In a desperate bid to recover his losses, Kiairie sold a piece of land hosting his rental units for KSh 3.5 million. The entire amount was also lost to betting.
The government of the United Kingdom is set to inherit Sh2 billion worth of assets held by SPS Sportsoft Limited, a gambling software and support services company which owns SportPesa. SPS Sportsoft’s top client is Kenya-based Pevans East Africa Limited which shut down it’s operations in 2019 after the Kenyan government declined to renew its […]
By Lionel Faull and Ted Jeory Embattled Kenyan betting giant SportPesa has “disputed” the astonishing Sh95 billion (£633 million) total that the Kenya Revenue Authority says it owes in unpaid taxes. The figure, reported by the Daily Nation newspaper in January, is thought to be one of the biggest amounts ever claimed from a company […]
Pevans East Africa-the firm that was managed under the gambling brand SportPesa until June 2019 has lost its case in the Court of Appeal where it sought to reverse the High Court ruling that allowed the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) to revoke its licence. The appellate court on Friday upheld the ruling by […]
A new proposed law to tame gambling will allow The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and state agencies like Police and National Intelligence Service (NIS) to track betting activities on real time. The amendments that have received the backing of the state will create a platform that will enable more agencies to trail and apprehend gamblers […]
Global kit manufacturer Umbro have announced a new long-term partnership with Kenyan Premier league champions The Mighty K’Ogalo—Gor Mahia FC. Umbro is pleased to announce a new long-term partnership the Kenyan Premier League's reigning champions, @OfficialGMFC pic.twitter.com/XDYlGsiAZA — Umbro South Africa (@Umbro_SA) January 16, 2020 The technical and management staff will be supplied with branded […]
Kenya’s biggest betting firm Sportpesa that has since closed their operations in Kenya have left a mixture of scars and one of them is pulling out their official partnership with now bankrupt KPL. Kenya’s 18 times soccer champions Gor Mahia alias K’ Ogalo are almost if not yet already, just like every KPL team, bankrupt. […]
