Kenya to set up mortgage refinancing company to meet housing demand
Kenya is to set up a mortgage refinancing company to help to meet the government’s aim of providing 500,000 houses in five years as well as make it easier for banks to [...]
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Canadians to get mandatory emergency alerts on their phones
Canada’s wireless providers are preparing for a looming update to the National Public Alerting System that will force smartphones to sound an ominous alarm when an [...]
Nurses say report on KNH surgery ‘skewed’, blame doctors
The Nurses union has rejected the Kenya Medical and Practitioners and Dentists Board’s report which blamed nurses on duty for the KNH surgery mix-up. The union [...]
Kenya floods leave at least 15 people dead and scores displaced
Kenyan officials said Friday that at least 15 people have drowned and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation during two days of heavy rainfall [...]
Your happiness as an immigrant may depend on country where you live
The landmark survey of the state of global happiness, the World Happiness Report 2018 has been released and one can’t help but wonder whether our happiness level as [...]
Don’t call back: ‘One ring scam’ spreading across Canada
A scam that loads hefty fees onto your phone bill is resurfacing across Canada. The fraudsters behind the so-called “one ring scam” place calls that appear to originate [...]
Canada honours civil rights activist Viola Desmond by putting her on new $10 bill
Canada took its currency in a new direction in more ways than one with the redesigned $10 bill. The purple polymer note is the first to feature a woman of colour, and the [...]
Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi faces deportation hearing
A former child refugee from Somalia will face a deportation hearing on Wednesday that will determine his future in Canada — a country he’s called home for the vast [...]
Women expats rank Kenya among top career destinations
A global network of expatriates, InterNations, has ranked Kenya among the ten best countries for women expats to pursue a career globally. InterNations in an annual survey, [...]
Kenyan couple in US found dead in suspected murder-suicide
A Kenyan couple was found dead of apparent murder-suicide in their Jersey City, New Jersey home on Monday morning. Authorities say Lydiah Okongo, 40, was shot multiple times [...]