Garang Mayom Malek’s public comments have usually connected finance with the practical pressures faced by traders and transport businesses, including deposits, manual processes, unclear charges and working capital held outside normal operations. Reports about the Viaservice Kenya agreement quoted him on cost differences affecting South Sudan cargo moving through Mombasa, while the underlying project was presented as a digital guarantee and tracking arrangement intended to make those movements easier to follow.

Those records should be described narrowly, since a UK directorship does not by itself prove the ownership, management or regulatory position of a different company in another country. A strong executive profile separates verified appointments, company-approved responsibilities, public project statements and personal background, then links readers to the register or supporting document for each material point.

CapitalPay’s own material places him among its senior leadership, and United Kingdom Companies House records connect him with Capital Pay Ltd and Capital Pay Software Solutions Ltd, creating an independently checkable corporate trail that can sit beside his public appearances at project announcements and regional business events.

Kenya has become the most visible part of the story

Kenyan reporting has placed Garang at the centre of projects involving freight digitisation, container deposits, cargo tracking and payment records, including the long term KIFWA programme and the Viaservice Kenya arrangement serving cargo moving through Mombasa toward South Sudan.

Coverage of the March 2026 Viaservice agreement places him in a second logistics project linked to container deposits, digital guarantees and cargo tracking for South Sudan-bound freight using the Port of Mombasa. Taken together, the two public examples show a consistent area of interest: applying payment records and system connections to trade problems that sit between financial institutions, transport operators and industry bodies.

Garang’s public record connects his company appointments with projects addressing trade processes, freight costs and payment infrastructure, giving his profile a clear business focus without relying on private biography, and companies House supplies the primary record for his United Kingdom directorships, while Kenyan coverage records his role in the KIFWA and Viaservice announcements.

That gives his Kenyan profile more substance than a simple office address or company registration, since the public record now connects him with sector specific problems faced by freight agents and traders, and those problems involve real money tied up in deposits, repeated paperwork and payments that must be recognised by several organisations.

The business questions he keeps returning to

His public comments repeatedly return to ordinary business pressures rather than abstract financial technology, especially the cost of cash deposits, delays created by disconnected systems and the difficulty traders face when a payment cannot be followed together with the shipment, licence or service that depends on it.

CapitalPay’s own pages currently list Garang as a director, and the August 2026 joint announcement describes him as President and Chief Executive Officer, and the common ground across those descriptions is his senior role in CapitalPay’s business and his public involvement in payment and trade-infrastructure projects.

That emphasis gives Garang a recognisable business identity, since executives are easier to understand when their public work keeps returning to the same kinds of problems, and his record currently points toward the financial infrastructure surrounding trade rather than toward consumer banking or retail payment products.

A regional profile still being written in public

The August 2026 partnership announcement involving GoPomelo, Tencent Cloud and Techtanium broadened that profile beyond freight by connecting CapitalPay with a multi bank institutional payment platform, showing that Garang’s public role is increasingly tied to systems that connect several financial and operating participants around one transaction record.

The KIFWA and Viaservice announcements place Garang in projects where financial information must connect with an operating process, and in one case the process concerns professional freight records and payments, in the other it concerns container deposits, guarantees and cargo tracking, and the shared subject is the quality of the record surrounding the movement of money.

The August 2026 payment platform announcement extends that subject into multi bank orchestration and cloud infrastructure, and it identifies Garang in a senior CapitalPay role and connects the company with GoPomelo, Tencent Cloud and Techtanium, and together with the public company appointments, the announcement gives his profile a documented business focus rather than a biography assembled from unnamed online sources.

The combination of company leadership, Kenyan projects and United Kingdom corporate records gives Garang a business profile that now reaches beyond one jurisdiction, and the strongest future coverage will come from measured project results, direct interviews and documented partnerships that show what changed for customers after the announcements were made.

Equity Group’s corporate digital banking platform—Equity Online for Business—confronts this operational bottleneck directly. Designed to transition businesses from reactive, manual procedures to a structured digital workflow, the unified platform grants finance leaders real-time visibility, automated execution, and strict governance over their entire payment pipeline.

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• Automated Bulk Disbursements: Eliminating the need to process salaries or vendor invoices piece-by-piece, finance teams can upload consolidated payment files. This enables bulk salary transfers, recurring vendor settlements, and utility payments through a single digital workflow.

• Integrated Statutory Compliance & Scheduling: The platform accommodates direct tax remittances, including PAYE and statutory bill payments. Users can schedule recurring transactions well in advance, avoiding deadline panics while maintaining audit-ready transaction histories and downloadable statements for instant reconciliation.

• Centralized Account Visibility & Liquidity Management: Managing multiple accounts across departments or entities often hides available liquidity. Equity Online for Business offers cross-account visibility, allowing treasurers to verify real-time balances, determine optimal funding sources, and move funds where needed before executing disbursements.

• Beneficiary Management & Automated Notifications: Finance teams can store verified vendor and employee profiles for repeat transfers, while automated email, SMS, and in-app alerts notify payees immediately upon execution.

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To keep internal controls rigid during high-volume processing, the platform implements customizable governance parameters:

• Role-Based Workflows: Corporate Administrators can set distinct permission levels for initiating, reviewing, and approving transactions, aligning digital workflows directly with internal signing limits.

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• Multi-Layered Encryption: Financial authorizations are protected via digital security tokens, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and data encryption.

The Verdict

Equity Online for Business effectively converts monthly payroll and tax crunch periods into an automated, highly secure operational routine. By integrating salary distribution, statutory tax filing, vendor management, and cash visibility into a single portal, the platform serves as an essential tool for companies seeking operational control and reliable cash flow management.

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He is assertive, industrious and his work speaks for itself – I mean, you don’t need to hire influencers and premium advertisers when the quality of your craftsmanship can be a magnet for more clients.

Give Naftali Tarus an old, rusty machine with wiring issues and leakages all over – he’ll restore it to near new condition.

His Garage dubbed the tractor clinic is nestled behind Asis Hotel in Eldoret. He leads the team of serious men who have so far worked on numerous tractors in the North Rift.

It is not therefore surprising that dozens of WoK followers mentioned his name when we conducted a random nomination a few days ago.

Background

Naftali Tarus was born on 18th Feb 1986 at Cheukta Village.He attended Cheukta Primary School and proceeded to Kiborom Secondary School. While in school, he sharpened his communication and leadership skills. He served as the entertainment prefect before rising to become the school captain.

He is an ordained elder of the SDA church

Wearing many hats

Because life is all about creating and seizing opportunities, Tarus previously worked as a cameraman and boda boda rider.

He then joined politics as a blogger in 2013 which gave him an opportunity to serve as a Personal Assistant to Speaker of the County assembly from 2017 to 2022.

Later he served as PA to the member of National Assembly from 2022 to 2023. He currently serves as a Junior Administrative Officer in the County Government of Uasin Gishu, Eldoret City formerly Eldoret Municipality.

Because of his passion in farming that he picked up from childhood, he decided to incept Nafco Farm Essentials that deals in tractor refurbishments.

Whenever one needs his tractor to be worked on, the company assesses the it and offers a quotation. They’re flexible with payments and this can be done in phases.

“Tractor refurbishment price varies from tractor to tractor and owners good will to replace worn out parts with new ones, it’s upon assessment of the tractor for proper, payments are done is phases and quality work is earned by a committed team of specialists on all areas with a proper supervisor by our experts and the clients,” Tarus told WoK.

Tarus can be contacted on: 0710359898

But how will the refinery be financed?

The refinery will not be funded by one bank or a single investor.

Instead, Dangote Industries will combine its own profits, borrowed money and money raised from investors to spread the cost and reduce financial risk.

The first source is cash flow.

Dangote Industries will use profits generated from its existing businesses, including cement, fertiliser, sugar and the Lagos refinery.

This means the company will use part of its own earnings instead of borrowing the entire amount.

The second source is bonds.

A bond is a way of borrowing money from investors instead of a bank.

Investors lend money to the company, and Dangote agrees to repay them with interest over a set period.

The third source is an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Lagos refinery.

This means Dangote will sell part of the refinery to investors through the stock market.

The money raised from selling those shares will help finance the Kenya project.

Jaswant Rai did not just take over the business empire of his late father Tarlochan Rai, he came in with the strategies that his father had used to build a multibillion empire.

Tarlochan migrated to the DRC (then Zaire) at a time of political volatility and acquired valuable coffee and tea estates from Belgian settlers who disposed of the same at low prices. Acquiring strategic assets and building an efficient machinery out of them has been a long held family strategy.

In this article, we tell you why it is difficult to compete against Jaswant Rai. This is not only in business, but also in sports where Rai funded Kabras Sugar RFC and Menengai Oilers have been giving opponents a hard time on the pitch.

1). Brutal vertical integration:- In the manufacturing field, the Rai Group produces its packaging for sugar, soap and water. This gives the company a tight control over costs while shielding it from disruptions that comes with outsourcing. Ultimately, this gives them a sustained competitive edge.

2). Operational excellence – The Rai Group is far much ahead of other industries in a game where efficiency wins. Their sugar machineries for example, run faster and are able to turn this into larger volume output. This also minimises the production costs.

Even on the roads, while other industries use old tractors that consume high fuel, the Rai Group uses trucks and turbo-charged Mahindra Haul Master, Mahindra 9200 tractors that move way faster and handle larger volumes of cane.

Have you ever realised that most of the tractors used by Rai Group are 4wd hence improving on haulage efficiency during rainy seasons?

3). The strategy of supply chain control: In the sugar industry, Rai has effectively integrated the entire value chain. By supplying farmers with inputs, offering extension support and making prompt payments for delivered cane, he wins over farmer loyalty and is assured of raw materials. It is for this reason that the zoning politics have always been a hot potato in the sugar industry.

4). Circular economy and revenue diversification: Rather than disposing by-products, Rai turns the waste into wealth. Molasses is processed into ethanol while bagasse is used to generate electricity. This diversification creates new revenue streams while cushioning the business in times of poor sugar prices.

5). Logistics optimization through backhauling:- Rai’s trucks ferry palm oil from Mombasa to factories in Nakuru and are then deployed to transport finished products back to Mombasa. The trucks rarely travel empty hence reducing transport costs and creating a significant cost advantage over competitors.

6). Value proposition strategy: The Menengai bar soap has over the years been a leader in the market despite not being aggressively marketed. And there is a reason for this – Menengai entered the market with a proposition that it is multipurpose and gentle on the skin. The word in the villages, mother-to-mother believed that Menengai also cured various ailments. When I was young, I remember my mother insisting on Menengai when sending me to the supermarket – she claimed it was long lasting (haiishi haraka) and so was the case for many other women. This is the reason the bar soap commands a big share of the market.

-The Rai empire was built by the family’s patriarch, Tarlochan Singh Rai who acquired valuable assets at throwaway prices in the wake of DRC’s independence.

-But following the death of Tarlochan, there was a fierce succession war that eventually split the family. And the rift was also geographical – Jaswant Rai took over the Kenyan market while his younger brother, Sarbjit built an empire in Uganda in the name of Sarrai Group.

-In 2023, the aggressive fight to take over Mumias Sugar Company served as a microcosm of a decade long feud. It is a matter that irked President William Ruto, as the siblings’ battle stood in the way of the state’s interests. Ruto’s infamous “mambo ni matatu” remark forced Jaswant to withdraw the barrage of lawsuits that had prevented Sarrai Group from taking over Mumias Sugar.

The Rai Empire

In the wake of independence in DRC, Tarlochan Singh Rai saw an opportunity in adversity. While Belgian settlers were fleeing the country amid the political volatility, he saw an opportunity to build a generational empire.

Tarlochan migrated from India to DRC (then Zaire) and acquired distressed agricultural assets. He bought tea and coffee estates – which were valuable assets at low prices. In the 1970s, he spread tentacles into Kenya by specialising in manufacturing of tea chests for his produce. He also ventured into the lucrative sawmilling industry.

Family 

Tarlochan Singh Rai was married to Sarjij Kaur Rai with whom he sired five sons named Tejpal (deceased), Jaswant, Jasbir, Sarbjit, and Iqbal Rai and two daughters Hertej Ashwin Oza and Daljit Kaur Han. Prior to his death in 2010, Tarlochan Rai had amassed a multi-billion shilling wealth portfolio with investments in various industries and close relations with the country’s ruling administrations. Jaswant Rai was left as his father’s will executor and chairman of the Rai Group.

Brutal fight for the multibillion estate

After their father’s death, Jasbir and Iqbal Rai teamed up with their mother against their brother Jaswant who held the chairman position of the group. He was additionally named the executor of their father’s will which was written in 1999. The late Sarjij Rai and her two sons were of the opinion that the will had been written in coercion and did not represent the true picture of the patriarch wishes. Jaswant on the other hand defended his father’s will saying that it stipulated that all his eight beneficiaries would receive a rightful stake in his wealth.

Court Cases

The late Sarjij Raj and her two sons went to court to demand that her son Jaswant and the Group’s board of directors be compelled to reveal all the board minutes, asset listing, and their father’s will. This is because they believed that Jaswant had excluded some of the properties from the will leaving his siblings receiving less than they should have received.

Most of the properties alleged to have been left out of the will are foreign companies and investments in which the late Tarlochan had shares. These include Cayman Islands situated Waterloo Ltd and Stonybrook Ltd, Jersey Island-based Rai Management and Technical Services Limited, and millions of dollars in London and New Delhi banks.

The court determined that the will’s validity would first need to be established before any further action would be taken.

Sarbjit Rai vs Jaswant Rai

Meanwhile, the feud forced Sarbjit Rai to break away from the family’s empire and chose to establish the Sarrai Group in Uganda. This rift exposed the family’s dark side when Sarrai Group and the West Kenya company fought for the Mumias Sugar lease.

The Sarrai Group won the lease, but Jaswant Rai did not want to lose out on the control of this strategic asset. He filed an avalanche of suits accusing his brother’s company of lack of a track record and stripping and vandalising of Mumias assets. He also said that he had submitted a larger bid of up to Ksh 36 billion.

While Jaswant Rai had long been portrayed as a man who could influence politics and even orchestrate some form of  ‘state capture,’ this time round, he was in for a rude awakening.

President William Ruto was reportedly angered by the flood of lawsuits which had stalled the government’s interests.

In a chilling remarked, he declared: “mambo ni matatu; uhame, nikupeleke jela au usafiri mbinguni.”

Following this cold remark, and a reported abduction of Jaswant Rai, he was forced to file notices to withdraw all pending cases.

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•Anshuur Hussein is a co-owner of Bluebird Aviation and revealed how they once successfully organised a secret mission to return the body of former Somalia ruler back home. Not even powerful government, or members of the security council knew that they had flown outside the country.

In January 1995, former Somalia ruler Siad Barre died while in exile in Lagos, Nigeria. But returning his body back home proved to be a significantly challenging task for the family.

Barre had ruled Somalia for over two decades before he was driven out of power in 1991. During his reign, there were reports of human rights abuses.

He initially fled to Kenya. However, pressure mounted from parliament and various human rights organisations made Barre’s stay to be short-lived. He eventually sought asylum in Nigeria where he stayed for four years before he succumbed to diabetes.

Two Kenyan pilots, Nigerian diplomats and a secret mission 

While Barre’s family sought the intervention of the Nigerian Air force to return the body home, the plan hit headwinds. They were told that the intended airstrip in Somalia had a small runway that couldn’t accommodate their military plane.

Given the Islamic traditions that require prompt interment, another plan had to be quickly devised and executed.

A Nigerian diplomat knocked on the door of Bluebird Aviation at Wilson Airport and informed the owners of the lucrative albeit risky deal. Captain Anshuur Hussein and Adan were told to secretly charter a flight to bring back the body – and not even government officials were supposed to know about it.

The risk was that the consequences would be dire if President Moi’s officials knew about it and it could lead to a diplomatic fallout.

“We knew immediately this wasn’t a normal charter…If the Kenyan authorities found out, it could have caused serious problems,” Anshuur told BBC.

However, the duo asked the diplomat to give them time to debate on it, promising feedback the following day. The mission was said to come with a generous financial reward, kind of a jackpot, though the exact figure remains under tight wraps.

Accepting the offer

The following day, the two pilots accepted the offer but on conditions that if anything went south, the Nigerian Government had to take responsibility. Additionally, they demanded to have two embassy officials on the flight.

On 11th January 1995, at around 3 am, the Beechcraft King Air B200 took off from Wilson Airport with the filed flight manifest indicating it was destined for Kisumu. When they got close to Kisumu, the pilots switched off the radar and took the direction to Entebbe, Uganda. Anshuur revealed that at the time, radar coverage across much of the region was limited, a gap the pilots knew they could exploit.

While in Entebbe, the two embassy officials were told not to disembark. The pilots told the airport officials that they had jetted from Kisumu and were on their way to Yaoundé. They refueled and resumed the journey. There was a brief stopover at Yaoundé before taking the route to Lagos.

Before entering the Nigerian air space, the pilots were advised by Nigerian government officials to use the Nigerian Air Force sign ‘WT 001′ to avoid any suspicion.

They arrived at 1 PM and met Barre’s family. Arrangements for a return trip were then organised and set for the following day. The following day, the casket was loaded on to the aircraft. Two Nigerian Government officials and six family members boarded the aircraft.

From the pilots’ perspective, secrecy was crucially important.

“At no point did we tell airport authorities in Cameroon, Uganda or Kenya that we were carrying a body,” Anshuur told BBC.

The aircraft retraced its route, stopping briefly in Yaoundé before flying to Entebbe, where it refuelled. While in Uganda, the authorities were deceived that the final destination was Kisumu in Kenya. However, the plane took the route to Garbaharey, southern Somalia.

The pilots attended the burial ceremony and returned back to Kenya. While at Wilson Airport, they said that they had returned from Mandera, giving the impression that it was a local flight.

“No-one asked questions, that’s when we knew we were safe,” Anshuur told BBC.

We caught up with him and bring you this story:-

Hello Chacha, kindly introduce yourself and talk about your background

I am Declark Chacha, a software engineer, founder, and CEO of Pamoja Nova, a platform designed to digitalize traditional funding processes in Kenya. I pursued a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at Kisii University though I dropped out in fourth year.

What problems does your app solve? Do you have any personal experiences that inspired you to create the app?

Pamojanova was designed to modernize traditional community finance systems by making them safer, more transparent, and easier to oversee. Its aim is to enable people to save, support each other, and raise funds confidently through technology.

Pamojanova assists individuals in managing Chamas, Welfare groups, and Mchango fundraisers with ease and security. It addresses the following problems:

Transparency – Many traditional chamas rely on manual record-keeping, which can lead to confusion and disputes. Pamojanova automatically maintains all records, allowing members to view contributions, balances, and transactions at any time.

Security – Handling cash or using unverified accounts increases the risk of fraud or losing money. Pamojanova safeguards users with secure systems and requires members to undergo identity verification (KYC).

Convenience – Members can contribute without attending physical meetings by sending and receiving money through M-Pesa or Airtel Money from any location in Kenya.

Simplified management – Churches, schools, NGOs, and other groups can utilise Pamojanova to manage welfare funds, donations, and community activities more effectively.

Automated payouts – The platform handles savings rotation and payouts automatically, minimising errors and ensuring members get their money promptly.

What are the unique features of the app?

I’ll say automation. The system does everything automatically. For example, once a chama is created the system tracks, notifies and sends payouts. For welfares, once created all members see the available balance and when withdrawing money it can only be sent to a welfare member and the transaction must be approved by the officials.

How secure is your platform?

The app is approved to use safaricom to receive money from customers to my business and also approved my business to send automatically to customers. The app also uses KYC (Know Your Customer). During registration you upload your ID front and back which will be approved in within a few hours or rejected with reason. We also use 2 factor authentication, one time pins, security questions and biometrics whereby fingerprints can be set.

Finally, under chamas, the creator is advised to only allow and approve members he knows only eg members from the same bodaboda stage or people from same locality.

How does your app guarantee data security?

Customer data is robustly encrypted. Suppose a customer’s phone number is 0712345678, when encrypted, it becomes something like 8F4A9X2M7KQ1P6R. Anyone who sees the database will only see the scrambled text and won’t understand it.

Did you do it alone or are you a team?

I did it alone starting in 2024. I stalled a bit but continued in 2025.

What was the process before the app got uploaded on Play Store? Was it straightforward?

They had to confirm whether my app follows their policy and the Kenyan government’s policies. I then sent documents to prove legitimacy. After that, they waited 7 days, then asked to test the app for 14 days with not fewer than 12 testers. After 14 days, I published it, and again waited for 7 days for the Play Store to reconfirm and approve it.

What type of feedback have you received so far?

I have received recommendations fom testers, chamas, welfare and michango groups.

What is the future of your platform?

To be the leading platform in Kenya that digitalizes community funding systems and increases accountability and accessibility.

-Joan Muthui is a pharmacist who enrolled at the Lenana Institute of Beekeeping in 2024 and learnt that beeswax, the by-product that remains after extraction of honey could be used to make skincare products.

-With the help of her former lecturer, she immersed herself into deep research. Initially, her products got a thumbs down after she received feedback that it was too harsh and irritating.

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Joan Muthui is the brains behind Beesplash Limited, a company specialising in manufacturing organic skincare products from beeswax. From an initial disappointment to receiving daily orders, and having her products recommended by dermatologists, Joan’s journey is truly inspirational.

Here is the story as told by WoK.

Working as a pharmacist

Joan is a pharmacist and for many years, she had witnessed patients suffering from various skin ailments having to buy medications again and again. This was in the long-term expensive given the conditions took long periods to resolve.

“Anything relating to the skin is not a one-day thing. You take a drug for diarrhea and it stops (but for the) skin it is a journey – it can take a year, two years, three years. You see people becoming frustrated with unending issues,” she says.

In 2024, she enrolled for a short course at the Lenana Institute of Beekeeping and learnt that beeswax could be used to manufacture organic skincare products.

Later that year, she met her previous lecturer who was by then producing his own organic soap. The reconnection reignited Joan’s long held aspiration to take on the same path.

Receiving help from the lecturer 

Working like clockwork, they researched and  formulated lip balms, soap and moisturiser using four core ingredients: bees wax, shea butter, honey and essential oils.

She used the Mount Kenya University Thika campus laboratory for a sterile and controlled production. She then tested the initial products on her sisters and pharmacy colleagues.

She received negative feedback that the product was too harsh and irritating. With unbridled determination, she reached out to the lecturer and they worked on improving their formulation. They got it right the second time.

Licencing and commercialisation

Prior to commercialisation, she needed approvals from the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board. It was a long wait but luckily she wasn’t extorted. Finally, she was able to secure the licences.

Rotary fair and having her products prescribed 

In January 2025, Joan went for a rotary fair and paid for a stand. By the end of the day, her moisturisers had earned her a cool Ksh 9600.

“What? You mean it’s working?” She recalls thinking. “I have never looked back,” she says.

One day while working in the pharmacy, she received a pregnant woman who couldn’t afford the moisturiser she needed. Joan took the opportunity to offer her product as an alternative. She asked the woman to return if it did not work.

It was good news that the patient returned confirming that the body butter had stopped the itchiness that had troubled her. She then approached various gynecologists recommending the moisturiser as something that could work for expectant mothers with skin irritation. This saw at least two dermatologists prescribe the product.

“Seeing my product on a prescription from a dermatologist made me feel so good. That is when I knew this was real,” she says.

Making more sales

Though she currently doesn’t have any export structures, she has seen her products land in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States through international rotary delegates.

Currently she manages to make at least three to five units sales a day to 30-50 units on a good day.