COTU urges Kenyans to support Bill seeking to criminalize pornographic content

By Citizen Reporter,

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has urged Kenyans to support a Bill seeking to criminalize possession or publishing of pornographic co...

atwoli , COTU , pornography

High Bt maize yields impress Kenyan farmers

By Guest Writer,

By Verenardo Meeme Kenyan farmers, impressed by the high yields realized in GMO open field trials, are urging the government to speed up the proces...

Bt Maize

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

KenGen doubles profit to Ksh.18.4B on tax credits, flat costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Electricity generating company KenGen has announced a Ksh.18.4 billion profit for the year ending in June 2020 having more than doubled earnings fron ...

kengen , Rebecca Miano

African consumers hit as Asia gobbles up rice supplies

By Reuters,

Tightening global supplies of basic foodstuffs and disruptions to shipping caused by the coronavirus pandemic are driving up the cost of rice, the mos...

coronavirus , Rice

World Bank sees strong growth for Kenya in 2021

By Kepha Muiruri,

The World Bank Group expects Kenya to lead the Sub-Saharan region out of the economic shackles of 2020 in the New Year. In its early predictions fo...

debt , Kenya's GDP , World Bank Group

Kenyans set for high December electricity bills

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans are set for higher electricity bills at the end of the Christmas festivities courtesy of weakened shilling. According to the just published...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , shilling

OPINION: Private energy generators hold the key to cheaper electricity in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The raging debate on why more Kenyans are embracing alternative energy sources to escape the Kenya Power Limited high tariffs is ...

energy

EABL doubles raw material purchases on rebounding alcohol consumption

By Kepha Muiruri,

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has revised its demand for grains used in the production of alcoholic beverages on the back of a rebound in sale...

COVID-19 , East African Breweries Limited (EABL)

Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more could die from COVID-19 in the U.S.

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more...

coronavirus t , COVID-19 , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump

Alibaba Singles Day sales rake in Ksh8 trillion as Chinese shake off COVID-19

By CNN,

China's annual Singles Day online shopping bonanza regularly hauls in tens of billions of dollars for Alibaba and other e-commerce and retail companie...

Alibaba , singles day

South Africa’s smallholder farmer journey growing GM maize

By Guest Writer,

By: Verenardo Meeme Sixty-four-year-old Motlatsi Musi, from South Western Townships (SOWETO), has been farming since he was 12 in a venture that ha...

Crate of oranges sells for Ksh.1million in Japan

By CNN,

How many mandarin oranges can you buy with one million yen -- or roughly $9,600 (Ksh.1,045,043)? For one fruit-loving buyer at an auction this week...

ORANGES

Crippled by Lake Baringo’s fluoride waters, women struggle to survive

By Reuters,

Located 285 km (177 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi, in the Rift Valley, Lake Baringo is teeming with crocodiles, fish and hippopotamuses. Spa...

Lake Baringo , water with high levels of fluoride

Experts worry over implications of pandemic-related drinking bans

By CNN,

South Africa is slowly emerging from one of the world's strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. As the threat of the pandemic loomed in March its government ...

alcoholic drinks , bars , coronavirus , NACADA

EABL cuts raw material purchases from farmers by 71 per cent

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) says it will reduce its purchase of raw material from farmers in the upcoming season by 71 per cent in respo...

COVID-19 , East Africa Breweries Ltd(EABL)

OPINION: Kenya moving in the right direction; investing in local manufacturing industries

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang Kenya was ranked position 85 in the Global Rank in imports, with total imports worth US$15 billion (an estimated KES 1.5 trill...

Allan Chesang , local manufacturing , Rivatex

OPINION: Will telemedicine in Kenya outlast COVID-19?

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Robert Korom Telemedicine has witnessed explosive growth globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the technology that enables tel...

MyDawa , telemedicine

OPINION – Fuel marking and monitoring: A great achievement in tackling fuel adulteration and dumping

By Citizen Reporter,

By Pavel Oimeke Have you had the unfortunate experience of visiting a fuel station to fill your tank and had to make a costly visit to the garage s...

EPRA , Fuel , Pavel Oimeke

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