Woman, 3-month-old son electrocuted by fallen power cable in Kwale

By Nicky Gitonga,

A 34-year-old woman and her 3-month-old son have been electrocuted at Bowa matopeni village in Kwale. Reports say the deceased who was carrying her...

KENYA POWER , KWALE

July inflation falls to 4.36 pc on lower food and housing costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Basic consumer prices continued to fall for the fourth straight month with July inflation cooling to 4.36 percent from 4.59 percent in June. The di...

Inflation , KNBS

LINUS KAIKAI: County revenue-sharing formula belongs to the dustbin

By Linus Kaikai,

County revenue-sharing formula is a return to the colonial development formula; belongs to the dustbin! On my kicker tonight, I kick hard against t...

India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit

By CNN,

India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

South Africa’s coronavirus cases rise sharply to 264,184

By VOA,

South Africa's coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million putting it at 10th position on the global map of COVID-19  infec...

coronavirus , south africa

Tiktoker Alvan Love gifts watchman who gave him place to sleep with new motorbike

By Tonny Ndungu,

Former Tusker Project Fame contestant Alvan Gatitu popularly known Alvan Love has gifted a security guard who gave him a place to sleep a brand-new mo...

Alvan love

OPINION: Who would have thought that one global crisis would forever change the way humans worked?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu Ever since COVID-19 ushered people into their respective homes and away from offices, work has rapidly shifted from desks and cubic...

June inflation falls to 4.59 percent on low food costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Consumers have marked an extended relief to the pricing of common goods as the rate of inflation falls to 4.59 percent in June from an adjusted 5.33 p...

Inflation , KNBS

COVID-19: Financial hardships overtake health as top concern among Kenyans

By Kepha Muiruri,

Financial constrains arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have now overtaken health as the greatest concern among Kenyans, a new survey shows. Accord...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Infotrak poll , VAT

Kenya Power issues profit warning, blames COVID-19

By Kepha Muiruri,

Electricity distributor Kenya Power has issued a warning indicating its earnings for the year closing on June 30 will be lower than those previously r...

KENYA POWER

COVID-19: Equity, Mastercard to give over 14,600 students monthly stipend, learning devices

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Equity Group Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to support over 14,600 students in the Wings to Fly and Elimu scholarship program...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Equity Group Foundation , Mastercard Foundation

Kenyan company rolls out Gumzo–first video conferencing app made in Africa

By VOA,

A Kenyan company has developed Gumzo--a video conferencing application, the first made in Africa, designed to be more affordable than foreign counterp...

gumzo , shapiro , usiku games

Three Kenya Power employees test positive for COVID-19 in Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

Three Kenya Power employees have tested positive for COVID-19 disease in Mombasa. A statement from the firm dated June 2, 2020 said the trio are cu...

coronavirus , KENYA POWER , Mombasa

Kenya inflation cools to 5.47 percent in May- KNBS

By Kepha Muiruri,

Inflation cooled down to 5.47 percent in May down from 5.62 percent in April, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows. T...

Inflation , KNBS

Power supply restored in ‘most areas’ of Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya Power says it has managed to restore power supply in most parts of the country following outage witnessed for the better part of Saturday. KP...

blackout , KENYA POWER

Kenya and Uganda hit by power blackout

By Reuters,

Kenya and Uganda were hit by a power blackout on Saturday over what Kenya Power termed as a system disturbance in the transmission grid. The neighb...

kenya , uganda

Kenya Power announces outage across the country

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A power outage hit most parts over the country from around 6am on Saturday. Confirming the power outage, Kenya Power, in a statement, said: "We hav...

Higher food, transport costs pushes April inflation to 5.62 percent

By Kepha Muiruri,

The inflation rate in April rose marginally to 5.62 percent up from 5.51 percent in March as higher food, transport costs increased pressure on consum...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statics (KNBS)

Baringo County leaders want schools re-opened for KCPE, KCSE candidates

By Evans Chumo,

A section of Baringo County leaders have urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to consider re-opening schools for Class Eight and Form Four students who are ...

CS Magoha , Kajiado

OPINION: Tailored mitigation efforts could cushion economy better from Covid-19 pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

By Desmond Boi The coronavirus pandemic has certainly thrown into sharp relief the interconnected clasp of globalization and nationalism and revea...

COVID-19