Mara Heist: How Citizen TV’s Asha Mwilu, Waihiga Mwaura landed the exclusive

By Waihiga Mwaura And Asha Mwilu,

At a university named after the world famous Maasai Mara Game Park in Narok, four employees grappled with a perturbing decision. Expose top officia...

Maasai Mara University , Spencer Sankale Ololchike , themaraheist

Uhuru’s Ksh.3 billion coffee fund hit by lengthy delay

By Kepha Muiruri,

The implementation of the Ksh.3 billion evolving cherry advanced coffee fund faces a lengthy delay, this as the state ties up the operation of the kit...

coffee farming in Kenya , KPCU , Uhuru kenyatta

Zimbabwe tourism minister charged with corruption worth Ksh.9.5B

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira was charged in court on Friday with corruption involving Ksh. 9.5 billion from the state pension fund aft...

corruption allegations , Prisca Mupfumira , Transparency international , Zimbabwe , Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission

CAF official Bility gets 10-year ban from FIFA

By Reuters,

African football official Musa Hassan Bility has been banned from the game for 10 years by FIFA’s Ethics Committee following an investigation into t...

CAF , corruption , FIFA , Musa Hassan Bility

FIFA to take over the running of African football

By Reuters,

A drastic and dramatic overhaul of African football is expected to be announced on Thursday, the eve of the kickoff of the African Cup of Nations, in ...

CAF , corruption , FIFA

Coffee sub-sector committee mulls waiver on farmers’ debt

By Kepha Muiruri,

Coffee farmers have received a shot in the arm, this as the 2016 presidential instituted task-force on coffee sector reforms and implementation consid...

coffee farming in Kenya , Prof. Joseph Kieyah

Kenya Pipeline begins 7-week forensic audit over corruption allegations

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has begun a seven-week long forensic audit to investigate corruption allegations at the company. According to KPC ...

Forensic audit , Hudson Andambi , Joe Sang , Kenya Pipeline

Tearful relatives of Indonesia jet crash victims demand answers

By Reuters,

Relatives of the victims of an Indonesian jet that crashed into the sea off Jakarta this week killing all 189 on board demanded answers on Monday as t...

Indonesia , Indonesia plane crash

No disconnection of electricity supply for next 30 days, pledges Kenya Power

By Dzuya Walter,

Electricity consumers can breathe some sigh of relief after Kenya Power, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and lawyer Apollo Mboya entered a cons...

Apollo Mboya , ERC , KENYA POWER

Court overturns nullification of Gatundu North MP Kibe’s election

By Dzuya Walter,

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision that nullified the election of Gatundu North Member of Parliament Wanjiku Kibe. The court...

Court of Appeal , Gatundu North , High Court nullifies election , MP Wanjiku Kibe

No money stolen from NYS, Omollo claims

By Wangui Ngechu,

Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lillian Mbogo-Omollo has sensationally claimed that no money was stolen from the National Youth Service (NYS). I...

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) , ifmis , NYS , NYS Director General Richard Ndubai , PAC , Parliamentary Accounts Committee , Youth Affairs PS Lillian Mbogo-Omollo

Matiang’i shuts down Presbyterian University of East Africa

By Wangui Ngechu,

Acting Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i on Thursday, January 25, revoked the operating license of the Presbyterian University of East Af...

Catholic University of Eastern Africa , Commission for University Education (CUE) , Kenya Methodist University , Presbyterian University of East Africa , shuts down

Court reinstates former Kenya Airways finance director Alex Mbugua

By Agnes Oloo,

Former Kenya Airways (KQ) Finance director Alex Mbugua has won a case against his former employer challenging his ‘irregular’ dismissal. Justic...

Alex Mbugua , Aviation , Deloitte , Denis Awori , finance director , Forensic audit , high court , Kenya Airways , Mbuvi Ngunze

Ndathi’s former running mate drops out of race, backs Anne Waiguru

By Citizen Reporter,

Jubilee candidate for the Kirinyaga Governorship race Anne Waiguru on Saturday received a boost after Governor Joseph Ndathi’s former running mate R...

Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation gets order stopping deregistration

By Agnes Oloo,

The Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation has obtained a court order barring the NGO Coordination Board from freezing its accounts and interfering with its day-t...

diversion of donor aid. , Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation , Kennedy Kalonzo , money laundering , NGO Coordinating Board

NGO Board insincere in freezing my Foundation accounts – Kalonzo

By Wangui Ngechu,

The opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential running mate, Kalonzo Musyoka,  has criticized the move by NGO Coordination Board to freez...

CBK , Director of Criminal Investigations , diversion of donor aid. , Fazul Muhammed , Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation , money laundering , NGO coordination board

Blow to Kalonzo Musyoka as NGO Board freezes his Foundation’s accounts

By Wangui Ngechu,

The NGO Coordination Board has frozen all accounts of the Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation over alleged misuse of Ksh 146 million donor funds. Board cha...

annual returns , false declarations in its financial status , Fazul Muhammed , Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation , misappropriation of donor funds.

Counties struggling to pay defunct local authorities debts

By Vincent Afande,

Kisii County is among the 47 Counties struggling to pay debts of more than Ksh 50 billion, owed to service providers by the defunct local authorities....

CMA gets green light to probe EY over Uchumi mess

By Dzuya Walter,

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has been cleared to investigate consultancy firm Ernst & Young’s involvement in the near collapse of retaile...

audit firm , Capital Markets Authority , CMA , Ernst & Young , EY , Faida Investment Bank , financial mess , high court , investigations , jonathan ciano , Justice John Mativo , KPMG , questionable transactions , rights issue , uchumi , weak internal controls

Shelter Afrique boss quits after implication in financial malpractice

By Citizen Team,

Embattled Shelter Afrique Managing Director James Mugerwa has resigned, just a day after the board adopted a report that put him at the center of irre...

banking , business , cash strapped , Femi Adewole , financing , Housing , insider lending , irregular lending , James Mugerwa , Jean Paul Missi , Oumar Diop , pan african lender , Real Estate , Shelter Afrique , toxic loans , Vipya Harawa