Blow to Sonko as court suspends plan to hike parking fees to Ksh.400

By Citizen Reporter,

The High Court has temporarily halted the planned parking fees hike in Nairobi County. This follows a suit where the Consumer Federation of Kenya (...

Parking Fees

Drama in Kiambu as MCAs table impeachment motions against Waititu, Nyoro

By Gikunga Kariuki,

Kiambu County Assembly is set for a showdown after rival factions of MCAs tabled impeachment motions against both Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his d...

Governor Ferdinand Waititu , impeachment , James Nyoro , Kiambu County

Governor Sonko doubles parking fees from Ksh.200 to Ksh.400

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Motorists in Nairobi will be forced to dig dipper into their pockets after the County Government on Monday announced an increase in parking fees. B...

city hall , Nairobi

BBI proposes creation of Happiness Department

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The highly anticipated Building Bridges Initiative(BBI) report released on Wednesday has recommended the creation of a happiness department. The 15...

BBI , hapiness department

Monday is not a public holiday, Interior Ministry says

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The government has rubbished claims that Monday, October 14 is a public holiday. Also Read: Eliud Kipchoge to have street named after him in Eldore...

holiday , Kipchoge

Kenyans break ‘last minute’ stereotype as deadline for old Ksh.1K notes closes

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial Banks registered average to routine operations on Monday as the window to change over to the new currency Ksh.1000 notes came to a close. ...

CBK , demonetization , new notes

U.S. Embassy to stop accepting old Ksh.1,000 notes after September 12

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi has announced it will not accept the old generation 1,000 Kenya shilling notes after September 12, 2019 ahead of the Octob...

US Embassy

SGR: Kenya Railways announces additional passenger coaches

By Karanja Morgan,

Kenya Railways Corporation on Thursday announced plans of adding five passenger coaches to help meet the rising demand for the Madaraka Express. In...

Kenya Railways Corporation , Madaraka Express , Standard Gauge Railway

County governments owe contractors over Ksh.100B – KNCCI

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) President Richard Ngatia says county governments owe contractors over Ksh.100 billion in unse...

county government , Kirinyaga , Richard Ngatia

What Ken Okoth wrote on Facebook as his 2019 resolutions

By Karanja Morgan,

"Never Give Up! Kibra Member of Parliament, Educator, Humanist, Cancer Warrior, Builder." These are the words that the late Ken Okoth used to descr...

Ken Okoth , Kibra

New currency: Three people busted with Ksh.100K fake notes in Embu

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Police in Embu North have arrested three suspects who were found with fake Ksh. 100,000 notes. Embu North Sub County Commander Godfrey Kere said th...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , new currency kenya

Strathmore seeking revival against ANU in KBF

By Stephen Kiprop,

Strathmore ladies will be out to bounce back against ANU over the weekend after suffering back to back defeats in the Kenya Basketball Federation Clas...

KBF , strathmore

Auditor General unearths Ksh.35B pending bills scam

By Stephen Letoo,

Tax payers risk losing up to Ksh.35 billion should the 47 county governments honour all the listed pending bills, in compliance with President Uhuru K...

Ali Hassan Joho , Auditor General Edward Ouko , Homa Bay County , kiambu , kisumu , Mombasa , Nairobi , Nakuru. , President Uhuru Kenyatta , West Pokot Governor Prof. John Lonyangapuo

Central Bank says no extension of Ksh.1000 note withdrawal deadline

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has ruled out any extensions to the demonetization deadline set for October 1, 2019. Speaking at a news conference ...

KPA coach expecting more after weekend’s double swoop

By Stephen Kiprop,

KPA Ladies coach Mike Opel says his team is undergoing gradual improvement after 71-27 win over Tangit Sparks in Kenya Basketball Federation match on ...

Kenya Basketball Federation , KPA , Mike Opel

Strathmore target KPA scalp, USIU host Lakeside

By Stephen Kiprop,

Strathmore Ladies are set to spar KPA on a Kenya Basketball Federation match fixture slated for Saturday at the Nyayo Stadium Gymnasium in Nairobi. ...

Basketball Federation of Kenya , KPA , strathmore

I’m tired of being disrespected, says Passaris as she blasts Sonko

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has come out to fiercely defend herself from controversial allegations leveled against her by Nairobi Gov...

Esther Passaris , Mike Sonko

Equity Hawks end Strathmore’s unbeaten run

By Stephen Kiprop,

Equity Hawks ended Strathmore's unbeaten run as they thrashed the Madaraka based ladies 54-46 in a Kenya Basketball Federation match at the Nyayo Gymn...

Equity Hawks , Kenya Basketball Federation league , Strathmore Ladies

Private sector activity records an improvement in May- Survey

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyan private sector firms have recorded an improvement in operating conditions in May according to survey data from the Stanbic Bank Purchasing Mana...

Jibran Qureishi , private sector activity , Stanbic Bank PMI

Does size matter? CBK says new bank notes will be much smaller

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The new generation bank notes unveiled on Madaraka Day (June 1) by President Uhuru Kenyatta will be significantly different from the older notes that ...

bank notes , Central Bank of Kenya , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , madaraka day , New currency