Registration certificates and licenses of nine private security companies have been cancelled by the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) over non-compliance. PSRA said in a notice that the firms, that include Victory Protective Services Africa Limited, Victory Consultants Limited, Bedrock Security Services Limited, Bedrock Security Alarms Systems and Product Limited and Senaca East Africa Limited, have breached four regulations of the Private Security Regulation Act No. 13 of 2016. Others are Hipora Security Solutions Limited, Salama Fikira International (Kenya) Limited, Marco Security Limited and Superb Marketing Solutions Limited. Besides violating the terms and conditions attached to their certificates of registration…
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Tech firm, Apple has surpassed Microsoft, Google, and Amazon as its brand worth increased by 74% in 2023, hitting $517 bn.
Robots can be used to greatly reduce the amount of time needed to perform extravehicular space activities, Yevgeny Dudorov, executive director of the Android Technics research and production association, told TASS news agency in an interview.
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has received accreditation for its Calibration Centre laboratory from Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) to offer testing services to the public and industries. The accreditation is expected to not only contribute to KenGen’s financial sustainability, but also position the company as a leader in calibration services regionally and globally. This is part of the company’s business diversification strategy towards boosting its revenues by leveraging on its expertise and experience. The calibration centre is based at KenGen’s Upper Tana power station consisting of three laboratories that offer calibration services for Electrical, Pressure and Temperature calibration to KenGen…
Hosts Côte d’Ivoire put a disastrous group campaign behind them on Monday to beat defending champions Senegal 5-4 on penalties and book an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarter-final against Mali or Burkina Faso. A last-16 thriller ended 1-1 after extra time with Habib Diallo scoring after four minutes for Senegal and Franck Kessie equalising off a penalty four minutes from the end of regular time in Yamoussoukro. Kessie was the shootout hero, converting the decisive kick after Moussa Niakhate had struck the post with the third Senegalese penalty. Senegal became the seventh consecutive holders to fall victim to a…
The event was part of an initiative by the Mexican Association of Bullfighting to attract new followers for the centries-old tradition of bullfighting by educating young people about the different activities that surround the breeding of fighting bulls. By AP The corral gate swings open and an energetic calf charges in, only to be wrestled to the ground and immobilized by having its legs tied. The men go to work vaccinating the calf and marking its number with a burning iron on its back. It happened in one of the sessions of a workshop that José Arturo Jiménez gave this…
Diplomats from some countries are discussing an option to change the leadership of Palestine so the new leader would run the Gaza Strip after the conflict there comes to an end, the New York Times reported.
Gas demand in European countries fell by 7% last year to the lowest level since 1995, according to Gas Market Report by the International Energy Agency.
A three-judge bench of the appellate court Justices Lydia Achode, John Mativo and Gatembu Kairu ruled that the levy, which has received widespread opposition from many Kenyans, remains suspended as declared by the High Court.
Pamela Mutua, who was appointed the managing director of the troubled Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) in January 2021, has exited the stage in the wake of a Sh16.5 billion edible oils scandal. Ms Mutua’s position is one of the five senior positions that have been declared vacant as part of a shakeup of the agency’s top officials. Other positions to be filled as per an advertisement carried on Tuesday are those of purchasing and sales general manager, warehousing manager, and counterparts in finance and treasury, and business development. The government is going after top officers at the agency under…