Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate at 11.0% , 773 new cases recorded

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya's coronavirus positivity rate was 11.0 percent on Friday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health. Just over 30 days after a lockd...

coronavirus

Three arrested on suspicion of cultivating bhang worth Ksh.15M

By Citizen Reporter,

A multi-agency security team arrested three suspects, Victor Kung'u Wainaina, Broddus Wainaina Kung'u, and Dennis Matete, early Friday in Nakuru on su...

bhang

Digital taxi firm Little cuts base fares in new category

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital rides hailing firm Little has cut its base fares in its introduction of a new car category dubbed Little Economy. The new category will hav...

digital taxi apps , Little

BAT completes first phase of Ksh.2.5B ‘Lyft’ factory

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tobacco based manufacturer British American Tobacco-Kenya (BAT) has completed the first phase of its new Ksh.2.5 billion Nairobi based factory. The...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , Lyft

Ethiopian diaspora communities organize competing click-to-tweet campaigns on Tigray conflict

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight Several dedicated click-to-tweet Twitter campaigns influenced dialogue on Ethiopian social media, following the outbreak of conflic...

Ethiopia , tigray

Appeal challenging High Court order on CJ interviews to be heard next week

By Dzuya Walter,

The appeal challenging orders stopping the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) from going on with the interviews for Chief Justice and Supreme Court jud...

chief justice , JSC , mugenda

StarTimes to broadcast UEFA Euro 2020

By Agencies,

Pay Television Company StarTimes Media has secured broadcast rights to the UEFA Euro 2020 giving the broadcaster transmission rights across all media ...

Euro 2020 , UEFA Euro 2020

Rachier halts Gor virtual training

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia FC’s virtual training program has been suspended indefinitely after the club’s chairman Ambrose Rachier gave the instruction to all team...

Gor Mahia FC

Relief for Senator Malala in case against ODM

By Citizen Reporter,

Kakamega Senator Cleopas Malala has been re-instated as the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, just days after ODM senators voted to remove him. His rein...

Cleopas Malala

Man stabs partner 14 times, attempts suicide: police

By Bernadine Tiemoi,

A middle-aged woman died after her partner stabbed her 14 times in Baringo County on Thursday night. The suspect, Caleb Kiptoo, is said to have bee...

GBV

Arsenal owners have ‘no intention’ of selling after Super League backlash

By Reuters,

Arsenal's owners do not plan to sell the Premier League club despite the intense backlash following their involvement in the breakaway European Super ...

Arsenal , European super league , Josh Kroenke , Stan Kroenke

Senate summons Governor Nyong’o over use of COVID-19 funds

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong'o has been summoned to appear before the Senate Health Committee on Friday. The governor faces a Ksh. 500,000 fine or ...

Anyang Nyongo , coronavirus

African countries urged not to waste vaccines after expiry confusion

By Reuters,

The African Union’s disease control body and World Health Organization have urged countries not to waste COVID-19 vaccines donated to them, after co...

coronavirus , covax , Matshidiso Moeti , vaccine

IOC can’t stop athletes taking a knee in Tokyo: Britain’s Skinner

By Reuters,

Britain's Olympic track cycling gold medallist Callum Skinner said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would not be able to stop athletes protes...

Callum Skinner , IOC , olympics , Team GB , Tokyo 2020

Britain sorry for ‘pervasive racism’ over commemoration of African troops

By Reuters,

Britain apologised on Thursday for failures that meant “pervasive racism” may have denied a proper commemoration to as many as 350,000 Black and A...

Mau Mau war hero , World War One

Kenyans have over Ksh.100B in assets sunk into pooled investment funds

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans now have more than Ksh.100 billion in assets sunk in pooled investment funds. This is according to new data from the Capital Markets Author...

CMA , collective investment schemes (CISs) , pooled funds

OPINION: Let us fight COVID-19, not humans beings

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Labour Protection and Gender CS Margaret Kobia released a study which shows that in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, 5009 cases...

COVID-19 , GBV

IEBC denies submitting different copies of BBI bill to counties

By Citizen Reporter,

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has denied allegations that it distributed multiple versions of the Building Bridges Initia...

BBI Bill , IEBC

Fury as David Murathe fails to appear for grilling over KEMSA scandal

By Sam Ogina,

Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe, former Kilig limited director Wilibroad Gachoka, and Entec technology director Chen Chao did not attend a session...

KEMSA , murathe

Zetech University bets on collaboration to promote work readiness

By Citizen Reporter,

Zetech University has enriched its graduate preparation program by investing in relevant partnerships to prepare trainees for the real world. Balancin...