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

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

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

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...

Women still bear greatest brunt of online harassment, World Press Freedom summit told

By Rachel Ombaka,

Female journalists are more visible than ever in the digital era making them easy targets for online harassment, the World Press Freedom Day summit wa...

digital rights , Female Journalists , Online Harassment , world press freedom day

Uhuru welcomes resolution by world leaders to form Digital Silk Road Initiative

By PSCU,

World leaders attending the second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing China have agreed to form a Digital Silk Road Initiative to bridge the co...

Belt and Road Initiative , china , Digital Silk Road Initiative , LAPSSET , President Uhuru Kenyatta , SGR

Uhuru signs Ksh.67 billion loan with china for project delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements amounting to Ksh.67 billion through a concessional financi...

china , Konza Data Center , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)

SGR construction to end in Naivasha as China loan bid flops

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government has made a surprise admission that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will actually end in Naivasha from where the old railway will conti...

raila , SGR naivasha , Uhuru

Moi Stadium Kisumu faces two-year-closure in Ksh.90M facelift plan

By Allan Obiero,

The Kisumu County Government has announced plans to close the Moi Stadium to pave way for renovations. Speaking to Citizen Digital, the county spok...

Moi stadium kisumu

Raila Odinga leaves Kenya for China trip

By Ian Omondi,

African union envoy Raila Odinga on Tuesday evening left the country for China to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation....

A.U High Representative , china , raila odinga

Cabinet warns millers against taking advantage of drought to hike Unga prices

By PSCU,

The Cabinet has asked millers not to take advantage of the ongoing drought situation to hike the price of maize flour, warning that stern actions will...

President Uhuru Kenyatta , UNGA

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

Uhuru at One Planet Summit, says Kenya to boost forest cover

By Allan Irungu,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Kenya will have reached an estimate of 10 percent forest cover as effort to curb the recent climatic changes and the...

forest cover , One Planet Summit

Task force: United States efforts to battle extremism ‘unsustainable’

By VOA,

The United States will need to significantly change its approach to fighting terrorists and extremist groups or face the prospect of more never-ending...

extremism , United States

Laikipia MP proposes free cancer treatment in Kenya

By Sam Ogina,

Laikipia Woman Representative Catherine Waruguru now wants cancer patients in Kenya to receive free treatment. The MP in a draft bill in Parliament...

cancer , Waruguru

New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria

By Reuters,

The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company’s ...

Huawei Technologies , Meng Wanzhou , Ren Zhengfei