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Ngilu Appeals To The Kamba To Vote For Nassir
Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has called on members of the Kamba community in Mombasa to vote for Mvita Mp Abdulswamad Nassir as the next Mombasa governor in the coming polls.
Nassir is vying for the Mombasa governor seat on an ODM ticket.
Speaking during a consultative meeting with the Akamba Community at the Ronald Ngala grounds, Ngilu termed Nassir as the best candidate for the job.
"I worked with your father for a very long time, I did not even think that his son will be an Mp and a governor. To you my people I would like to tell you to stick with him (Nassir), he is your best bet" said Ngilu.
Sarova Panafric Set to Host The Big Honey Brunch
Sarova Panafric is set to host the Big Honey Brunch tailored towards offering customers an extensive spread of delighting cuisine in partnership with Jack Daniels.
The Big Honey Brunch will be hosted at the Poolside Restaurant on Sunday July 31st July from 12pm to 4pm.
The new look Poolside Restaurant is the ideal venue for that fun-filled Sunday brunch for city residents to come to enjoy a spectacular and lavish spread in the garden setting. It boasts a crisp clear swimming pool and serene ambience.
DJ Miles will be on the decks for the afternoon playing the best jams to compliment brunch and cocktails for Kshs 5,500 and Kshs 4,500 for brunch alone.
Sarova Panafric is committed to re-inventing its offering to continue meeting customers' dynamic needs at a time tastes and preferences are evolving.
Award Winning Sensation Nikita Kering’ Releases Long Awaited Single ‘Last Name’
Following her successful debut EP, A Side Of Me, having been voted as the best female artist in East Africa and won the best RnB song ‘Ex’ at the AFRIMAs Nikita is at it again, this time the multitalented singer, songwriter is back with Last Name.
The single is also her debut single having signed with Universal Music Africa.
About Last Name
“It's real-life experience, just going into a space where someone's essence builds your mind and without fail you just approach them. The song speaks to my personality a lot. The song is just a vibe, it's nothing too serious. It's about going to a space, going out, one night, and walking into the space and being blown away by how this person looks and it completely makes you lose track of everything that's going on around you. It's about being free and doing whatever it is that you want to do with regards to the person.” Nikita narrates.
As it has almost come with a norm, the creativity of SoFresh, add that to mastering and engineering pro-es of Trevor Magak, then complement all these with the angelic voice of Nikita, what you get is a recipe of something magnificent.
What Next For Nikita
“I think people should expect someone who is more experimental, someone who is definitely free to tell her own story and more honest and real honest with her work. I needed time to understand myself and what I really, really wanted to make creatively. I think sometimes when your project does well it's easy to hop on the trends and try and do whatever it is that's trending, so I think I just needed to find time to find myself.”
Last Name is part of a larger project Nikita has in store for her fans as she looks to end the year as the undisputed vocal powerhouse. Her new project draws inspiration from a phase in a life and relates to it in a personal way, one which all Ringerz across Africa and the world at large will truly relate to. And when the project drops, everyone will remember her LAST NAME.
Pressure Mounts On Magoha To Apologize, Resign For ‘profiling’ Female Journalist
Federation of Women lawyers (FIDA Kenya) has called out Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha to take personal responsibility for his utterances and resign from public office.
This comes after Magoha allegedly profiled a female Muslim journalist as a possible Al-Shabaab representative.
The lobby through a statement shared to newsrooms signed by the federation chairman Nancy Ikinu demanded that Magoha should apologize for failure to which legal action should be taken upon him.
“This is simply hate speech and sad that a whole Cs can target profile and verbally attack female journalist in the course of her duties based on her assumed religion and further associate her religion with terrorism,” said Ikinu.
The lobby says Magoha acted in violation of Article 32 of the constitution that guarantees every Kenyan the right of religion, freedom of coexistence, belief and opinion and therefore Magoha was wrong to profile the journalist with her religion.
“The Cs utterances resulted in pure discrimination and violation of himan rights contrary to and prohibited by Article 27 (4, of the constitution,” added Ikinu.
She added “we recognize that Alshabaab is a terrorist organization that has been linked to the deaths of many Kenyans, however, associating every Kenyan muslim and in particular the female journalist with an illegal;l group is unacceptable,”.
Pressure continued to mount after other organizations like FIDA-Kenya stated should Magoha fail to apologise, they will petition relevant institutions to institute disciplinary actions against him.
“Magoha’s utterances resulted in pure discrimination and a violation of human rights contrary to and prohibited by Article 27 (4) of the Constitution.
"We demand that he makes a public apology to the journalist. FIDA-Kenya also demands that CS Magoha takes personal responsibility for his utterances and resign from public office failure to which FIDA-Kenya will petition relevant institutions to institute disciplinary actions against the CS
On Wednesday the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) asked the National Cohesion and Integration Council (NCIC) to sermon the CS over his remarks
On Thursday Kenya Women Muslim Alliance director Farida Rashid said the minister remarks also were condemned by saying Magoha is a disgrace to Kenyan leadership for the disrespect.
“Magoha remarks should be treated as incitement, because the country was calm until a whole minister resurfaces with Alshabaab remarks profiling a journalist, he should apologize to Kenyan muslim leaders,” said Farida.
Speaking in Mombasa Farida said women Muslims will take to the streets to demonstrate demanding him to resign. They want President Uhuru Kenyatta to crack the whip on the minister for his disrespect to women.
“We will go to the streets to demonstrate that our religion is very important, if the president does not fire Magoha,we will force him out of office,” said Farida, who led women leaders in a media briefing.
Mvita Mp Abdulswamand Nassir also weighed in on the matter saying rights of muslims should be respected because it is within the law to enjoy rights and freedoms in Kenya in accordance with the constitution.
“I am very disappointed with the Cs George Magoha, for his remarks, that is out rightly wrong, you cannot do that,I represent all religions, such kind of remarks can spark religious animosity,” said Nassir.
Court Gives Go Ahead For Exhumation Of Mombasa Businessman
A Mombasa court has granted an application by the coast Regional Criminal Investigation office to exhume the body of a businessman Anverali Nazerail for autopsy to establish the cause of his death.
Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Vincent Adet directed the body which was buried two months ago at the Khoja Shia ithnaasheri graveyard in Mombasa county to be exhumed within 7 days of the ruling.
However, the late businessman's widow Kiran Nazerali, her twenty year old daughter Mahek Fatima and her 18 year old son Nurjehan Abbas have moved to the high court to challenge the lower court's ruling through counsels Mohamed Balala and Sborne Lijoodi who had put up a spirited fight for the late businessman's widow.
The family counsels said they are moving to the high court to seek an order to stop the exhumation until the case is heard and determined.
The Resident Magistrate dismissed the bereaved family's application opposing the exhumation saying it has no merit.
The court insisted the application through DCI officer Pharis Thoya to exhume the body of the deceased to establish the cause of death of the businessman dated 6th July this year has merit.
He insisted that the exphunged letter from Aga Khan Hospital medical director Dr Sam Oula and that of the DCI have demonstrated that the discharge of the deceased from the health facility must be subjected to investigation to establish the cause of death.
In his one and half page ruling in the application to exhume the body he argued the only way to establish the cause death of the businessman is through an autopsy.
The magistrate said in his ruling this is the only way the government can carry out the intended inquest into the death of the late businessman.
He said his ruling is guided by other previous rulings in similar cases.
"Whether the application to exhume the body has merit or not is within the jurisdiction of the court to decide," he pointed out.
The court said the exhumation of the body is in line with the administration of justice which is paramount.
The Magistrate said when the post mortem is carried out it will determine the cause of death of the businessman in favour of the trurth and justice.
He said the report on the cause of death of the deceased will be crucial to enable the court determine the application which was filed in court.
"After the post mortem is carried out we will be able to chart the way forward on the matter in dispute before the court," he pointed out.
The court said the bereaved family which is opposing the exhumation of the body must consider public interest despite the right of the relatives to have the businessman's remains to be undisturbed.
The deceased's estranged brother Shakir Awar, a Pakistani national who cried foul over his brother's death resurfaced two weeks after the burial and was represented by counsel Michael Oloo while prosecution is led by Hillary Isiaho.
JJ Tabane Appointed Chairperson Of Electric Vehicle Company Agilitee
Electrical vehicle manufacturer Agilitee on Monday announced the appointment of JJ Tabane as chairperson of its board of directors.
Agilitee is about to list on the JSE through a public offering of 10% of its business for $2bn (about R34.13bn).
The company said as part of the process to list, a board of directors was announced and submitted to the JSE on Monday.
Agilitee founder and CEO Mandla Lamba said Tabane was no stranger to initiatives in the green economy, having played numerous roles such as head of the ministry of environmental affairs, head of communications for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and board chairperson of the Indalo Yethu Environmental Campaign.
“Tabane, a media personality, communications expert, author and business executive, will lead a global board with members from Agilitee operations in the UK, US, Asia, Europe and Africa and is also a significant shareholder in the business who has advised the company for almost two years,” the company said.
“Working in a revolutionary green and Al (artificial intelligence) space is a privilege on opening a whole new carbon free future for our economy,” Tabane said.
Agilitee said it hoped to launch three electric vehicles and about 200 AI products in October at the Johannesburg Expo Centre.
King Kanja Drops 'Because Of You' Music video
Super star Kenyan artist based in the US King Kanja has released “Because of You” - new single and video. The soulful Afrobeat smash was produced by Houston-based Kenyan producer Giggz who recorded Tems’ verse for “Essence” collaboration with Wizkid.
Kanja says, “The new single is inspired by the feeling of being in love and wanting to do whatever it takes to show your partner how meaningfully they impact your life journey. “
Its video shot in Miami and at the Belaire HQ in NYC was directed by Kanja’s long-term collaborator Yahu Edits, a Kenyan music director who is based in the US. Kanja says, “The visuals are lush and I am just having a good time with my lady.”
“Because Of You” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
In King Kanja’s own words, “I recorded this song in Houston, Texas with Giggz who I actually met in Los Angeles at Christian Longomba’s funeral. One day, I decided to pass by Giggz studio just to meet him and catch his vibe while on my way to a club appearance."
Adding "The song was created on a whim delaying the club appearance to work on this song and the lyrics just flowed through me. I wrote everything except the second verse that my cousin, Big J in London wrote. I'm the only vocalist on the song.”
“Because of you” is one of the lead singles off King Kanja’s upcoming fifth studio project titled ‘KanJah’ currently in its final stages of production. He credits Bobby V, his close music associate for enlightening him on the power of having other songwriters involved in your creative process. He has teamed up with his cousin Big J to co-write all his upcoming new hits. Their chemistry and creativity is unmatched.
Kanja says, “As teamwork, working with like-minded people makes the dream work.”
Kanja sums it up: “ There are many records on the KanJAH album, whose title shows the God in me and also as a creative. My producer / engineer, Gilly aka Real Mckoy gave my name a twist while we worked together on the VIBRATIONS Reggae album. It stuck on me and I knew then it would be the name of my next album.”
King Kanja is multi-talented and one of Kenya’s most popular artists living in the US. Earlier this year he met with Mr. Brett Berish–the president and CEO of Sovereign Brands. He is constantly making major moves and performing around the globe, with most recently shutting down a sold out show in Lusaka, Zambia alongside Bobby V and Rotimi.
His discography has consistently grown over the past years, having released two successful EPs: VIBES (2017), MUCHOKI (2019), albums: VIBE LORD (2020) and VIBRATIONS (2020).
Opinion Piece: Why Data Protection Must Become Part Of An Organisation’s Culture
By Imraan Kharwa, Data protection officer at Infobip
For years the privacy sword of Damocles hung precariously over South African businesses, threatening severe consequences and penalties for non-compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPIA”).
Now, nearly a year since it activated in July 2021, organisations are settling into the reality of conducting business in alignment with its regulations and data protection best practices. While many organisations have placed compliance at the core of operations, there has sadly been a surge in data breaches impacting South African businesses in the same period, creating a climate that is ripe for POPIA enforcement.
The first anniversary of POPIA
POPIA governs the processing of personal information of individuals and juristic entities (“Data Subjects”) by organisations (“Responsible Parties”) in South Africa. regulates the processing of personal information of individuals by organisations from collection, aggregation and usage all the way through to retention and destruction.
Encouragingly, the Information Regulator, empowered to monitor and enforce compliance with the provisions of POPIA, has been active in engaging with organisations that have experienced data breaches over the past 12 to 18 months.
The added scrutiny means organisations must be far more cognisant of how they process personal information, ensuring that their security controls are adequate and effective.
Gateway to international arena
While compliance has historically been viewed as an administrative burden, many organisations now realise that privacy enablement is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but a valuable necessity of being able to do business. In tandem, technology companies are ensuring privacy forms a key part of their offerings.
The role of the Information Officer
The mandatory appointment of an Information Officer in all organisations remains one of the more contentious aspects of POPIA. Without clear guidance on where this role needs to be positioned, organisations have adopted differing approaches. In practical terms, this is often driven by the size of the organisation, the resources at its disposal and the level maturity of its data protection programme.
Whereas smaller organisations are likely to appoint a multitasker, where the role of Information Officer will be added to the existing headcount in the business, larger arge organisations are more likely to hire a full-time candidate who will be dedicated to the role and oversee a discrete data protection function.
A seat in the boardroom
As more organisations begin to recognise the impact of data protection, both fiscally and reputationally, –privacy has become a business imperative requiring executive input. This often becomes the preserve of Chief Information Officers, but there is an increased focus on appointing experienced Chief Privacy Officers with specialised skills in ensuring POPIA protocols are followed.
Attention to third parties
One of the biggest challenges for local organisations is the lack of attention to privacy risks associated with third parties. As operators in the POPIA relationship, they must also play their part in preventing security compromises.
It is therefore imperative to consider the reputation of the third party, the maturity of their privacy programme and whether they employ suitably qualified and certified privacy and security personnel to oversee their operations.
A final, overarching component of the compliance journey is ensuring that awareness of data protection obligations and privacy rights permeate all levels of the organisation through regular privacy training. Privacy training must be regularly conducted, departmental based and appropriate to the organisation.
The adage “privacy is everyone’s responsibility” holds true, which is why organisations must improve accessibility to data privacy practices and ensure all employees are cognisant of the privacy regimes within their organisation. Data protection must become part of the living culture of all organisations.
NTSA Suspends Modern Coast Express Operations
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended all operations of bus company Modern Coast.
This comes a day after an accident involving one of its buses killed 33 passengers, and injured scores at Nithi bridge.
In a statement, NTSA Director General George Njao said that the suspension will apply to 31 buses belonging to the company operating several routes with the country.
"A thorough multi-agency investigation into the crash and an evaluation of the operator's safety operational standards is currently underway," reads part of the statement.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the Sunday accident hit 33 on Monday morning after more passengers who had sustained injuries succumbed while undergoing treatment.
Saido Woos Nyali Youth With Jobs
Nyali ODM parliamentary seat candidate Said Abdallah Saido has vowed to address the issue of youth unemployment in the area if elected in the August polls.
According to Abdallah, youth unemployment is among the major challenges facing the constituency thus the need to urgently address the issue.
Addressing a group of youths from all the wards in the constituency at the Uwanja wa Mbuzi grounds, Abdallah said he will he will create projects that aim at increasing the economic productivity of youths within Nyali constituency to improve their livelihoods through sustainable income generating activities.
"Youthful population accounts for 71% of Nyali Constituency and it is very sad to see them suffering for lack of jobs. We are ready to explore the potential in youths through empowerment and mentorship programmes" said Abdallah.
Abdallah also urged the youths to avoid being misused by politicians during this election period.
Abdallah charged "I know they are now coming to you with alot of promises and money, please do not let them incite you against others or other aspirants. Be on the look out and avoid any incidents that are likely to interfere with our peace"
Meanwhile, Abdallah's bid got a major boost after one of the aspirants of the Nyali seat Joshua Ndere shelved his ambition to support him.
Ndere was previously vying as an independent candidate
