Chad President Idriss Deby killed on frontline, son to take over

By Reuters,

Chad's President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants i...

Chad , Idriss Deby

Thieves break into church, steal pastor’s clothes, food and cash

By Citizen Reporter,

Members of the Makutano PAG church in Lurambi, Kakamega, are counting their losses after a gang of robbers broke into their church and stole valuables...

crime

U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions

By Reuters,

The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering...

President Joe Biden , President Vladimir Putin , sanctions , U.S Election

Heavy rains leave trail of destruction as weatherman warns of more floods

By Chemutai Goin,

Car dealers are counting losses after two trees fell on at least 10 high end vehicles at a yard on Ngong Road in Nairobi. Heavy rains -- that are e...

floods , rain

Private importer set to export remaining Sputnik V vaccine doses from Kenya

By Elphas Lagat,

The decision to ban the importation, distribution and use of the Sputnik V vaccine led to controversy in the country with the Ministry of health shift...

coronavirus , Sputnik V vaccine

Blow to Sputnik vaccine importers in Kenya as Gov’t locks out private sector in roll-out plan

By Benjamin Muriuki,

No private entity will be involved in the Phase 1 procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya, the Ministry of Health has declared. According to Heal...

ministry of health , Sputnik vaccine

South Korea’s LG becomes first major smartphone brand to withdraw from market

By Reuters,

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc will wind down its loss-making mobile division after failing to find a buyer, a move that is set to make it the fir...

LG Electronics , South Korea

Kenya Power suspends plans to raise cost of electricity

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has abandoned the quest to raise its electricity tariff to customers offering a relief to consumers who had opposed the plans According t...

Kenya Power profit

Kagwe roots for social protection to cushion economically vulnerable Kenyans

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has underscored the role of social protection programmes’ to ease economic challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

coronavirus , social protection

Uhuru orders review of power purchase agreements as losses mount

By Reuters,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has set up a team to review power purchase agreements signed over the years by Kenya Power which has been making losses in th...

Electricity , KENYA POWER

Why is the price of bitcoin higher in Africa than in other countries?

By Agencies,

The whole world perceives Africa as an underdeveloped country suffering from poverty and malnutrition for ages. With all that not-so-good perception a...

bitcoin

Namibian Gov’t removes tax for sanitary pads

By Agencies,

The Namibian Government has abolished taxation of sanitary pads. Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi announced that the directive would take effect in ...

MENSTRUATION , sanitary pads

Late Tanzania President John Magufuli’s frosty relationship with Kenya

By Francis Gachuri,

Diplomatic flare-ups and tension between Kenya and Tanzania characterised the late president John Pombe Magufuli’s almost 6-year tenure. His on a...

East African Community , President John \pombe Magufuli , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Tanzania

Africans slam rich nations for blocking access to generic COVID vaccines

By Reuters,

Charities in Africa slammed rich nations on Thursday for blocking efforts to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, saying this would prolong the pandem...

coronavirus

The evolution of cryptocurrency as a payment gateway

By Agencies,

It is commonly believed and perceived that the global economic structure has many issues and its structure is extremely complicated because of the inv...

Bitcoin: A hub of investing and trading opportunities

By Citizen Reporter,

Being a peer to peer digitally decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has experienced multiple ups and downs since its invention back in 2009. Recently...

Things you should keep in mind when buying bitcoin

By Agencies,

Bitcoin is famous because of its volatile nature. However, the investors still have an appetite for Bitcoin despite the frequent ups and down of the c...

Loss to taxpayers as NA spends Ksh.90M defending legality of Bills passed

By Edwin Obuya,

The National Assembly has so far spent Ksh. 90million defending the legality of the Bills passed without the inclusion of the Senate. It is the lat...

National Assembly , senate

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO

By Reuters,

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as su...

Amazon , Andy Jassy , COVID-19 , Jeff Bezos

CS Magoha orders expelled students not to be admitted in other schools

By Citizen Reporter,

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha, says expelled students should not be admitted in other schools. Magoha, who was on a visit at ...

DCI , george magoha