OPINION: Why we need a Structured Parliamentary Diplomacy for Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

By Joel Okwemba Foreign Policy is Public Policy. Foreign policy has hitherto been a prerogative of the Executive arm of government despite the glob...

democracy , diplomacy

State of Stadia: Kilifi promise that delivered a grazing field

By Robbie Chome,

Infrastructure is the backbone of sports and a catalyst for economic development. Kilifi County has shown deep passion for sports yet its brightest st...

Kilifi County , Kilifi Stadium

Centum sets aside Ksh.2.1 billion in anticipated losses from Amu Power

By Kepha Muiruri,

Centum Investment has set aside Ksh.2.1 billion as provision for the eventuality of a loss from its funding of the distressed Amu Power Company. Th...

Amu Power Company , centum , James Mworia , Lamu coal power project

Israel’s PM Netanyahu faces court, party challenges after indictment

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A watchdog group asked Israel’s top court on Sunday to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption char...

Benjamin Netanyahu

Mkapa’s damning book on Ruto, Karua and 2008 peace talks sold out

By Paul Ombati,

A book on the intricate details of the 2007 post election talks between Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga written by former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mk...

annan , mkapa

Osotsi says Malala suspension is ‘biggest joke of the year’

By Chrispine Richard,

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has defended himself saying he supported Imran Okoth for the Kibra by-election on the basis of the NASA coalition. ...

ANC , Godfrey Osostsi , Kibra , Mudavadi

Samburu circumcision: Of sheep skin cover, ostrich feathers and the cut

By Peter Mwangi,

In the Samburu culture, this is the time of the year when most young boys across the country have to pass through circumcision. The community is ho...

circumcision , Samburu

Rename Mama Ngina Waterfront Park, lobby group demands

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A lobby group is demanding that Mama Ngina Waterfront Park in Mombasa be renamed. The Okoa Mombasa Coalition presented a petition to the Mombasa Co...

Okoa Mombasa coalition , waterfront park

ODM’s Imran Okoth wins Kibra by-election

By Benjamin Muriuki,

ODM candidate Bernard Imran Okoth has emerged winner in the hotly-contested Kibra by-election. Imran Okoth garnered 24,636 votes with Jubilee Party...

Imran Okoth , Kibra by-election , ODM party

‘We are in our bedroom’, Raila Odinga retorts after voting in Kibra

By Duncan Mutwiri,

ODM leader Raila Odinga on Thursday cast his vote in the Kibra by-election. He arrived at the Old Kibra Primary School accompanied by his daughter ...

Kibra , raila

MPs leave Kenyans at the mercy of banks as rate caps fall

By Kepha Muiruri,

Members of Parliament (MPs) have left Kenyans at the mercy of banks on the rate charged on new loans as the interest rate caps fall. In a chaotic v...

Prodigal son returns to Gatundu home after 35 years in exile

By Wanja Mbugua,

A family is celebrating the return of their prodigal son to Gatundu North after 35 years. Lawrence Njuguna, who is now 76 years old revealed that h...

prodigal son

OPINION: Proportional Representation way to go for a truly representative Parliament

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Since the creation of representative democracy, many thinkers, philosophers and statesmen have tinkered with the idea of how b...

Court declines to hear appeal of man featured on CitizenTV’s Prison Diaries

By Sam Ogina,

The Court of Appeal has thrown out the case of Julius Wambua, a Machakos man whose daughter confessed to being coached by the mother to lie about bein...

Dorcas Wambua , Julius Wambua , machakos

Celebrating Diwali? Here are safety tips for handling fireworks

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Diwali celebrations are fast approaching in festivities synonymous with lighting fireworks. Fireworks display is the highlight of the Festival of L...

diwali , Fireworks , safety measures

ODM leaders attack Mudavadi over visa claim about Uhuru-Odinga handshake

By Citizen Reporter,

A section of ODM party leaders have condemned ANC party Leader Musalia Mudavadi over his recent claims on the origin of the handshake deal between Pre...

Musalia Mudavadi

Central African football boss hears war crimes charges

By Reuters,

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said two alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, one of them prominent in African ...

Alfred Yekatom , Patrice Edouard Ngaissona

Man, 20, from Somalia busted carrying Ksh.3M in cash on Garissa highway

By Shadrack Ilava,

Police on Thursday discovered a man carrying Ksh. 3million in cash during a crackdown on contraband goods on the Mwingi-Garissa highway. According ...

contraband goods

Spain sends warship to pick up migrants off Italy’s coast

By Reuters,

Spain ordered a naval vessel on Tuesday to the Italian island of Lampedusa to bring migrants stranded there on a rescue boat to Mallorca after some of...

Danilo Toninelli , migrants , Spain

Sudan opposition coalition appoints five civilian members of sovereign council

By Reuters,

Sudan’s opposition coalition on Sunday named five people as civilian members of the country’s sovereign council to be sworn in on Monday, a source...

Opposition , Sudan