Bluebird Aviation projects recovery of airline industry with roll out of COVID-19 vaccine

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Regional airline, Bluebird Aviation has projected the aviation sector could start picking up towards the last half of the year 2021. BlueBird Aviat...

Bluebird Aviation , Captain Hussein Mohammed

Kenyan badminton team heading to Uganda

By Agencies,

The Kenya national badminton team will start the journey to qualifying for the 2022 Commonwealth games in Uganda, when they take part in the Uganda In...

Kenya junior TT team lands invite to train in Britain

By Agencies,

As part of the development partnership with Table Tennis England (TTE), the Kenya junior team is set to tour Great Britain in March 2021 for a three-w...

Andrew Mudibo , kenya , KTTA , TTE

FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter

By Reuters,

World football governing body FIFA say they have filed a criminal complaint with Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor, claiming evidence of “criminal mism...

FIFA , Sepp Blatter

Kenya’s economic rebound tied to COVID-19 vaccine access

By Kepha Muiruri,

The potential rebound of Kenya's economy in 2021 has been tied down to the access of COVID-19 vaccines and their eventual distribution. According t...

coronavirus , Kenya's economy , vaccine

Sonko out! Senate upholds impeachment of Nairobi Governor

By Citizen Team,

The Senate has upheld the impeachment of Mike Mbuvi Sonko as Nairobi Governor. Sonko was kicked out of office on four charges: gross violation of t...

badi , impeachment , nairobi county , NMS , Sonko

KeNHA reopens JKIA northern link road after 7 years

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has reopened the North-Airport road after a near seven-year closure. Traffic on the re-opened link to...

Airport North Road , jkia , KeNHA

Melania Trump ‘just wants to go home’

By CNN,

In mid-November, as President Donald Trump railed against the election results, his wife, first lady Melania Trump publicly agreed with his sentiments...

Biden , melania , Trump

Online taxi platform lowers charges to cushion Kenyans from expensive travel

By Citizen Reporter,

A new ride hailing entrant in the East African region, Catch Taxi Kenya has offered to slash down travelling costs by 30%. In the newly-launched ho...

Kenya Airways resumes direct U.S. flights

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed direct flights to the United States effective Sunday ending a near-11-month hiatus. The carrier had...

Kenya Airways , Kilavuka

Centum sinks into a Ksh.2 billion half-year loss

By Kepha Muiruri,

Investment firm Centum Group has sunk into a Ksh.2 billion loss in six months of operations to September 30 from a profit of Ksh.6.8 billion at the sa...

Centum Investment

Novartis partners with UNES to improve access to quality heart health in Kenya

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Global medicines company Novartis, University of Nairobi Enterprises & Services (UNES) Ltd and The Heart Centre on Thursday unveiled a partnership...

Norvatis , The Heart Centre , University of Nairobi Enterprises & Services

Cancer treatment clinic opened in Makueni County

By Citizen Reporter,

Makueni County on Thursday opened doors to its first cancer treatment and management clinic at the Makueni Referral Hospital, Wote. The clinic is c...

Makueni

#MaraBarricade: Mara Ngenche Camp risks demolition over wildebeest migration

By Sam Gituku,

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala recently ordered for the removal of a high end tented camp in the Maasai Mara National Reserve say...

Maasai Mara , Mara Ngenche Camp , narok

Diaz: Employees still integral to businesses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

When the government implemented strict measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic including the partial closure of the economy, job losses became a pre...

coronavirus

TeleSomo App launched to connect learners with teachers virtually

By Citizen Reporter,

With school operations having been disrupted for months now by the COVID-19 pandemic concern continues to rise on how learners will remain engaged in ...

TeleSomo App

Kenya’s unemployment rate doubles as 1.7M lose jobs between April and June-KNBS

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s unemployment rate grew two times between April and June as 1,716,604 Kenyans lost jobs in the period. According to the just released quar...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , KNBS , unemployment

Case challenging KQ lay-off plans for employees to be settled out of court

By Citizen Reporter,

A case filed by the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) to challenge the KQ lay-off plans for its employees will be settled out of court. Lady Just...

KAWU , Kenya Airways , kq , Moss Ndiema

Kenya Airways half-year loss nearly doubles to Ksh.14.3 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced a 66 per cent expansion of its half year loss to Ksh.14.3 billion from Ksh.8.6 billion last year. The airline’s ...

COVID-19 , Kenya Airways (KQ)

Equity Group half-year profit falls by 24pc from higher costs to cover loan defaults

By Citizen Reporter,

Equity Group Holdings PLC (EGH) has announced its half year results for the period ended June 30, 2020 reflecting a 24% decline in profitability. P...

Equity , half year profit , James Mwangi