OPINION: Covid resilience; At Egerton University, we have found ways to forge a modified path

By Guest Writer,

By Prof Rose Mwonya The year 2020 has been an eventful year for all of us following the break of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those of us in t...

Egerton University

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

Diaz: Employees still integral to businesses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

When the government implemented strict measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic including the partial closure of the economy, job losses became a pre...

coronavirus

DIAZ: Finally some light at the end of the tunnel

By Guest Writer,

Just a few months back, we feared the worst for the world economies. As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged through developed economies to hit at the hea...

coronavirus , Kenya economy , safe flights

DIAZ: Covid-19: Epoch of a new normal

By Guest Writer,

The coronavirus pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II. Since its em...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , E-Learning , IMF , Zoom

OPINION: How will communities without a safety net navigate these times?

By Guest Writer,

The spread of the coronavirus is the most serious global health security threat in decades. With restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the COV...

coronavirus , curfew , social distancing

BWIRE: Kenya must treat COVID-19 with respect and sincerity to tame the spread

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire “Panic kills more than the virus. In fact, mortality rates for the virus are low, in some places only 1% or even lower, but if we...

OPINION: Undeterred: Kenya’s tourism faces 2020 confidently

By Joseph Bonyo,

Last weekend I was in Diani, Ukunda. Famed for its white sandy beaches and hospitable facilities, it was a welcome relief to Nairobi’s hustles. T...

Diani Reef Beach Resort and Spa , tourism

BWIRE: In retrospect, journalists should have a reflection

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It's no longer a question of whether media in general and journalists in particular in Kenya need self-reflection and conversation ...

Journalists , Kenya Editors Guild , Media Council of Kenya.

OPINION: For lying to us all this time, let’s vote out all sitting MPs come 2022

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos It’s now in the open, our Parliament, the whole group of men and women that sit in the National Assembly and Senate, is a di...

Sponsored: How Zenka Finance became the most preferred non- banking platform in Kenya

By Sponsored,

The digital lending market in Kenya has been expanding rapidly since the world's first digital credit solution was launched. Soon, it became the domin...

Fintech businesses , Non-banking platform , Zenka Finance

OPINION: The desperate path a young Kenyan lawyer treads

By Citizen Reporter,

By Omondi Were At the beginning of February, the Council of Legal Education released results for the 2018 cohort of students who had done the bar e...

Council of Legal Education , Dr. Jakob Gakeri , Kenya School of Law , Kenyan lawyer , LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA , University of Nairobi.

BWIRE: Cabinet should prioritise Disaster Risk Management Bills

By Victor Bwire,

It's urgent and of national security importance that the Cabinet considers and approves for onward transmission to Parliament of the Disaster Risk Man...

Cabinet , disaster risk management

Would you pay Ksh.1M to watch Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wedding?

By Abednego Tendu,

Would you pay a million shillings to watch a movie? How about a royal wedding? Exactly what would you do with an extra Ksh 1 million? The money is ...

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WANJURAH: Why teachers should welcome their latest CBA with TSC

By Jeeh Wanjura,

I doubt that developments in the education sector in the past week have endeared the teachers unions to their members. On the contrary, KNUT and KU...

CBA , KNUT , KUPPET , teachers , tsc

WANJURAH: Spare Kalonzo the Teargas: He’s cut for Bigger Things

By Jeeh Wanjura,

At a glance, the pictures of the helmets allegedly ordered by Wiper for anti-IEBC demos look like a timely and wise purchase. But a scrutiny of the...

IEBC protests , Kalonzo , teargas

WANJURAH: Priscilla Nyokabi’s journey to heaven and everywhere

By Joy Chelagat,

In her younger, activist days, Priscilla Nyokabi used to spot a curiously worded tee-shirt. “Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere”. ...

Jeeh Wanjurah , Nyokabi , Priscilla Nyokabi , wanjurah

MURIMI: What love means to me

By Maureen Murimi,

Today is Valentine’s Day, a day associated with romantic love. This is the day when men are forced to shape up and reach deeper into their pockets, ...

kenya , Love , Maureen Murimi , men , Nairobi , RELATIONSHIPS , romance , Valentine's Day , Ways to spend less money on Valentine's Day , women

ONYACH: The dying African voices we must resurrect in 2016

By Agencies,

By Abiud Onyach We have ushered in a New Year and we are all excited to live up to our New Year resolutions- including those who know they’ll aba...

africa , Burundi , dictatorships , Ethiopia , south sudan

Of race, prejudice and stereotype in London

By Jeeh Wanjura,

They were only eleven in her class and because the course work was heavy on shared assignments, they had inevitably developed strong bonds beyond the ...

London. , race , racism , wanjurah , `