THE STANDARD By
Allan Mungai |
January 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
President Uhuru Kenyatta during the ground breaking ceremony for the National Police Leadership Academy, Ngong, Kajiado County, on January 26, 2021.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has dismissed those criticising his style of leadership, saying he is still fully in charge.
The president said despite his administration leaving power in 2022, he still has several days left in office and people should stop assuming there is a vacancy in the Office of the President, or that there is nothing he can do. There are some people who are looking at me and thinking that because I am leaving office there is nothing I can do. I want to remind you that even if I am leaving, I still have several days to roar like a lion, so they should not think that there is a vacancy, said Uhuru.
THE STANDARD By
Frankline Sunday |
December 16th 2020 at 11:21:15 GMT +0300
Kenyans have traded more than Sh6 billion in Bitcoin over the past five years. The move highlights the rising popularity of digital currency among users in the country.
According to a new study compiling trading of cryptocurrencies globally by Paxful, Kenya emerged second in Africa, with 90 per cent of trading in the country done this year alone.
“Kenya is one of the biggest Bitcoin trading countries in the world, beating the likes of the Philippines and South Africa,” said the report in part.
According to the report, Kenya has traded Sh6.1 billion in bitcoin between 2015 and 2020. It is only second to Nigeria, the leader in Africa with Sh63 billion traded over the same period.
DPP’s office to hasten prosecution of top Paramount Bank officials who fraudulently acquired Parklands land
The office of the Director of Public Prosecution has said that it will hasten the arrest and prosecution of top Paramount Bank officials implicated in the illegal acquisition of a prime parcel of land in Parklands.
The officials are Anwarali Merali and Ayaz Merali who are father and son respectively, Noorez Padamshi, Mohammed Mujtaba and Mercy Kamau (bank director) and lawyer who executed the transfer.
The land in question is LR No. 209/6/13, IR No. 30866/9, and size 0.2617 of a hectare situated within Parklands, Nairobi County.
Leaked: Nairobi businessman appeals to DPP Haji to fast-track Parklands land file implicating top Paramount Bank officials
Businessman Zaverchand Ramji Shah has appealed to DPP Nordin Haji to hasten the probe into the grabbing off of his land in parklands.
This is after the DCI lands fraud unit wrote to Hajis office recommending the arrest and prosecution of Paramount Bank officials led by Director Ayaz Merali.
Other directors are Anwarali Merali, Noorez Padamshi, Mohammed Mujtaba and Mercy Kamau.
In a clear case of conflict of interest, Mercy Kamau is the lawyer who signed the transfer documents on behalf of Paramount Bank despite being a director.