Agriculture CAS Anne Nyaga to chair interim team for leasing of five State-owned sugar mills

By Citizen Reporter,

Ministry of Agriculture CAS Anne Nyaga will Chair the Interim Committee for the leasing of five State-owned sugar mills. This follows the de-gazett...

annae nyaga , Chemelil , Miwani , Muhoroni , Nzoia , Sonysugar , sugar mills

Mutahi Kagwe says CS Fred Matiang’i has potential to succeed Uhuru

By Tonny Ndungu,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Friday asked the Kisii Nation to support their son, Fred Matiangi for the country's top job. CS Kagwe was among other lea...

Interior CS  Fred Matiangi , kagwe , Uhuru kenyatta

NACADA partners with KARA to regulate drinking in residential areas

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) will collaborate with the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (KAR...

NACADA

‘Schools may not reopen in January after all,’ Education CS Magoha now says

By Makori Ongechi,

The planned January reopening of primary and secondary schools may have to be pushed further, this is according to remarks made by Education Cabinet S...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , education , Prof. George Magoha

‘I have beaten this monster!’ Citizen TV’s Jeff Koinange recovers from COVID-19

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Renowned journalist and Citizen TV news anchor Jeff Koinange has recovered from the coronavirus disease. Koinange, who was on self-isolation, annou...

COVID-19 , Jeff Koinange

Parliament approves Bill to pay former MPs Ksh.100K monthly pension

By Edwin Obuya,

Former Members of Parliament (MPs) who served between 1984 and 2001 will now get at least Ksh.100,000 every month if President Uhuru Kenyatta will asc...

Natioanl Assembly , pension

At least 78 killed, 4000 injured in Beirut blast, many more feared dead

By Reuters,

Lebanese rescue workers dug through the rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 78 peopl...

Beirut , Lebanon

‘I’m being trailed by police,’ Sakaja claims threats to his life over stand on revenue formula

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja on Tuesday alluded to threats against his life over his strong opposition of the House Finance Committee’s proposed r...

Irungu Kang'ata , revenue-sharing formula , senate , Senator Johnson Sakaja , Senator Samuel Poghisio

Senate votes to adjourn revenue sharing formula, again, after Murkomen motion

By Ian Omondi,

The Senate on Tuesday afternoon voted to adjourn the debate on the revenue sharing formula during their seventh sitting on the matter. Elgeyo Maraw...

Kipchumba Murkomen , revenue-sharing formula , senate

U.S. election will be November 3 as planned, Trump advisers say

By CNN,

The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying the...

Mark Meadows , President Donald Trump , White House

OPINION: How to deal with unemployment among the youth

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang An estimated 800,000 Kenyan youth join the labour market each year whereas unemployment amongst the youth is approximated to b...

U.S. makes deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, deaths expected to rise

By Reuters,

Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, the Trump administration said ...

coronavirus

Senate suspends physical meetings over rising cases of COVID-19

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenyan senate has banned physical meetings for a month to avert the spread of the new coronavirus. Speaker Kenneth Lusaka said the move was inf...

coronavirus

Ex-IEBC Commissioner Akombe says Ezra Chiloba threatened her over Msando murder inquiry

By Tonny Ndungu,

Former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe now claims she got a threatening message from former IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba. The message, she says, was sent...

IEBC ICT boss Chris Msando

Gov’t lists its 14 quarantine, isolation facilities in Nairobi County

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has published a list of 14 isolation and quarantine facilities within Nairobi County where patients can seek help. St George...

coronavirus

16-year-old succumbs to coronavirus in Kenya, caseload rises to 21,363

By Citizen Reporter,

A 16-year-old patient is among 23 people to succumb to coronavirus in Kenya as the country reported 727 more people had tested positive. Health CS ...

coronavirus

‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara

By Reuters,

For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...

coronavirus , Maasai , Maasai Mara

KMPDU boss Chibanzi Mwachonda tests positive for COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Dr. Chibanzi Mwachonda, the acting Secretary General of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has tested positive for...

Chibanzi Mwachonda , coronavirus , KMPDU

MoH: 1275 admitted to hospitals over COVID-19, 56 in ICU

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health Director General Dr Patrick Amoth now says there are 1275 COVID-19 patients admitted to various hospitals across the country. ...

Magoha: Colleges, universities to remain closed till 2021

By Tonny Ndungu,

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha says Universities and colleges that are not COVID-19 compliant will remain closed until 2021. CS Magoha a...

coronavirus , magoha