Somber Moods As Funeral Of Seven Family Members Who Perished On House Fire Is Currently Underway
Somber moods has today engulfed Gichiche residents Runyenjes constituency in Embu county. This is after a bodies of seven family members who perished on house fire arrived for funeral. The mass funeral is being conducted at Gichiche primary school in Runyenjes. Photo courtesy A husband, wife, their three children and two grandchildren died last Sunday morning after fire burnt their house in Ngimari village in Embu county.

Relief for HELB Defaulters as Court Rules on Interest Rate
Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loan recipients who missed payments can now breathe a sigh of relief after the High Court in Nairobi declared the interest rates charged to be unlawful. The Board is not allowed to reclaim interest that exceeds double the amount advanced, according to the entire judgment that was given on Friday, August 19.

HELB Beneficiaries Sigh Relief As High Court Terms Interest Rates Illegal
Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loan recipients who missed payments can now breathe a sigh of relief after the High Court in be Nairobi declared the interest rates charged to be unlawful. "A declaration hereby issues that the respondent is not entitled to recover from the petitioners or its loanees an amount exceeding double the amount advanced in contravention of the in duplum rule," read the ruling in part.
