Laboso widower surrenders in fight for mother-in-law assets
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Mr Abonyo’s in-laws, however, had no objection to him taking the money in their late sister’s accounts at KCB, Equity, Co-op Bank and Absa Kenya as well as land in Kisumu and Nakuru.
All the property in the initial contested list was estimated to be worth Sh100 million with liabilities of about Sh48 million, according to court filings by Mr Abonyo.
Friday May 21 2021
Edwin Abonyo makes his remarks during the memorial service for his wife, the late Bomet governor Joyce Laboso, held at the All Saints Cathedral on August 1, 2019.
Employees to wait longer for salaries as varsities go broke May 17th 2021 at 19:00:00 GMT +0300
Staff working in different universities face tough times ahead as most of the institutions are unable to pay them their full salaries after most students failed to enrol for online studies due to various challenges.
This has left top administrators scratching their heads trying to find a balance between current expenditure and fulfilling their mandate of offering quality training and education to students in these ‘new normal’ times.
For instance, Egerton University administration says it is unable to fully pay staff their April salaries since it has no funds to do so.
In 2011, Kinyua got a job with Equity bank where he worked as a field officer in Kitui and Embu counties. But he resigned last year to venture into ornamental bird rearing.
Kinyua got the idea of rearing ornamental birds after a visit from a friend who had also ventured into the same business.
Kinyua, 35, used his savings to buy the birds and set up the structures in Rukuriri village, Embu East sub county.
The ambitious entrepreneur said he started with a capital of Sh20,000.
He used Sh5,000 to buy the first birds, Sh3,000 for a male goose and Sh2,000 female one. The rest he used to construct housing structures.
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Residents of Turkana harvest groundnuts during trials of the crop in Turkana County. [Courtesy]
Refugees in Turkana County will benefit from a groundnut project. The project dubbed Refugee Agricultural Value Chains for Economic Self Reliance (RAVES) is funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
The four-year project funded by the IKEA Foundation at Sh150 million identified the groundnut value chain as a potential crop for sustainable income generation as well as nutrition security.
“Agriculture is undoubtedly the key driver in transforming the lives and livelihoods of refugee and host communities in Turkana County. We are honoured to begin this initiative to create a viable agribusiness initiative that is demand driven,” said FAO Representative to Kenya Carla Mucavi during the virtual launch.