UK Offers work permit to non-graduate Kenyans
Highly skilled Kenyans without degree-level qualifications will from next year be allowed to apply for work permits in Britain under post-Brexit immigration rules, enabling them to compete with job-seekers from the European Union and other regions.
Britain’s new points-based immigration system, set to be implemented from January 2021, has lowered the requirement for job applicants to minimum skill level of A-level or equivalent from degree-level under the 27-member EU bloc system. Jeff Koinange Sh200m homes to be sold over NCBA debt
Two four-bedroom villas belonging to broadcast journalist Jeff Koinange were in April put up for auction over a Sh130 million bank debt.
The houses in the high-end Kitisuru area sit on 0.67 acres and are each attached with a servant’s quarter.
A last-minute deal between the Bank and Mr Koinange stopped the auction of two four-bedroom villas. Mr Koinange was living in one of the villas and had rented out the other one —which he had initially used for storing art works. Norfolk closes indefinitely, fires all employees
A pay cut dispute forced the owners of The Fairmont Norfolk, an iconic hotel in Nairobi, to close its doors indefinitely and sacking all employees in a row sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a memo to staff dated May 27, the country manager, Mehdi Morad, said they had closed the Nairobi hotel together with another outlet in the Mara following reduced business that made it difficult to meet employee pay demands.
The employees had declined a proposal to remain on unpaid leave during the coronavirus period and demanded a 50 percent pay, triggering the closure.
The memo was later withdrawn to allow for consultations. Where are Kenya‘s super rich? None in Forbes list
Kenya’s super-rich were missing from the list of Africa’s dollar billionaires, as Forbes magazine published the list of the continent’s wealthiest individuals.Although the number of countries with dollar billionaires in Africa has increased from four to eight over the past decade to 2020, this year there was not even one Kenyan in the list of Africa’s 20 richest men and women.Although Kenya is East Africa’s biggest economy and the eighth largest in Africa, it has been left behind by neighbouring Tanzania, which has one dollar billionaire – Mohammed Dewji. Michael Joseph: why I sold all my Safaricom shares Safaricom’s founding chief executive, Michael Joseph, revealed that he sold off his […]
