Global legal artificial intelligence provider Luminance, has appointed Jonty Koekemoer as Vice President for Africa, marking a significant step in the company’s expansion strategy as demand for advanced legal AI solutions surges across the continent. The company confirmed that Koekemoer will lead a newly established regional hub in South Africa, designed to strengthen customer support […]
Kenya’s Lady Chief Justice Martha Koome has released her long-awaited autobiography, Courting Courage, offering an intimate account of her personal journey, judicial career, and the defining moments that shaped her rise to the country’s highest judicial office. The book chronicles Koome’s life from her early years in Meru County to her historic appointment in 2021 […]
Charles Kanjama has assumed office as the new President of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), marking a new chapter for the country’s premier professional body for advocates at a time of heightened legal, political, and institutional scrutiny. Kanjama, a seasoned advocate with extensive experience in constitutional litigation, dispute resolution, and public interest law, takes […]
Source Former directors and top managers of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) are staring at a possible prosecution after a report by a multiagency pointed to malpractices at the firm. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya says the multiagency report formed by the Attorney-General in April has recommended prosecution for those who will be implicated […]
Source WILMINGTON – Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness was indicted Monday and charged in a case where she is accused of misappropriating taxpayer funds and hiring her teenage daughter and daughter’s friend for office jobs. The charges obtained by State Attorney General Kathy Jennings include felony theft, felony witness intimidation, noncompliance with procurement law, official […]
Source A new Kenyan bill seeks to license and regulate digital lending platforms in the country, in a bid to clamp down on the issuance of high-interest loans as well as the predatory practices that have accompanied the industry’s massive growth. Mobile lending apps have become an easy source of credit for Kenyans who don’t […]
Source Mobile lending apps have become an easy source of credit for Kenyans who do not have accounts with commercial banks and access to other traditional financial institutions, or the regular income needed to borrow from such lenders. But the industry remains largely unregulated, exposing consumers to incidents of breaches of their rights. Some digital […]
Source A new code of conduct is expected to guide the return of CRB listings by digital lenders who were thrown out of the credit information sharing mechanism by the CBK in April last year. On Thursday, the Credit Information Sharing Association of Kenya (CIS) unveiled a new code of conduct for third party credit […]
Source Credit providers will now require written consent from borrowers to have their information shared with other lenders. It will also be unlawful for creditors to request more than the necessary information as stipulated in a code of conduct launched by the Credit Information Sharing Association of Kenya (CIS Kenya).The document was unveiled yesterday to guide the […]