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[9 Feb 2013 | 46 Comments | ]
KASNEB website; How to create a student account online on the KASNEB website; step by step guide for new and existing KASNEB students

If you are a new or existing student with KASNEB, here is how to create an online account with KASNEB using KASNEB’s web application (software).
New Student Registration:

Click on the link to the KASNEB app here.
Click the link “Create Account”  See Image below

 You will be asked to select whether or not they have a KASNEB registration number
 Because you are a new student to KASNEB and have not been issued with a Student Registration number, Select the option “NO”. Otherwise if you are already registered as a student with KASNEB, you shall …

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[6 Dec 2012 | No Comment | ]
IEBC Registration Centers; How to find online your nearest registration center

You can now find your nearest voter registration center online and on The Timpata! On the IEBC portal below, Scroll to the right, enter your County, Constituency and Ward and you will get a list of all centers near you. Better still, enter the name of where you live in the search box. Ensure you register as a voter to participate in the MArch 4th 2012 General Elections.

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[4 Dec 2012 | No Comment | ]
How to know what Kenyans have been searching for on the internet in the last 30 days from today courtesy of Google

The information relayed below is live from Google Trends and automatically updates over time depending on what people are searching for online.
In case you get difficulties viewing these results on Mozilla Firefox, try Internet Explorer.

You will get the same results here:

DID YOU KNOW, eTicketing, TECHNOLOGY, TRAVEL, UTILITIES »

[4 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]

1. Touch the welcome screen.
2. Select your airline of choice
3. Produce an identification
4. Answer the security question
5. Choose your  seat
6. Print your boarding pass
The kiosks are conveniently placed in the checkin areas at JKIA.

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[3 Oct 2012 | 6 Comments | ]

If you have already registered and obtained a PIN number, it is now possible to print and re-print the PIN certificate from KRA’s website. To print your KRA PIN certificate, follow this processNOTE: You shall require to have your PIN Number
1. Log on to the KRA online portal her : http://www.kra.go.ke/index.php/kra-portal
2. If you are new to KRA’s online services, select the option “Get Password Existing Taxpayer” Folllow the prompts and tis process will send you a password and a Signature Stap to your email address which you shall useto log …

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[3 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
NHIF; October 2012, New List of accredited Health Care providers per county for Civil Servants

NHIF Has issued a revised list of healthcare providers who will offer outpatient care to members.
See the benefits of the new cover in The Timpata here.
Listed below please find the updated outpatient healthcare providers who will offer outpatient care to members of the Civil Service and Disciplined services and their declared defendants. Choice to preferred medical facilities starts from 1st October 2012 to 10th October 2012.
Members who are comfortable with their current facilities need not change. Members under job group N-T should continue accessing services at their current providers. (See bottom …

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[3 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
NHIF; New Medical Scheme Benefits, Civil Servants & Deciplined Services Medical Scheme Benefits; 2012

CIVIL SERVANTS AND DISCIPLINED SERVICES NHIF MEDICAL SCHEME
Benefits Package
The following Benefit package was negotiated by the government and NHIF and will be delivered through a capitation model:

a)
In-Patient Cover
All necessary medical treatment and services provided by or on the order of a clinician to the Member when admitted to an NHIF Accredited Hospital offering services under levels as defined by the Kenya Essential package for Health (KEPH).The cover includes hospital bed charges, nursing care, diagnostic, laboratory or other medically necessary facilities and services, physician’s, surgeons, anesthetists’, or physiotherapist’s fees, operating theatre …

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[25 Sep 2012 | No Comment | ]
How to check if your mobile phone is genuine or counterfeit; CCK 30th September 2012 deadline

Here is how to check if your mobile phone is genuine or not. Simply dial *#06#
You will receive an sms in about 30 seconds.
Write down the IMEI and send this number as a new sms to 1555.
You will receive an sms telling you whether your phone is genuine or not.

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[30 Jul 2012 | One Comment | ]
How to back up your phonebook contacts with Safaricom; How Okoa SIM works

Safaricom is soon expected to launch a new service Okoa SIM that will allow its customers to backup all the data on their SIM cards into the Safaricom cloud.
The service will come in handy in case you lose your mobile phone since your contacts will have been stored safe in with Safaricom.
Information on this new service is still scanty but The Timpata shall update this post as soon as we get it and as soon as the product is rolled out to Safaricom subscribers.
UPDATING……
<<UPDATE 1>>
How it works for Non Data …

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[10 May 2012 | No Comment | ]
How to merge two PDF documents into one and how to split different pages of a PDF document into separate PDFs

It is now possible to join two separate PDF file into one file or do the opposite!
All you need is to download a simple software that is available online and for free.  You can get it by clicking  here  
Once you download and install it, all you need is select from the tabs, what you wish to do i.e either split or Merge PDF files.
To SPLIT -

Select SPLIT and click on (+) sign on the right of the window, you shall be prompted to select the PDF file that you …