Sim Registration Deadline Extended

The deadline for the SIM card registration by six months.

The government Communications Authority resulted to this deadline extension, after statistics uncovered that a majority of Kenyans had failed to register their SIM cards by April 15. 

Chiloba held a meeting yesterday, Thursday, the 14th of April, with MNOs (the Mobile Network Operators) so as to assess the success rate of the exercise. 

"It is the responsibility of the operators who will advise on whether to switch off the unregistered lines or probably give an extension and allow as many Kenyans as possible to register," Chiloba said. 

Now Kenyans have up to until October 15, 2022 have their details updated, failure to which will result to a fine. 

Ezra maintained that the registration exercise was anchored in the constitution and mandates mobile Network Operators to do so. 

And in other today Friday 15th, Safaricom launched an online platform for registration of SIM cards. 

Naivas Supermarket: Young Kenyan Accused of Shoplifting and Fined 100k

A young Kenyan man was arraigned in court today, Wednesday the 13th of April, for allegedly taking cooking oil from Naivas General store.

Alvin appearing before Milimani Law Courts chief magistrate Wendy Micheni on Wednesday, April 13, Chivondo pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing and handling stolen goods.

Alvin Linus Chivondo was accused of taking 2 liters of cooking oil at the Naivas General store along Moi Road.

As indicated by the indictment, the 21-year-old guy took 5 kgs of rice , honey, tea leaves and sugar, which totals up to Ksh. 3,165.

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The court heard that he acted like a client, picking the things from the racks prior to packing them into a shopping bag. 

He was captured on CCTv cameras while endeavoring to leave the general store without paying. 

 

In his defence, the guy, who is a trolley pusher in Nairobi CBD, told the court that he and his family had slept hungry for three days.

“I have a four-month-old baby and I couldn’t feed my family. Your honour, you can see I only stole food items. I can’t feed my family since I lost my job,” Alvin pleaded. 

The 21-year-old man, having accepted the charges, has been sentenced to one year in prison or pay KSh 100,000 fine for shoplifting. 

Sad story,right? Things sure are seriously getting worse by the day thanks to the economic woes the world faces today. 

Crane accident kills 9, Nairobi_Breaking News Kenya

 At least 9 people were confirmed dead after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Nairobi’s Hurlingham area.

According to police reports, the body count is currently  at  nine. What know so far is that, six Kenyans and two Chinese have been confirmed to be diseased, it is still unclear whom the ninth is.

Kilimani police chief, Andrew Mbogo earlier told the press, “We have lost 8 people..... they include two Chinese and six Kenyans.”

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The 14-storey building where this happened, was actually an  almost complete hostel building near Daystar University, Valley Road, meant to be manned by Qwetu.

Joseph Aketch an attendant to a nearby petrol station recounted, 

“I just heard people screaming and people were looking at the direction of that crane which was already down,... the place is sealed they are not allowing people inside but I am told it has killed people.”

 

Another witness, Michael Odhiambo, present at the site reported that the crane crashed as it was being dismantled, 

“Some people were up on the crane dismantling it when it crashed,”

 Odhiambo further said, 

“it is like they did not balance the weight well and it is unfortunate because eight people are now dead and two have been taken to hospital."

Rescue efforts continue as we await further information. We send our heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones.