Where is Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko?

By Citizen Reporter,

Nairobi is still reeling from the aftermath of corruption claims against officials, protests in the County Assembly and a school tragedy as Mike Sonko...

Nairobi County Assembly , Sonko

Mariam Kighenda’s husband speaks out after wife, daughter died at Likoni Ferry Channel

By Raquel Muigai,

John Wambua has pointed an accusing finger at the Kenya Ferry Services over the death of his wife and daughter who drowned in the Indian Ocean waters,...

John Wambua , Likoni Ferry Crossing channel

ILostMyjob: Hue and cry as Kenyan companies lay off workers

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Wednesday's layoffs of all 400 employees at betting firm Sportpesa have opened a can of worms as Kenyans lament over university certificates gone to w...

ilostmyjob , SportPesa

KALELI: Technology key to deepening pension penetration

By Citizen Reporter,

By Bancy Kaleli By the end of 2018, only 20 percent of Kenyan workers were enrolled in a pension scheme, according to the Retirement Benefits Autho...

pension , Retirement Benefits Authority

Isiolo court workers, police raise Ksh.11K bail for single father of three

By Daniel Kalunge,

Staff at the Isiolo Law Courts sparked conversations online after raising Ksh.11, 000 to bail out a father of three. This was after one of the staf...

isiolo

4th East Africa Community cultural festival kicks off in Tanzania

By Citizen Reporter,

The 4th edition of the East African Community Arts and Culture Festival, popularly known as Jumuiya ya Africa Mashariki Utamaduni Festival (JAMAFEST),...

Never forgotten: Victims of Westgate attack

By Duncan Mutwiri,

On September 21 six years ago, a dark cloud loomed over Westgate mall in Nairobi. Members of Al Shaabab militia group stormed into the mall, wreaki...

dusitD2 , westgate attack

Video of donkeys at slaughterhouse was shot in Tanzania – KSPCA

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A video depicting donkeys being hit on the head allegedly at a slaughterhouse was not shot in Kenya, an animal welfare charity has said. In a lengt...

donkey , KSPCA

South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist

By Agencies,

The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...

Nigerians , south africa , xenophobic attacks

Thiba dam contractor who reported ‘racist’ manager fired by German firm

By Johnson Muriithi,

A local technician who works for a company contracted to construct the Ksh.20 billion Thiba dam is alleging he is being punished for reporting a 'raci...

Gichugu MP Gichimu Githinji , Hinteregger Yugen , Strabag International , Thiba dam

OPINION: Digital skills training is the future of work in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

By Liliosa Mbirimi Muturi The Kenyan job market has witnessed technology disruption first-hand. As some top tier institutions enact job cuts, other...

Unmasking Noor, the driver at the centre of the Maasai Mara Heist

By Waihiga Mwaura And Asha Mwilu,

John*, whose real identity is protected for his safety, worked at Maasai Mara University as the acting Finance Officer when his colleague fell sick. ...

Maasai Mara University , mara heist

Governors to shut down counties from September 16 over revenue row

By Benjamin Muriuki,

All county operations will be paralysed from Monday, September 16 if the stalemate over the Division of Revenue Bill 2019 is not resolved. In a sta...

Division of Revenue Bill , Wycliffe Oparanya

Tension at KRA as 90 officers grilled over tax evasion

By Francis Gachuri,

Panic has gripped staff members at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), with yet another wave of arrests and prosecution looming. In the last two wee...

KRA

Kenyan man in Texas jailed for life for raping 74yr-old patient

By Muia Joseph,

A Kenyan man in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting an elderly patient, the Dallas News said. This comes just months...

kenyan man in texas , kenyan man in US , nyakeo

Governor Mutua wants Duale removed from division of revenue talks

By Enock Muswii,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua now wants National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale to recuse himself from the on-going mediation talks between the...

Alfred Mutua , Division of Revenue talks

All bars, factories in Machakos to be closed on census night

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua has directed that all businesses in the county be closed on the eve of the census. Governor Mutua ordered that b...

census , machakos county

AG Kariuki: Releasing 50% of monies to counties is unconstitutional

By Wangui Ngechu,

Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki has ruled out the possibility of County Governments receiving at least 50% of the allocation due to them in the 2...

Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki , Division of Revenue Bill

Number of Ebola orphans spikes as epidemic spreads in eastern DRC

By VOA,

The U.N. children's fund reports the number of children orphaned by Ebola or separated from their parents because of the disease in eastern Democratic...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , Ebola crisis , United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)