THE STANDARD
NATIONAL
Standard Group General Manager Radio products Tom Japanni [David Gichuru,Standard]
Radio Maisha, one of Kenya’s leading Swahili radio stations, yesterday celebrated 11 years of entertaining Kenyans with plans for more products for its listeners.
“Going forward, we will continue doing what we do best; churning out compelling news and good programmes,” said Tom Japanni, the general manager in charge of radio during a commemorative event at the company’s Mombasa Road offices.
The radio station, owned by Standard Group PLC, on Friday won two awards in the annual Kuza Awards: The People’s Choice Award and The Most Trusted Media for News.
Govt Explains Sudden Blockade Next to Eastern Bypass
24 May 2021 - 6:54 pm
Police officers manning a roadblock that went up in Eastleigh estate on May 7, 2020, after the government ordered a lockdown over a spike in Covid-19 cases.
Daily Nation
The government has issued an explanation on why it abruptly closed down a slip road connected to Nairobi s Eastern Bypass.
In a statement issued on Monday, May 24, the state, through Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), explained that the closure of the road was necessary since it was considered a bottleneck that was causing traffic.
Motorists had raised safety concerns to the authority complaining that it had erected blockades without issuing a notice or having a warning road sign.
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COUNTIES
Garissa Town MP Aden Duale during the inauguration of the new Masjid Aqsa on Mombasa Road, Nairobi county. [Courtesy]
Garissa Town MP Aden Duale has called for the building of more Mosques in the country, saying they are the heart of Islamic life.
Speaking on Sunday, May 23 after the launch of the Geat Modern Masjid Aqsa on Mombasa Road in Nairobi, Duale said Mosques are used for prayers during Islam s holiest month Ramadan, as centres for education and information, places for social welfare, and also for dispute settlement.
Duale who was in the company of other leading Muslim scholars, Businessmen and political leaders for the inauguration of the Great Modern Masjid Aqsa, said Masjid will be in the league of the largest Mosques in the city after Masjid Jamia, Masjid Parklands, Masjid Abubakar (Eastleigh), Masjid Rahma (Hurlingham) among the over 300 Masjid.