Pyramid schemes seem to be back in fashion, with Russian fraudster Sergey Mavrodi having brought his Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (or, MMM Global) to Kenya with a serious recruitment offensive. It's as if Kenyans never learn! We've seen this before with Deci, where thousands of people lost billions of shillings. So why are people buying into MMM Global? We dig into it this episode. Press play!
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Don't Get Caught in a Pyramid Scheme I lost Sh31m and brother to the pyramid schemes How the masterminds of pyramid schemes duped thousands into parting with their money 26,000 pyramid scheme victims sue for lost cash Russian fraudster sets up pyramid scheme in KenyaEveryone's favourite public servant, Ezekiel Mutua, was back in the news this week as he proposed a Bill that would enable him (and his friends at the Kenya Film Classification Board) to regulate, control and censor basically everything in the country. Ezekiel is nothing if not ambitious, we guess. Is he the Kenyan Donald Trump? This week, we take a peek into the (possible) thoughts of Ezekiel - the banner in chief - and see what it means for us as moving forward. Press play! :)
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Films, Stage Plays and Publications Draft Bill
Why Kenya banned 'The Wolf of Wall street'
Ezekiel Mutua Appointed As New CEO of Kenya Film Classification Board
Ezekiel Mutua: Unmasking Kenya's morality police
7 Banned TV Adverts That Are “Pornographic In Nature"
Ezekiel Mutua bans 'girls only' party, terms it 'orgy of lesbians'
We can block Netflix for inappropriate content - Kenyan films board
National values and principles of governance
Google is hosting Kenya’s most notorious anti-LGBT official at a conference in California
Immigration Department's statement on Ezekiel Mutua's diplomatic passport
Film board chief faults move to revoke diplomatic passport
Meet ‘Nollywood’: The second largest movie industry in the world
Road safety has been on the tip of our tongues and the top of our minds after a matatu (KCG 748M) serving the Ongata Rongai route crashed in late September killing four people on the spot and injuring six others. We protested online and offline, the NTSA, Ongata Line Transporters Company and the police engaged in finger pointing, and we yet again found ourselves asking the question we've asked so many times before: what is wrong with Kenyan roads, and can it be fixed? We explore that this week. Press play!
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Four killed in Langata Road matatu accident
Ongata Line Sacco banned over Sunday accident
Multimedia University students block road in protest after accident
Rongai residents march to protest reckless driving
Pedestrian killed by school bus as residents prepare to march to Lang'ata Road
Driver of killer Rongai matatu slapped with multiple charges
Umoinner Sacco bus crash claims 10 lives
Killer Umoinner Sacco fleet licences revoked
National Transport and Safety Authority
World Health Organization: Global status report on road safety 2015
NTSA targets private cars as Saturdays death toll rises
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