Kenya Bureau of Standards fights fake products across the nation. Officials visit different counties teaching people about product safety. The agency holds workshops to help consumers spot real items. Managing Director Esther Ngari leads these efforts. She works with manufacturers and traders to protect shoppers.
Consumers can check product quality using their phones. They text SM followed by the product number to 20023. The system tells them if items meet safety rules. People also verify KEBS workers the same way. They send HR and the worker number to confirm identity.
KEBS teams up with police and other government groups. The agency receives many complaints about bad products. Shoppers still buy items that fail safety tests...
Deputy President Kindiki visited Kisii County on Thursday. He told people there that his government serves everyone equally. The leader spoke against tribal politics during his visit to Nyanturago. He warned people not to expect special treatment based on how they vote. Development projects will reach all areas fairly.
Kindiki used a Swahili phrase about politics being like courtship. He said politicians should win votes through good ideas rather than force. The deputy president knows that Kisii residents might support the opposition. Former Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i recently said he will challenge President Ruto. This announcement has made many people in Kisii back the opposition side.
The deputy president promised to keep...
Hangar 13 released a developer diary about making Mafia: The Old Country with help from Stormind Games. The Italian studio based on Sicily helped create realistic details for the upcoming game. Stormind Games worked on titles like Remothered: Broken Porcelain and A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead before this project. The partnership focused on making everything feel authentic to 1900s Sicily for players. Game developers wanted to ground their story with real history about the Sicilian Mafia.
Artists visited small machine shops where craftsmen still make knives by hand using traditional regional methods. Previous Mafia games took place mostly during city settings but this version moves to Sicily's natural landscape. The development team...
Randy Pitchford leads Gearbox Software and made players angry about Borderlands 4 pricing comments on social media. He told one gamer that real fans would find ways to pay 80 dollars for the upcoming video game. The controversy started during PAX East when someone asked about the game price during a presentation. Pitchford gave a long speech about not knowing the final cost and explained pricing decisions come from many different factors. He said the pricing choice was not his responsibility to make for the company.
One player criticized Pitchford on X about expensive games and rising costs that hurt regular gamers. The executive responded with a story about working at an ice cream shop during his youth to afford games he wanted. Many...
Three adults decided to fight their life prison sentences just minutes after judges announced the punishment for taking six-year-old Joshlin Smith. Kelly Smith serves as the missing child's mother and received the same penalty as her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis. Steveno van Rhyn also got life behind bars for his role in trafficking the young girl. Western Cape High Court found all three guilty after Joshlin vanished from her Saldanha Bay home on February 19, 2024. Court evidence showed the group sold the child for 20,000 rand.
Van Rhyn's defense lawyer claims her client did nothing wrong and only tried selling a microwave at the wrong time. The convicted man says he knew nothing about kidnapping the little girl from her family...
Namibian Defence Force wants medically approved candidates to arrive at Osona training base near Okahandja on Friday. Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs made the announcement Thursday through spokesperson Petrus Shilumbu. Candidates received phone calls from regional recruitment officers between last Tuesday and Thursday. Defense officials expect 77 people to show up for military training from six different regions across the country. Only candidates who got telephone notifications should report to the base.
The selected group contains one person from Khomas region and one from Ohangwena region. Omaheke region contributes eight candidates to the training program. Oshana and Oshikoto regions each send 21 people to the military...
Chief Gaob Immanuel |Gaseb leads the Council of Traditional Leaders and spoke at Wednesday's Genocide Remembrance Day ceremony. He asked traditional authorities and affected communities to work together during talks with Germany about past crimes. German colonial forces killed more than 100,000 Ovaherero and Nama people between 1904 and 1908. The massacres involved mass murder, rape, forced slavery and stealing land from local tribes. Namibia and Germany have discussed these historical atrocities since 2013.
The chief wants all traditional leaders and community members to support the genocide negotiations as one united group. He praised the Namibian government for keeping peace during the difficult discussions with German officials...
Three adults received life prison terms for human trafficking after courts found them guilty of taking six-year-old Joshlin Smith. Kelly Smith serves as the missing child's mother and faces the same punishment as her two partners in the crime. Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn also got life sentences for trafficking the young girl from her family. Each person must serve ten additional years for kidnapping charges related to the same case. Judges decided all prison terms will happen at the same time rather than one after another.
The little girl vanished from her family home at Middelpos informal settlement during February last year. Saldanha Bay police started searching for Joshlin when her mother reported her missing from their...
Road Fund Administration spent 400 million dollars over five years upgrading Walvis Bay streets and highways across the coastal city. The government originally planned to spend 250 million dollars but increased funding to improve the port town's transportation system. National officials control the money directly rather than sending it through local city government accounts. Anita Kaihiva speaks for the municipality and praised the investment as proof of commitment to trade growth. The upgraded roads will help Walvis Bay serve as a major gateway for international business and economic development.
Construction crews focus on five important streets that connect the Port of Walvis Bay to industrial areas around the city. Allan Dean...
