Ruto to Kalonzo: You worked with Raila twice and it failed, work with me in 2022

By Tonny Ndungu,

Deputy President William Ruto has asked Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to consider working with him ahead of the 2022 General Election. Ruto was spea...

Kipchoge defends barrier-busting Nike shoe

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has brushed off the critics of the Nike shoe he used to run the INEOS challenge- where he became the first...

Eliud Kipchoge

Reprieve for Kasarani residents as KURA to start repairing road

By Tonny Ndungu,

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has said the Kasarani road that led to protests will be repaired immediately. Speaking on Thursday afternoon, the Se...

Kasarani , Mwiki

Kipchoge up against Messi for top award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has yet again been nominated in a six-man shortlist for the 2019 Laureus Sportsman of the year award. T...

Eliud Kipchoge , Laureus Sports Awards , Lionel Messi

Iced tea, soap, shampoo: How Sri Lanka exported less tea than Kenya, but earned more

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has decried the lack of value addition on Kenyan tea as one of the reasons why the green gold is not bringing in as much mone...

Kenya tea , KTDA , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Sri Lanka , Tea

Uhuru goes after KTDA directors to save tea farmers

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the Agriculture Ministry and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to strip off roles of Kenya Tea Development...

2019 , Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Tea Regulations , teas sector in Kenya

F1 champion Hamilton donates Sh50.7m to Australian wildlife rescue

By Reuters,

Six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday he was donating Sh50.7m towards the rescue and care of wildlife caught in bushfir...

Australia , Lewis Hamilton

Kisumu public hospitals at standstill as doctors’ strike continues

By Allan Obiero,

Patients in public health facilities in Kisumu County will spend their Christmas without doctors after talks to end their strike collapsed. Kenya M...

Doctorts strike , Dr. Kevin Osuri , Kisumu County , Prof. Miguda Attyang

2019 in Review: The return of Bitok got Kenya spiking again

By Stanley Mativo,

The return of volleyball titan Paul Bitok to his motherland from Rwanda where he had had an illustrious 10-year coaching career with the tiny East Afr...

Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) , Malkia Strikers , Paul Bitok , Waithaka Kioni

Uhuru orders all Cabinet Secretaries not to go on holiday over pending bills

By Faizal Ahmed,

President Uhuru Kenyatta, in his last cabinet meeting this year, ordered all Cabinet Secretaries and their Principal Secretaries not to proceed on hol...

CS Ukur Yatani , pending bills , President Uhuru Kenyatta , smes

Stokes voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year

By Reuters,

Cricketer Ben Stokes was voted the 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday for his World Cup-winning and Ashes heroics during the summer. ...

2019 BBC Sports Personality , Cricketer Ben Stokes , World Cup-winning

Ferrari say Hamilton had ‘social’ meetings with Elkann

By Reuters,

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari chairman John Elkann have met socially but talk of a move for the six times Formula One world champion is premature, accord...

Ferrari , Lewis Hamilton

CBK: Shilling has largely been undervalued

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has reignited its tiff with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by disapproving the institution’s stance of the sh...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , IMF , Kenyan shiiling

Hamilton ends season in style in Abu Dhabi

By Reuters,

Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton wrapped up the Formula One season in style on Sunday by cruising unchallenged to a dominant victory in Abu Dha...

Abu Dhabi , F1 , Lewis Hamilton , Max Verstappen

BWIRE: Let’s listen to weather experts to minimise disasters

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The adverse weather conditions including the devastating floods being witnessed across the country including in West Pokot where li...

Kenya Meteorological Department , West Pokot

Kenya police now have digital Occurrence Book (OB)

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The National Police Service (NPS) now has a digital occurrence book (OB) that officers will use to record incidents reported at stations countrywide. ...

OB , occurence book

Hamilton apologises to Albon after rare error

By Reuters,

Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton apologised to Alexander Albon on Sunday for a collision that cost the Red Bull rookie a first Formula One podi...

Alexander Albon , apologised , Formula One , Lewis Hamilton , Red Bull

OPINION: Coastal cities are exposed without mangroves

By Citizen Reporter,

Two things happened on October 31, 2019, it was World Cities Day and the three-day mangrove conference ended in Lamu County - home to around 60% of th...

coastal , lamu , mangrove , Paris

Big six is the number for Hamilton in Texas

By Reuters,

Lewis Hamilton may not need to score even a point in Austin to become only the second six-times Formula One world champion, but the Mercedes driver wi...

Formula One , Lewis Hamilton

OPINION: Proportional Representation way to go for a truly representative Parliament

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Since the creation of representative democracy, many thinkers, philosophers and statesmen have tinkered with the idea of how b...