Shilling drops to lowest level since September 2015

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya shilling dropped to its lowest level in valuation against the US dollar crossing the Ksh.105 mark on Thursday for the first time since Septe...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , coronavirus , kenyan shilling

Dennis Itumbi, 4 others kicked out of State House PSCU jobs

By Citizen Reporter,

Dennis Itumbi and four others are no longer State House employees. Also Read: Itumbi’s photo at Muthaiga police station lands OCS in trouble A...

itumbi

BWIRE: Digital solutions to tame covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire With the 3rd case of a positive case of coronavirus in Kenya announced by the President, and a raft of measures put in place to dea...

cornavirus , COVID-19

Kenya shuts slaughterhouses over loss of donkeys to Chinese who use skins for anti-ageing medicine

By Reuters,

Agriculture CS Peter Munya has ordered donkey slaughterhouses to be shut down as concerns rise over the theft of the animals by gangs seeking their sk...

ageing , donkeys

Gov’t extends deadline for migration to e-passport to 2021

By Ian Omondi,

The government has now extended the deadline for phasing out of the old ordinary passports by one more year until March 1, 2021. The old passports ...

CS Fred Matiang’i , Diaspora , E-passport , Passports

Beyonce’s mum Tina Knowles, Ludacris, Rick Ross in Ghana

By Citizen Reporter,

Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles and American rappers Ludacris and Rick Ross are in Ghana. Tina was spotted on Friday taking pictures with fans at th...

beyonce , Ghana , knowles , kodjoe , ludacris , Rick Ross

OPINION: How to boost Africa and South East Asia cooperation

By Citizen Reporter,

By Joel Okwemba Considered one of humanity’s great early achievements is the crossing of early man from Asia to Australia. Archeological, geneti...

2019 Kalasha Awards winners receive Ksh.1.7 million cash prize

By Paul Ombati,

The Kenya Film Commission (KFC), in what is probably a first in history, presented winners of the 9th Kalasha International Film and TV Awards with ca...

Kalasha Awards , Kenya Film Commission , Pascal Tokodi , Sarah Hassan , Timothy Owase

Local firms chasing Kenya’s ultra-rich diaspora community

By Kepha Muiruri,

Local firms have doubled down on their efforts to attract Kenya’s ultra-rich diaspora community as they increasingly view the segment as a source of...

CBK , Kenya Diaspora Allliance (KDA) , remittances

Ghana citizenship rolled out for African Americans as part of Year of Return

By Imani Mitchelle,

Dressed  in colorful traditional outfits and holding the country's national flag, 126 foreign nationals who had lived in Ghana for many years attaine...

ghana citizenship , maya angelou , Nana Akufo-Addo

Embarrassment as Dennis Itumbi is kicked out of dais by President Uhuru security

By Ian Omondi,

Dennis Itumbi on Wednesday suffered an embarrassing moment as he was kicked out of the main dais at the Bomas of Kenya during the launch of the Buildi...

BBI report , bomas of kenya , Dennis Itumbi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

Backlash over photo of Kenyan woman used for American campaign

By Duncan Mutwiri,

There was outrage after an American firm used a photo of a Kenyan woman with a child to campaign for a 2020 presidential candidate. Ryan Grim, who ...

Buttigieg

Uhuru, Ruto host Lesotho leader Thabane for State banquet

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday evening lauded the Kingdom of Lesotho for continued support of Kenya in continental and international fora. The ...

Thabane

VIDEO: Mariga concedes defeat, calls Imran Okoth

By Citizen Reporter,

Macdonald Mariga has called ODM's Imran Okoth to concede defeat in the Kibra by-election. A video of Mariga released late Thursday evening showed t...

Imran Okoth , Kibra , mariga

Why Mariga did not vote in the Kibra by-election

By Citizen Reporter,

Jubilee candidate MacDonald Mariga did not cast his vote on Thursday in the Kibra by-election. Though he is one of the 24 candidates vying for the ...

Ken Okoth , Kibra , mariga

Africa’s largest women in tech festival kicks off

By Citizen Reporter,

The Africa Women in Tech festival kicked off in Nairobi on Wednesday. Under the theme 'Scaling Technology in Africa', women from Ghana, Nigeria, Ma...

Africa Women in Tech festival

Mashujaa Day 2019: President Kenyatta accords Eliud Kipchoge top State honor

By Matthews Mutai,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday awarded world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge with the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart medal during Ma...

award , Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart , Eliud Kipchoge , Mashujaa day , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Nairobi-Suswa SGR off to an empty start, passengers decry cost and convenience

By Faizal Ahmed,

Two days after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the inaugural Nairobi-Suswa Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line on Wednesday, train service is off to a...

kenya railways , rongai , SGR , Suswa , Syokimau

Why Uhuru’s second SGR train fails basic commuter logic

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta boarded the inaugural Nairobi-Suswa train on Wednesday, pushing the ignition on what seems to be the start of unfathomable co...

SGR , Suswa , Uhuru kenyatta

HF Group keen on diversifying investments away from real estate

By Kepha Muiruri,

Mortgage financier Housing Finance (HF) has expressed its keenness to move away from the real estate comfort zone highlighting the significant shift i...

Housing Finance , nse , Real Estate