President Kenyatta awards charter to Umma University

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday awarded Charter to Umma University after the institution met requirements by the Commission for University Educatio...

Umma University

Kenya’s first double-decker highway to cost you Ksh.155 per day

By Kepha Muiruri,

Motorists plying through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)-- James Gichuru express way will be required to pay an average of Ksh.155 in t...

JKIA-James Gichuru express way , KeNHA , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure

Kenya Airports Authority begins search for new MD

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has named its Finance General Manager Alex Gitari as the State Corporation’s Acting Managing Director upon the in...

jkia , Johnny Andersen , KAA

BWIRE: Solar energy is the option to lighting Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Players in the solar energy sector are raising challenges in the industry that government needs to relook as a matter of priority. ...

OPINION: Harambee spirit lives on in Uhuru’s bilateral and multilateral engagements

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Individual achievements might be something nice to boast about, but getting something major done on your own is actually very ...

harambee , President Uhuru Kenyatta , TICAD

Universal Health Coverage tops agenda as Uhuru meets Japan PM Abe

By Ian Omondi,

The ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dongo Kundu dominated ta...

Japan PM Shinzo Abe , President Uhuru Kenyatta , TICAD 7 conference , Universal Health Coverage

Qwetu residences developer gets nod for Kenya’s first Ksh.5B green bond

By Kepha Muiruri,

Qwetu students’ residences developer Acorn Holdings Africa has received the green light to raise a total of Ksh.5 billion in investing funds by way ...

Acorn Holdings Africa , Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , green bond , Qwetu residences

‘The print button on my desk is disabled,’ CBK Governor Njoroge says over demonetization

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) now says that the ongoing circulation of new currency notes will have minimal impact on both inflation and the macroec...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , demonetization , new notes , patrick njoroge

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Kenya, Botswana open new chapter of cooperation with three key pacts

By PSCU,

Kenya and Botswana on Tuesday signed three key agreements, opening a new chapter of cooperation between the two African countries. The agreements w...

Botswana , DP William Ruto , President Mokgweetsi Masisi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state visit

CS Rotich to spend night in police custody

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge will spend Monday night in police custody. This is after they...

Arror and Kimwarer Dam , Henry Rotich

CS Rotich surrenders after DPP Haji orders for his arrest over Arror-Kimwarer dams scandal

By Ian Omondi,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich on Monday presented himself to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) hours after an order for his a...

Arror and Kimwarer dams , corruption , CS Henry Rotich , DCI , DPP Noordin Haji

Uhuru opens Lake Turkana wind power farm, Africa’s largest

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday commissioned the Lake Turkana Wind Power farm, Africa’s largest wind power project, with an installed capacity of...

Lake Turkana Wind Power

BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...

Nairobi to host first Africa Business Ethics Conference

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi is expected to play host to the inaugural Africa Business Ethics Conference in June this year. The two-day conference will run from June 25...

Africa Business Ethics Conference , CIPE , KEPSA , Milestones Resource Solutions

BWIRE: Access to information essential to achieve right to health

By Victor Bwire,

Provision of universal access to health and related planned access to the same remain a major commitment of the Government and forms big part of the B...

Big four agenda , Healthcare , NHIF

KURA in new Ksh.13.2B deal to revive stalled roads plan

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has closed a Ksh.13.2billion deal for road construction in Western and Central Kenya. The two Private Public Par...

James Macharia , Kajiado-Imaroro road , KURA , Ngong-Kiserian-Isinya road

Kenya to upgrade old railway track to Uganda at Ksh.21B

By Reuters,

Kenya plans to modernise an old railway track to link a newer line to neighbouring Uganda at a cost of $210 million (Ksh.21.3billion). According to...

Kenya Railway , SGR

After data scandals, Australia faces an election under heavy profiling

By Reuters,

Australian political parties are using voter email addresses to find matching social media profiles then combining them with the country’s compulsor...

Australia , Australian Information Commissioner , Glenn Kefford , NationBuilder

Chinese Economic Outreach in Latin America Draws US Concerns

By VOA,

For generations, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been dominated by trade with the United States. In recent years, though, a g...