Kenya lowers 2020 growth projection, sees rebound next year

By Reuters,

Kenya has lowered this year’s economic growth projection because the first half turned out worse than expected, but growth is expected to rebound in...

coronavirus

BWIRE: After public lynching of KEMSA, what next?

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire The usual mob injustice, transactional nature and emotional approach to dealing with fraud and corruption in public institutions in...

KEMSA

13% of businesses shut during COVID-19 pandemic yet to reopen: KEPSA

By Kepha Muiruri,

13 per cent of businesses shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic or an equivalent one enterprise for every ten shut are yet to resume operations. Th...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , jobs , KEPSA

Inaugural Tisini football summit held in Nairobi

By Agencies,

The First edition of the Annual Tisini Football summit kicked off on Thursday in Westlands, Nairobi. Telecommunications Giants Safaricom sponsored ...

Serie A backs Sh221b bid for media unit stake

By Reuters,

Italy’s top-flight Serie A soccer league moved closer to selling a stake in its media business to boost virus-hit revenues when it agreed on Thursda...

Serie A

250 Kirinyaga County staffers trained under World Bank-financed program

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga County Government has carried out a capacity building program for 250 members of staff through the Kenya Devolution Support Program (KDSP) i...

La Liga president Tebas ‘ready’ for Messi exit

By Agencies,

La Liga president Javier Tebas says he is "ready" for the exit of Lionel Messi - while criticising Manchester City, a club he believes could sign him....

Barcelona , exit , La Liga president Javier Tebas , Lionel Messi , manchester city

Kenya’s white giraffe fitted with GPS tracking device

By Citizen Reporter,

The world’s only known white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device at Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in Ijara, Garissa County. ...

white giraffe

M.P Shah appoints Dr. Toseef Din as Chief Executive Officer

By Citizen Reporter,

The Board of M.P Shah Hospital on Sunday announced the appointment of Dr. Toseef Din as the Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Dr. Tosee...

M.P Shah

OPINION: Isolated poverty: Africa bearing burden of climate change in the Commonwealth

By Guest Writer,

By Mohamed Adow There is no region that is as badly affected by climate change like Africa. Whether it is droughts in the Sahel, coastal storms lik...

africa , CLIMATE CHANGE , Commonwealth , COVID-19 , Emmanuel Macron

Highlights from President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation Address

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sought to reassure Kenyans that the State of the Nation is strong despite the economic disruptions brought about by the C...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Gov’t says NHIF cannot cover your COVID-19 hospital bills; its too expensive

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government says Kenyans will have to foot the bills for COVID-19 in both public and private hospitals. The Health Ministry says it is not finan...

NHIF

Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of l...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

Free cash transfers take Ksh.6billion from Safaricom’s M-Pesa purse

By Kepha Muiruri,

The roll out of free mobile money transactions has punched a Ksh.6.1 billion revenue hole in Safaricom's M-Pesa service in six months to September 30....

coronavirus , free cash transfers , M-pesa , Safaricom

Safaricom half-year profit falls for the first time since 2012

By Kepha Muiruri,

Leading telco operator Safaricom PLC has reported a reduced Ksh.33 billion half year profit representing a six percent slide in earnings from Ksh.35.2...

M-pesa , Peter Ndegwa , Safaricom

WTO cancels meeting to decide on Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as top boss

By Reuters,

The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov. 9 to decide on the appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the body’s next di...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , WTO

All Blacks ‘up for sale’ as virus hits funding

By Agencies,

The All Blacks rugby team is in talks with private equity investors as it struggles with the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. N...

All Blacks , Covid-19 pandemic , New Zealand , private investors

Citizen TV’s Dorcas Wangira is among 100 most influential young Africans

By Rachel Ombaka,

Dorcas Wangira, an award winning journalist at Citizen TV, has been announced as one of the 100 most influential young Africans in 2020. Also Read:...

wangira

KRA eyes Ksh.5 billion from the digital economy by June next year

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has set its sights on raising Ksh.5 billion from the digital economy in six months to June 2021. This ahead of th...

Digital Services Tax (DST) , Githii Mburu , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Safaricom picks new Chief Finance Officer

By Kepha Muiruri,

Leading telco operator Safaricom has named Dilip Pal as its new Chief Finance Officer (CFO) effective from November 1. Dilip who has more than 29 y...

Dilip Pal , Safaricom