Joackim Bwana

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Joackim Bwana

Court Gavel. [File Courtesy]The Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking the reinstatement of the assembly clerk following his termination from office six months after he was employed. Hamisi Dzila sued the Kwale County Assembly Service Board, Kwale County Assembly, Sammy Ruwa, Omar Kitengela, Antony Yama, Mwakaburi Hamisi, and Celine Lusweti, accusing them of bias, bad faith, and procedural irregularities in suspending him from office.

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Joackim Bwana

MT Barumk Gas offloading 11475 metric tons of Liquefied Petroleum Gas )LPG) via the offshore Conventional buoy system (CBM) at the 10,000 metric tons  storage facilty at Lake Gas Vipingo LPG Terminal in Vipingo Kilifi County. [Joackim Bwana, Standard]The Sh8 billion Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility in Kilifi County on Wednesday received its first shipment of cooking gas amid growing safety concerns over the project.

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Joackim Bwana

Head of Public Service Felix Koskei  during the launch of a One-Week Technical Study Tour for the South Sudan National Elections Commission at the Kenya School of Government (KSG) Lower Kabete. February 17,2025. [Elvis Ogina ,Standard]Head of Public Service Felix Koskei has urged companies to allocate dedicated budgets for mental health interventions, citing a growing number of cases in workplaces.

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Joackim Bwana

Pakistan nationals at a Mombasa Court on January 31, 2022. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]Six Pakistanis and an Iranian serving life imprisonment at Shimo la Tewa for trafficking of Sh1.3 billion worth of heroin have been set free after spending 11 years in jail. This is after the High Court overturned the lower court sentence that had condemned the seven to jail.

4 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Joackim Bwana

Multi-choice African Holdings, the providers of DSTV and Showmax, have been slapped with a Sh681,513,813 input tax owed to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for the period January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023. The tax tribunal, led by Justices Christine Muga, Elishah Njeru, and Ololchike Spencer, said KRA was justified in issuing an assessment tax and disallowing the input tax claimed by Multi-choice.