DIGITAL
Easy digital loans drive Kenyans into multiple debt
A large proportion of borrowers take out loans to pay off old debt, driving many to default
By DOROTHY OTIENO
labour relations
You are fired! Three dreaded words that can cost your employer dearly
A high success rate of lawsuits on employment termination ought to make employers dismiss staff only as a last resort
Digital
Know the heavy cost of late repayment before taking digital credit
More than 400,000 people blacklisted by credit reference bureaus for having defaulted on loans as low as Sh200
SOCIETY
Pleasure from pornography could lure you into a trap
A porn site ranks higher than Twitter and government portals like eCitizen and kra.go.ke among internet sites most frequented by Kenyans
ethiopian airlines
Odds stacked against Boeing on Ethiopian Airlines crash
Aircrafts manufactured by the company have had 232 fatal accidents, way above main competitors’ – and Airbus, 30, and Embraer, 92 since 1974
AVIATION
Ethiopian Airlines’ crash is one in Bole airport’s long list
Five out of 19 departure-related crashes killed a total of 349 people in five decades
Devolution
The best counties to live in based on life expectancy, poverty and access to basic services
For a longer life move to Laikipia, but for quality healthcare and prosperity Nairobi is the place to be
family planning
Kenya hits target as married women embrace family planning
HEALTH
Rate of caesarean section births alarms experts
While there is overuse of the surgery in some counties, many deserving cases in other counties lack access to the procedure
Business
Alarm as 62 NSE-listed firms have only four female CEOs
By DOROTHY OTIENO
By JOSHUA MUTISYA
Over 90 percent of CEOs and chairs of boards of directors are men
