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Response from Nairobi Stock Exchange on the site

I saw an annoyed post on Rants, Raves and Reviews (coldtusker.blogspot.com) about the Nairobi Stock Exchange Web site. I got to seak to Chris mwebesa about it and he says that they have had problems with the current web site but that they commissioned a ...

The King is Dead: long live soul

At 73, James Brown, the undisputed King of Soul passed on today in an Atlanta hospital of congestive heart failure, the result of pneumonia. From Mambo 101, A moment's silence. Watch the indisutable James Brown perform

Celtel kicks Safaricom’s ass – Dec 22

In an interesting twist of events, Celtel yesterday made a huge marketing tactical coup over Safaricom. Whether that onslaught is only a battle won instead of a war, remains to be seen. In what was widely seen to be Safaricom’s answer to Celtel’s new Umoja and ...

‘Tis the season to be jolly – bila ubaguzi

The Celtel – Safaricom rivalry is well known and accepted in Kenya.  Indications are however that we are yet to see anything of this rivalry as it begins to really heat up. Clearly Celtel has started an aggressive effort to gain market share over Safaricom, ...

Why Kibaki is likely to win 2007

Make no mistake: Emilio Mwai Kibaki is well inside the race for the presidency in 2007 and much as many would rather he went home, he is right now best placed to win. Okumu Bulawa  examines why. When Mwai Kibaki came into the Kenyan presidency, he ...

Been away: I wonder where…

I have been unable to write for the past few weeks partly because my keyboard has hardly been working - literally rather. And on the day that i take the trouble to brave to write with it, i realise that i don't really want to. I ...