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The move by Safaricom to offer free mobile cash transfers has seen the firm’s net profit for the year ended March 2021 decline 6.8 per cent to KES68.7 billion from KES73.6 billion recorded in the previous trading period. During the year, M-PESA revenue went down by 2.1 per cent to KES82.6 billion from KES84.4 billion in a similar period last year. The decline is...

Kenya’s Coronavirus positivity rate is at 3.6 per cent after 66 people tested positive for the virus from a sample size of 1,833 in the last 24-hour period. This records the lowest percentage since the country started experiencing the heat of the third wave of the virus in March. The country’s infection caseload now stands at 163,620 and the total number...

It will now cost you more to binge watch your favourite Netflix shows starting May 30. This comes after the video streaming giant said it will include Value Added Tax in monthly subscription billing going forward. Netflix subscribers will start parting with KES1,100 ($10.30) from KSH950 ($8.90) for the standard package and KES1,450 ($13.58) from KES1,200 ($11.24) for the premium package.

Kenya has reported 15 more people have tested positive to the Indian Covid-19 variant bringing country’s total cases of the South Asian region strain now stands at 20 after the first five cases were detected a week ago. “The 15 cases are out of 17 samples tested at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kilifi,” said Chief Administrative Secretary, Dr Rashid Aman.

Kenya has in the last 24 hours recorded another 356 people who have turned positive for Covid-19, from a sample size of 4,424 posting a positivity rate of eight per cent. According to the Ministry of Health, the new infections now push the country’s number of confirmed cases to 163,976 and the number of samples tested so far to 1,725,546. Nairobi...

Kenya has placed an order of 30 million Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine doses which are expected in the country within a year.  Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the move is informed by shortage of the AstraZeneca vaccine since India paused exports to plug domestic supply gaps as it fights a devastating Covid wave. Mr Kagwe noted that the raging...