Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

OPINION: Recovering from COVID-19 through greater youth economic inclusion

By Guest Writer,

By Patrick Mutahi and Steven Rebello Just on nine months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Egypt, more than 1,800,000 cases have bee...

coronavirus , youth

Social innovation key to post COVID-19 recovery: experts

By Citizen Reporter,

Experts have called for more focus on social entrepreneurship and cross-sector collaboration towards an accelerated recovery from the COVID-19 impact ...

ashoka east africa , coronavirus , social innovation , tangaza college

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

400 families from Budalangi forced to live in primary school since April

By Reuters,

About 400 families from Budalangi, Busia County have been living at Bubango Primary School since April. This after Nzoia River that flows from the ...

Budalangi , floods

DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , diaz , kilimanjaro

WATO: What next where livelihoods almost entirely depend on biodiversity?

By Guest Writer,

Over 190 countries adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 as a commitment to reverse the pervasive biodiversity loss globally. Unde...

Biodiversity , International Day for Biodiversity

Stanbic Bank inks deal with Rotary for 700 sanitation stations in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Stanbic Bank’s flagship women’s proposition DADA has announced a partnership with the Rotary District 9212 that will see the bank invest in 700 sa...

dada , Rotary District 9212 , Stanbic Bank

OPINION: It is time to revive Kenya’s food system

By Citizen Reporter,

By Claire Nasike In the wake of COVID-19, Kenya’s food system has been one of the most challenged systems in Kenya with workers being laid of...

Kenya’s food system

Over 5,000 youth graduate from Generation Kenya program, 83% placed in jobs

By Citizen Reporter,

Over 5,000 youth graduated from the Generation Kenya program on Friday after four to eight weeks of training. They were trained in sectors of garme...

Generation Kenya

German President Steinmeier pledges Ksh.328M to help fight locust invasion

By PSCU,

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has announced plans to support Africa in combating the desert locust invasion is threatening food security. ...

locust , Steinmeier

Where ice is like gold and rare in our rich fish industry

By Citizen Reporter,

Fishing is considered the mainstay of communities in the Coastal part of Kenya providing employment for generations. The industry has however endur...

Kiwayu Beach Management Unit

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

BWIRE: Why Kenya shouldn’t be discussing hunger in 2019

By Victor Bwire,

Once more, the drought and related famine that are ravaging parts of the country have put to test a key deliverable under the big four agenda; is the ...

Drought , food security

President Kenyatta meets US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Amb. Tibor Peter Nagy met on Thursday at State House, Nairobi. The meeting...

Amb. Macharia Kamau , Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Robert Godec , Tibor Peter Nagy

Uhuru leads the world in pledging support for sustainable blue economy

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday pledged Kenya’s support for the sustainable blue economy by highlighting key areas of focus as the first ever glo...

Blue Economy Conference , DP William Ruto , Port State Measures Agreement , President Abdullahi Mohamed , President Filipe Nyusi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , President Yoweri Museveni

Uhuru orders repossession of grabbed fish landing sites

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday directed the State Department of Fisheries and the National Land Commission to repossess all public fish landing si...

Kenya targets green energy sufficiency by 2020, says President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

Kenya targets to attain 100 per cent transition to green energy by 2020 as it scales up investment in renewable energy to address the climate change c...

Green climate Fund , Green energy sufficiency , Paris Peace Forum , President Denis Sassou Nguesso , President Omar Guelleh , President Uhuru Kenyatta

ODINGA: Elect more Kenyan women as Governors

By Citizen,

Women are makers and builders of nations. In Germany to date, there is a group called the Trümmerfrauen, the rubble women. These women are the ones...

raila odinga , women