Pensioners take loans to support families as Covid job cuts bite
Summary
Even before Kenya reported its first case of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, pensioners were still struggling to meet basic needs such as food, healthcare and shelter.
A quarterly report the KNBS released in April last year showed that 81.5 percent (708,902) of senior citizens were working as of December 2019.
Tuesday May 25 2021
Summary
Even before Kenya reported its first case of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, pensioners were still struggling to meet basic needs such as food, healthcare and shelter.
A quarterly report the KNBS released in April last year showed that 81.5 percent (708,902) of senior citizens were working as of December 2019.
Two Arrested After Fleecing Job Seekers Ksh 200M
22 May 2021 - 8:08 am
An image of Nairobi job seekers waiting to hand in their applications to an employer in 2020.
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The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has launched a manhunt for a woman behind a syndicate that has fleeced unsuspecting job seekers over Ksh200 million in 10 months.
DCI stated that the leader is a senior sergeant at Lang ata Prison who uses her connection to lure unemployed youth while promising them government jobs. Two of her allies were arrested on Friday, May 21, in a multi-agent operation conducted at the prison. The rogue prison warder operates a mafia organization that recruits helpless job seekers, with the promise of job opportunities in top government parastatals & government security agencies including, Kenya Defence Forces, National Intelligence Service & the National Police Service.
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Kenyans To Pay More For Ugali As Flour Prices Goes Up By 9 Shillings
By Getrude Mathayo / Published May 19, 2021 | 10:22 am KEY POINTS
Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay more for ugali as the price of flour increased by up to 9 shillings for a two-kilogram packet on the high cost of maize, a move likely to spark a rise in inflation.
Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay more for ugali as the price of flour increased by up to 9 shillings for a two-kilogram packet on the high cost of maize, a move likely to spark a rise in inflation.