Dormitory razed at Okela Mixed Secondary School in Rarieda

By George Amolo,

Property worth thousands of shillings was destroyed following a fire that broke out at Okela Mixed Secondary School in Rarieda on Sunday night. The...

Okela Mixed Secondary School

How KEMSA top bosses made calls for lucrative tenders

By Citizen Reporter,

The Public Investments Committee of the National Assembly was on Friday told how top bosses at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) called som...

Briema Grains Limited , KEMSA , Public Investments Committee

Over 1M Kenyans to receive Ksh.8K each in gov’t aid

By Teddy Otieno,

The Government has released 8,728,056,000 shillings for payment to beneficiaries enrolled in the cash transfer programmes. The money, channelled thr...

KQ poised for Ksh.10B bailout by state

By Citizen Reporter,

The details of the additional cash injection into the national carrier-KQ- are contained in the supplementary budget tabled in the national assembly a...

kq

CS Magoha now says teachers on duty will be held responsible for school fires

By Citizen Reporter,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha now says school principals and teachers on duty will be held accountable for incidents of student unre...

KNUT , Prof. George Magoha , school fires , Wilson Sossion

Govt says it is in control of desert locust swarms

By Dennis Otieno,

Since the beginning of September last year, the East African region was facing an acute food security following a second wave of desert locust invasio...

Slum dwellers battle COVID-19 downturn with virtual currency

By Reuters,

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered. As...

coronavirus , sarafu

KEBS bank accounts frozen over Ksh.2 billion debt

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is embroiled in a fierce battle with the judiciary over a KSh.2 billion debt that has seen all its accounts froze...

Geo-Chem , Justice John Mativo , KEBS , Kenya Bureau of Standards

Sonko in court seeking to block Acting Nairobi Governor Mutura’s new appointments

By Ian Omondi,

Impeached Nairobi County boss Mike Sonko has now gone to court seeking a conservatory order barring acting Governor Benson Mutura from making any chan...

Anne Kananu Mwenda , Governor Benson Mutura , Mike Sonko , nairobi county

Irungu Kang’ata warns President Kenyatta of BBI unpopularity in Mt. Kenya

By Chemutai Goin,

Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata has written a letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta declaring that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is unpopu...

BBI , Jubilee Party , Mt Kenya , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Senator Irungu Kang’ata

Vodka brands worth millions seized over fake stamps

By Citizen Reporter,

Uncustomed alcoholic drinks most of which were Vodka brands worth millions of shillings were seized on Friday night. According to the Directorate o...

alcohol , Uncustomed goods , Vodka

US House approves Ksh.99 trillion COVID-19 rescue package

By CNN,

Congress voted Monday evening to approve a far-reaching $900 billion (99 trillion Kenya shillings) Covid relief package that promises to accelerate va...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

By Reuters,

Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to w...

forestry , Kenya Forest Service , logging , trees

Clinical workers issue Gov’t with irreducible minimums, threaten to strike in 14 days

By Raquel Muigai,

The National Advisory Council of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) has issued a 14-day strike notice citing lack of Personal Protective Equi...

clinical workers , coronavirus , COVID-19 , KUCO

A multi-million scandal brews at the Ministry of Education

By Makori Ongechi,

A multi-billion shillings scandal is brewing at the Ministry of Education following revelations that top officials at the ministry have been colluding...

CS Education

Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

By Guest Writer,

By Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson  Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the...

BBC , BBC Africa eye , Black Market , Mama Lucy , Missing Child Kenya , Nairobi

Pfizer’s CEO sold Ksh.500 million in shares the day he announced promising vaccine news

By CNN,

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla filed to sell millions of dollars of his company's stock Monday -- the day the pharmaceutical giant announced positive data a...

covid-19 vaccine , Pfizer

Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua grilled at DCI

By Hassan Mugambi,

Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua was on Monday grilled at the DCI headquarters in Nairobi over alleged embezzlement of Ksh. 12.5billion public funds. In...

Rigathi Gachagua

Family raised Ksh.200 million for their baby’s life-saving medical treatment. They got it for free.

By CNN,

A Canadian family that spent months frantically raising millions of dollars for a one-time gene therapy treatment to save their daughter's life has re...

Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua’s bank accounts frozen as DCI probes Ksh. 12.5B tender scam

By Hassan Mugambi,

Detectives from the Serious Crimes Investigations Unit at the DCI headquarters have concluded a probe against Mathira Member of Parliament Rigathi Gac...

DCI , DPP , Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua