OPINION| Wealthy Kenyans should emulate Uhuru’s philanthropy to improve society’s lot

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos As 2019 comes to a close, Kenya has much to be proud of. Few moments in our nation’s history recall this level of peace and ...

OPINION: Unemployment in Kenya; A Socio-Economic menace hitting unprecedented levels

By Desmond Boy,

Unemployment in Kenya is a challenge that is certainly crippling the country’s economic progress as well as the people’s welfare. Being a subject ...

unemployment

OPINION: Political reforms should champion for more women in power

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Statistically, Africa is not doing badly in terms of female representation in politics. According to UN Women data as of Fe...

FIDA Kenya , Women and power

BWIRE: BBI; Let us avoid sideshows

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire There is fear that with President Uhuru Kenyatta receiving the Building Bridges Initiative report this week, media and political pu...

BBI , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

Questions over Uhuru’s next move after Rotich charged

By Rachel Ombaka,

A substantive appointment is in the offing at Treasury with President Uhuru Kenyatta forced to play the hand he is dealt with following the arraignmen...

eCHESA , Rotich , Treasury

BWIRE: It’s time to revisit protection of journalists in Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The mysterious circumstances surrounding journalist Azory Gwanda, in Tanzania, whose fate remains unknown are similar to what happe...

Media freedom

BWIRE: UN-Habitat Assembly is a low hanging fruit for Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

Kenya is hosting the first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly from May 27-31, 2019 in Nairobi, at the UN-Habitat headquarters. The UN-Habitat Assem...

SDG's , UN-Habitat Assembly

Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere

By Waihiga Mwaura,

I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...

African Development Bank , unemployment

BWIRE: Threats to journalists raise concerns about ‘Mighty Men of God’

By Victor Bwire,

It’s the highest form of mockery and absurdity for the men of “God” to resort to harassing journalists and the media because the media has calle...

Press Freedom

BWIRE: Makali taskforce must deliver on promise and not get lost in bureaucracy

By Victor Bwire,

That the Government has appointed a task force headed by veteran journalist David Makali to relook government communication and access to information ...

Communication , David Makali , ICT

BWIRE: Analyzing media coverage of 14 Riverside terror attack

By Victor Bwire,

The terrorist attack at 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi and related spates of similar attacks elsewhere in Kenya over the past, media coverage and treat...

14 riverside attack

OPINION: Africa’s youth deserve a museum that reflects their history, identity

By Citizen Reporter,

By Olajumoke Adenowo There is perhaps no greater example of the horrors of colonialism than Leopold II’s reign in the Congo Free State. While ...

Belgium’s Royal Museum , Emmanuel Macron

Waihiga: Kenyan leaders must take responsibility for their actions

By Waihiga Mwaura,

French novelist Marcel Proust once said: "Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” After 33 years of living in ...

brexit , Theresa May , Waihiga Mwaura

OPINION: ‘I was told not to join media because being a female journalist is difficult’

By Rachel Ombaka,

"I was told not to join media because being a female journalist is difficult." This is a comment that one of the participants for the Women in News...

female journalist , female journalst , Women in Media

HONIG: Melania Trump’s destructive message to sex crime victims

By CNN,

In an interview with ABC News, first lady Melania Trump said that victims of sexual assault "need to have really hard evidence" before coming forwar...

Melania Trump , sexual violence

DIAZ: Mai-Mahiu crack shows East Africa could be splitting in two

By CNN,

By Lucia Perez Diaz  A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. The tear, which co...

Narok Mai-Mahiu road , Seismic activities in the Pacific ocean , Tectonic plates

NDUBI: How President Kenyatta has built Governor Joho’s political stature

By Eric Ndubi,

Succès de scandale (French for "success from scandal") is a term for success credited to notoriety or a thing's scandalous nature. Largely associ...

Ambassador Michael Ranneberger , Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa , Governor Joho , Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) , Kisauni Constituency , Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho , president kenyatta , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Succès de scandale , The Kenya Municipal Programme , Uganda National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) , World Bank

How to lose weight by eating right

By House Call Daktari,

It’s that time of the year again - the New Year! And we all do what we do best - making resolutions! Why don’t we make a few about your health ...

eating right , Fitness , health , losing weight

It’s party time for ‘bedbug’ graduates in search for city jobs

By Eric Ndubi,

A jobless, fresh graduate in Africa’s most intelligent city, Nairobi, is faced with a daunting ‘moving out’ task right after that final college ...

Commercial sex workers , Eastlands in Nairobi , graduate , insecurity in kenya , insecurity in Mombasa , Insecurity in Nairobi , Nairobi , Unemployed Graduate , unemployment

NDUBI: Discord in CORD a road to ‘glorious failure’

By Eric Ndubi,

It is now agreeable that the opposition coalition was stronger nearly four years ago in the run-up to the 2013 General Election. But the biggest ch...

2017 general election , CORD , Discord in Cord , FORD KENYA , IEBC , JUBILEE , Jubilee Party , kalonzo musyoka , Moses Wetangula , odinga , odm , raila , raila odinga , william ruto , WIPER , Wiper Democratic Movement