe to suspend lending by banks will backfire, create a parallel banking system and usurp efforts to fix the moribund economy, the country's captains of commerce warned Monday. Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending as part of a raft of measures he said were aimed at stabilising the economy. Mnangagwa said the move would stop speculation against the Zimbabwe dollar and curb a burgeoning parallel market where the local dollar was trading at nearly 400 to the US dollar, more than double last week's official rate. "The government has suspended banking but banks remain intact," the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce said in a statement. "This legitimises a parallel banking system with usurious interest rates and no investor would be attr...
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Ecuador Prison Riot leaves 44 dead and 108 On The Run
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Ecuador Prison Riot leaves 44 dead and 108 On The Run

At least 44 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador's latest grisly prison riot, the public prosecutor said, as another 100 prisoners managed to escape. Authorities said a fight broke out between the rival Los Lobos and R7 gangs inside the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, in the center of Ecuador some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Quito. During the riot, dozens of inmates tried to escape. Police chief Fausto Salinas told reporters that 108 were missing after another 112 escaped prisoners were recaptured. The South American country's prison authority SNAI said it has activated security protocols to contain the "disturbances to order." Six gang leaders were transferred from Bellavista to two maximum security prisons, the interior ministry said. Interior M...
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Cece Sagini, Victor Peace Announce End Of 4-Year Marriage
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Cece Sagini, Victor Peace Announce End Of 4-Year Marriage

Celebrity couple Cece Sagini and Victor Peace have announced a split, ending their marriage of four years. The two former love birds announced their split via coordinated posts on social media, saying the break up was ultimately necessary for their general well-being and holistic happiness. “After 4+ years of walking this journey as the best of friends, with much prayer and consideration, we have decided to come to the end of our road. As we once shared our journey publicly, it is in the same spirit that we share this statement, "the posts shared on their individual accounts read.  Without going into the specifics, the couple who made a name for themselves, running a Youtube channel dubbed ‘the Peaces" claimed the split was not due to ‘salacious events’ but mutual respec...
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Relief As Oil Marketers Agree To Sell All Stocks Locally To End Fuel Crisis
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Relief As Oil Marketers Agree To Sell All Stocks Locally To End Fuel Crisis

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have agreed to offload all fuel stocks held for the export market locally in a new attempt to end the ongoing fuel shortage crisis in the country. This follows a meeting between the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) and OMC CEOs held earlier on Wednesday. At the same time, the marketers have agreed to earmark imports from two vessels for the local market to meet the local demand including one carrying super petrol and another carrying diesel. Moreover, the oil marketing companies have agreed to set aside 20 million litres of fuel to non-franchised petroleum dealers who largely serve interior parts of the country. “We have agreed that in order to correct the fuel supply hitches that have aff...
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Traffic Disruptions Announced On City Roads Ahead Of Kibaki’s Funeral Service
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Traffic Disruptions Announced On City Roads Ahead Of Kibaki’s Funeral Service

Motorists have been warned of traffic disruptions on some Nairobi roads on Friday when the funeral service of the late former President Mwai Kibaki will be held at the Nyayo Stadium. Police spokesperson Bruno Shioso in a statement on Thursday advised motorists to avoid Aerodrome Road and a section of Uhuru Highway between Nyayo House and Lusaka roundabouts from 7.00am. “A procession to the stadium led by the Kenya Defence Forces will affect the flow of traffic on some parts of the procession route, namely Procession Way, Kenyatta Avenue, Uhuru Highway, Aerodrome Road as they proceed to the stadium,” stated Shioso. Similarly, vehicles driving to the city from Waiyaki Way and intending to cross over to Mombasa Road have been advised to avoid Uhuru Highway. “Divert at Nyayo H...
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Matiang’i declares Tuesday public holiday to celebrate Idd-ul-Fitr
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Matiang’i declares Tuesday public holiday to celebrate Idd-ul-Fitr

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has declared Tuesday as a public holiday to celebrate Idd-ul-Fitr. In a gazette notice on Tuesday, Matiang'i declared May 3rd a public holiday in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (1) of the Public Holidays Act. The festival of Idd-ul-Fitr, the Festival of Fast-breaking, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.  Muslims gather in mosques or open spaces and offer two units of prayer – called "Rakat". The prayers are followed by a sermon, in which the imam asks for forgiveness, mercy, and peace for every being across the world.
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