Clinging to foreign posts is not uniquely Kenyan

When Kenyan diplomats were recalled back to base quite a few months ago, several protested including our very own honorable Ambassador Ogego who has since returned back to Kenya. Some claimed to have “invested” in the post and had not recouped enough returns while others flat out ignored the order.
It turns out that this is [...]

Death Announcement: George Otieno Odongo

It is with great regret that we announce the death, in Sydney, Australia, of Mr.George Otieno Odongo. Mr. Odongo is brother to Karen Odongo (Dallas, Texas), Engineer Maxwell Odongo (Kenya), Mrs. Esther Odundo Owuor (former headmistress Kisumu Girls), Lorna Odongo (Kenya) and several other siblings in Kenya. Mr. Odongo is [...]

From Kencell to Celtel to Zain and Now….Bharti.

(Courtesy of Business Daily Africa)
Bharti Airtel was on Thursday set to wrap up acquisition of most of Zain’s African assets, giving it a foothold in the frontier market.

The board of directors for Zain Group confirmed that due diligence process has been completed and that the parties were completing the definitive agreements.

(Zain Africa CEO, Chris Gabriels)
In [...]

Dubai’s mojo heading into a conundrum

Dubai’s growth has attracted a lot of expatriates in the last 10-15 years including professionals and laborers alike from Kenya and the rest of Africa, who saw opportunity and moved to there to work, live and play.
The emirate tactfully weaned it’s economy from relying entirely on dwindling oil supplies and transformed itself into a major financial [...]

10 drunk Kenyan law students go on the rampage in India

A group of ten Kenyan students went on a rampage after drinking themselves silly in the town of Kuvempunagar, a locality in the city of Mysore in southern India.
The students, presumably all law students, attend JSS Law College in Kuvempunagar. It’s not clear if they all lived together or congregated at a friend’s house for [...]

Mpenzi, while we are in Dubai, please don’t cheat on me !!

A vengeful husband reports his cheating wife to authorities in Dubai. Both his wife and her lover were arrested and jailed for two months.

Emirates pilots say fatigue, low morale, poor management make another crash “highly probable”

Following a continuing wide ranging investigation of a near crash of an Emirates A340 Airbus in March that has so far uncovered routine fatigue among UAE’s Emirates Airlines pilots, some of the airlines’ pilots have begun talking.
Three pilots, still employed by the airline have spoken to Australia’s Sunday Times Herald and one of them went [...]

Australian Transport Safety Bureau probing Emirates for pilot fatigue

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), is looking at Emirates Airlines records to determine if the airline is overworking it’s pilots. The near crash of an Emirates Airbus A340 at Melbourne airport in March could have been Australia’s worst air disaster.
The plane managed to take off after the tail scraped the runway and caused irreparable [...]

India cracking down on illegal immigration – Kenyan caught in latest Mumbai sweep

India is cracking down in illegal immigrants. The latest sweep in Mumbai has captured a half dozen Africans including a Kenyan, Saeed Malaya Kimango, 40.
source: DNA India
Mumbai photo by – UA Satish

Kenyan mechanic cleared of all charges in Turkey

The Kenyan family man who was roughed up by Turkish authorities last year after he was found with fake currency has been cleared of all charges.
Yunus Khan is a British auto mechanic of Kenyan origin who was on vacation in Turkey with his family when he was arrested for being in possession of fake UK [...]

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