Mutahi Kagwe’s bag of linguistic treats

The good, the bad, and the ugly of Kenyan music.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 5 years ago

Ethic vs ethics: Gengetone group comes under fire, again

Soko is despicable and should be condemned by all right-thinking people.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 6 years ago

Sax and soul

However his biggest claim to fame was the Grammy-nominated single Soul Makossa.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 6 years ago

Has the beat stopped for Diamond and Tanasha?

Tanasha flew back to Kenya, posting ‘Home, where I belong.’

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 6 years ago

Three-storey penthouse that Trump family calls home

Who could blame Meredith for a speech that might have been penned under the shining and overwhelming aura of gold, bronze and statures that is the three-storey penthouse of the Trump Tower?

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 9 years ago

Is Syokimau the next millionaires’ playground?

When Abdulahi Dahir, a real estate developer, tried to purchase a parcel of land next to Katani Road in Syokimau, Machakos County recently, the seller declined his offer at the eleventh hour.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 9 years ago

How safe is buying or renting a house online?

“I have a feeling I am not the only one who has fallen for such cons. They prey on the desperation of tenants looking for houses,” she said.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 9 years ago

‘Starter homes are still unpopular among many’

Our idea was to provide affordable houses for young people that have just started working to buy and avoid paying rent. However, most of our customers have been investors buying to let out the units and not the youth buying to live in them

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 9 years ago

Secret behind Cytonn’s rise

In just two years, Cytonn has gained traction in the money market with its weekly market report, quarterly property index and business cocktail meet-ups.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Staff comfort, wellbeing influences new office designs

The office, according to Unilever, has been designed "to celebrate and foster a collaborative and agile working environment through its open plan layout that removes traditional hierarchical office layout structures, as the CEO and leadership will seat with their teams".

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

The Trump empire

Trump makes for great sound bites and while he started the campaigns as an outsider, he has gained considerable traction and left many seasoned politicians dumbfounded.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

The faces behind city’s top malls

Billionaire businessman Chris Kirubi is the majority shareholder in Centum, headed by James Mworia as the CEO. The Capital FM owner and deejay is also a director at Centum.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Apartments everywhere, but where are the buyers?

While Hass Consult Ltd was releasing the findings of their property index for the fourth quarter of 2015 on Monday last week, Timo Mutua, a caretaker on Kiambu Road, was feeling frustrated. This was as he showed one potential client after another a two-bedroom apartment with little success.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Boost for tourism as President Uhuru opens Sh5.1b English Point Marina

The marina has been described as one of the most magnificent tourist resorts between Cape Town in South Africa and Cairo in Egypt.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Experts: Why Uhuru’s Waitiki land deal is a bad precedent

“As much as Waitiki land case is a unique one, it might set a bad precedence across the country as people might start invading private land in the hope that it would eventually be sold to them,” said Ibrahim Mwathane

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

What made news in the property sector in 2015

As 2015 comes to a close, MKALA MWAGHESHA looks back at some of the major events that shaped the real estate sector in the year, and their implications

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Swiss hotel chain to open establishment in Nairobi

Kenya is among three African countries that have been earmarked for the next expansion phase of Swiss-owned Movenpick Hotels & Resorts into the continent.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Anxiety over bill that could kill plots in Kiambu County

Is Kenya a socialist state or are we a capitalist state? If it becomes law, it is restrictive and anti-capitalist,” says Sam Manjau

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Isiolo airport terminal to open in December

The Isiolo International Airport will open in December, with airline companies and transport logistic firms already showing interest in the airport in the resort city.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Why Kenyan hotels won awards despite woes

The local tourism industry has been in turbulent times recently with world renowned hotels closing down, or reducing their staff contingent after western countries issued travel advisories over insecurity.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Bankers: Apartments driving house prices in Kenya

Apartments are still the main driving force in housing prices across the country, says the just-released Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) Housing Price Index for the second quarter of the year.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Architects sue Kidero over City Hall refurbishment debt

A company that refurbished City Hall after a fire razed a part of the building in 2004 has sued Governor Evans Kidero and finance manager Luke Gatimu for refusing to settle the Sh24 million bill.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Boom time for Nairobi CBD clubs

A casual chat with a bouncer at a popular club in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) revealed an interesting aspect of the nightlife.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

New villas target Kenya’s middle class

A developer is putting up 67 semi-detached villas on Katani Road in Syokimau, with the the middle-class as the main target.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago

Kenya’s property market records over 2,000 new mortgages

High property prices last year played the greatest role in hampering aspiring home owners from acquiring dream homes through a mortgage, says the Central Bank of Kenya.

By MKALA MWAGHESHA 10 years ago