Harambee Stars players yet to get Sh10m AFCON winning bonus

By Citizen Team,

Harambee Stars players are yet to receive the Sh10 million African Cup of Nations (AFCON) match-winning bonus promised by the Government, Football Ken...

afcon , FKF , Harambee Stars

KPL: The rise and fall of sugar belt clubs

By Paul Ombati,

Since its inception in 1963, the Kenyan Premier League has been dogged by sweet and bitter memories. Sadly, it's the latter which sticks like an eyeso...

Charles Odera , Chemilil Sugar Fc , Evans Kadenge , James Nandwa , KPL , Nick Yakhama , Nzoia Sugar FC , Sony Sugar FC , sugar belt

CS Amina backs BBI proposal on betting reforms

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Ministry of Sports Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohammed has thrown her weight behind the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proposal to have a g...

BBI , CS Amina Mohamed

KRA disputes tribunal ruling on betting wins

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has disputed Wednesday’s ruling by the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) on the definition of winnings by betting custome...

BetIn , betting , KRA , SportPesa , Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT)

SWILA: Kaberia, Mwendwa fight uncalled for, national interest should prevail

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila Two senior football stakeholders - Sports Principal Secretary Ambassador Kirimi Kiberia and Football Kenya Federation (FKF) chief Nick ...

Harambee Starlets , Nick Mwendwa , PS KABERIA

CS Matiang’i says war on gambling bearing fruit

By Ian Omondi,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has expressed satisfaction at the ongoing crackdown on gambling machines and betting companies in the countr...

BetIn , betting , CS Fred Matiang’i , gambling , SportPesa

SportPesa fires all its 400 employees

By Kepha Muiruri,

Embattled betting firm SportPesa has sent home all its 400 employees in the aftermath of its lost battle with the government over renewal of its lice...

SportPesa and Betin Kenya halt operations, Betin sends all staff home

By Wangui Ngechu,

Betting firms SportPesa and Betin have halted their operations in Kenya marking what could be the final straw in their long-drawn taxation and regulat...

BetIn , betting , SportPesa

Betting firms comply with 20 percent withholding tax

By Kepha Muiruri,

Betting firms that survived the Interior Ministry’s purge on tax non-compliance have moved to fast-track adherence to with-holding tax rules in the ...

betting in Kenya , Fred Matiang'i , KRA , Ministry of Interior

Gamblers seek alternatives after Gov’t shuts down betting companies

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans continue to actively engage in betting activities even on the back of the ongoing freeze on the majority of gambling firms. Even as the top...

betting in Kenya , Fred Matiang'i , interior ministry , KRA

17 foreign directors of betting firms to be deported

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has issued deportation orders against 17 foreign directors of betting firms among them SportPesa and Betin whose licenses were suspende...

BetIn , betting , SportPesa

betPawa fights to stop suspension of its betting operations

By Dzuya Walter,

Nanovas International (K) Limited trading as betPawa has now moved to court seeking to temporarily suspend a decision that cancelled its operational l...

BCLB , betPawa , betting , Nanovas International

SportPesa says Betting Board is malicious after services shut down

By Nigel Wafula,

SportPesa has termed a directive to telcos to withdraw its pay bill numbers as illegal, abrupt, malicious and prejudicial. The company expressed di...

BetIn , SportPesa

Gov’t orders Safaricom, Airtel to withdraw pay bill numbers of 27 betting firms

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has now directed mobile money service providers; Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya to withdraw pay bill numbers and SMS codes of 27 be...

BetIn , Betway , SportPesa

SportPesa, Betin among 19 betting firms facing closure

By Hassan Mugambi,

19 betting companies, 13 casinos and six lotteries now risk closure after the team constituted to review their licenses failed to green-light their op...

BCLB , BetIn , betting , CS Fred Matiang’i , SportPesa

Bobi Wine, riparian land, Kobi Kihara most searched items on Google in August

By Citizen Reporter,

Google has released top trending searches for August 2018 and they include Bobi Wine, riparian land, Kobi Kihara, among others. Sports betting platfo...

EPL , google most searched , kobi kihara , kofi annan , SportPesa

Neymar: Brazilian magician and marketing gold

By AFP,

His pre-teen skills harnessed on the mean streets of suburban Sao Paulo made him an internet sensation over a decade ago, now Neymar is set to dazzle ...

Barcelona , Brazilian , gold , magician , marketing gold , move , neymar , PSG

MP wants Uhuru to take action on corrupt governors

By Ruben Mutochi,

Narok West Member of Parliament, Patrick ole Ntutu, has challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to crack the whip on governors and other leaders accused o...

Sport Betting Craze Part 2: The big numbers

By Charity Wanja,

The second part of the Sports Betting Craze series prepared by award winning journalist, Waihiga Mwaura seeks to crunch the numbers involved that has ...

AFC Leopards , Airtel , BetIn , Betway , Betyetu , Boxing Association of Kenya , GOR MAHIA , mCHEZA , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Safaricom , Sports Betting Craze , SportsPesa , SportsPesa Premier League , Waihiga Mwaura

Kenya placed under ‘critical care’ in doping by IAAF

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

Kenya will wake up to the news that its among the five countries placed under 'critical care' by world athletics governing body, IAAF meaning the nati...

Athletics Kenya , Council Meeting , doping , IAAF , kenya , russia