North Korea looking for home-grown, sanctions-proof energy

By VOA,

Power-strapped North Korea is exploring two ambitious alternative energy sources, tidal power and coal-based synthetic fuels, that could greatly impro...

North Korea , Sanctions proof energy

Cabinet Secretaries defend gov’t service delivery

By Citizen Reporter,

Three Cabinet Secretaries have defended President Uhuru Kenyatta’s development record, amid accusations of neglecting his Mt. Kenya political bedroc...

Cabinet Secretaries , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Owner of biggest U.S. power utility, files for bankruptcy

By Reuters,

Power provider PG&E Corp filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, succumbing to liabilities stemming from wildfires in Nor...

bankruptcy , PG&E

CBK holds key lending rate at 9 percent

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has for the third consecutive time held its benchmark interest rate at 9 percent as it attributes the stay on the Cent...

Central Bank , Interest rate

Agency: deadly California fire caused by homeowner equipment

By VOA,

In a long-awaited report, state investigators said Thursday that a 2017 wildfire that killed 22 people in Northern California wine country was caused ...

Deadly California fire

The top 26 billionaires own as much as 3.8 billion other people

By CNN,

The world's billionaires are growing $2.5 billion richer every day, while the poorest half of the global population is seeing its net worth dwindle. ...

bill gates , billionaires , Jeff Bezos , Mark Zuckerberg , Oxfam International report , Warren Buffett , World Economic Forum

At least 73 people killed, dozens injured in Mexico gasoline pipeline explosion

By CNN,

At least 73 people were killed in central Mexico after a ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded Friday evening, the governor of the State of Hidalgo, Oma...

Explosion , Mexico City , President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Good news as L.Turkana wind power project hits 307 MW in generation

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) farm hit 307 megawatts (MW) in power injection to the national grid on Monday morning ending queries to the project...

Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) , Rizwan Fazal

Trouble looms for Umeme over Uganda power outages

By Reuters,

Uganda aims to impose financial penalties from March on its sole power distributor Umeme Ltd for any frequent and prolonged supply outages, the regula...

uganda power outages , Umeme LTd

Kenyan economy growth at 6p.c. in third quarter last year

By Reuters,

The Kenyan economy expanded faster in the third quarter of this year than in the same period last year due to strong performance in the agriculture an...

Kenyan economy

Kenya struggles to give life to Konza, futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’

By VOA,

Laborers milled around an unfinished eight-story building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope. This is the only visible s...

Konza , silicon savannah

Mombasa port not mortgaged to China, Uhuru says

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the government will continue to borrow loans from China and the rest of the world despite criticism from different q...

China Exim Bank , china loans , Mombasa Port. , SGR

Empowering refugees through energy

By VOA,

Jerome Mbusuka fled violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and found safety in a sprawling refugee camp here in Kenya's northwest corner. He als...

Ayen Bior , DRC Congo , kakuma refugee camp , Tijana Radojicic , UNHCR

President Kenyatta calls for reform of health institutions

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday directed that all public funded health institutions urgently undergo reforms to enable them facilitate successful...

isiolo , kisumu , machakos , nyeri , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Universal Health Coverage

Kenya struggles to give life to futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’ city

By Reuters,

Labourers milled around an unfinished eight-storey building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope - the only visible sign of p...

Konza Technopolis , Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) , National Land Commission (NLC) , tech entrepreneur Josiah Mugambi

Uhuru holds talks with South Africa DP Mabuza

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta held talks with South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi. Durin...

David Mabuza , Uhuru kenyatta

Ruto urges counties to tap into foreign markets

By DPPS,

Deputy President William Ruto has appealed to County Governments to take advantage of international markets secured by the Government by diversifying ...

Lee Kinyanjui , ruto

Kenya Power gets tough on late bill payers after profit plunges

By Reuters,

Kenya Power Co said on Friday it will be much tougher on chasing unpaid bills after its provisions for bad debts surged in the financial year through ...

Kenya Power woes deepen as full year pretax profit dives 60pc

By Reuters,

Kenya Power has revealed that its full-year pretax profit plunged to Ksh.3billion. This is a 60percent drop from Ksh.7.66billion the previous year....

Kenya Power profit

Ruto tells off critics, says 2022 politics not top on his agenda

By Linda Ngari,

Deputy President William Ruto has rubbished claims that he is more focused on 2022 politics as opposed to the Big 4 agenda. Speaking at the launch ...

Deputy President William Ruto , Narok County