Over 1,300 bars and eateries staff in COVID-19 safety training

By Citizen Reporter,

Owners, operators, and staff of 1,312 bars and eateries across the country have so far been trained on COVID-19 safety protocols as the country gears ...

bars , coronavirus , KBL

No cheering, no parties: COVID-19 forces different Super Bowl Sunday for fans

By Reuters,

Fans hoping to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday will face a much different reality this year, with the novel coronavirus restricting the celebration aro...

Kansas City Chiefs , Super Bowl , Tampa Bay Buccaneers

OPINION: COVID likely to spur housing boom in counties neighbouring Nairobi

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga In a recent interview with Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara, Unity Homes Executive Director John Latham revealed that the Covid-19 p...

Housing

Britain to be first country to use Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

By VOA,

Britain will be the first country to roll out the Pfizer - BioNTech coronavirus vaccine – the first Western nation to do so, the government announce...

coronavirus , Pfizer

President Kenyatta dismisses talk of reviving post-election violence cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has dismissed the ongoing debate over concerns that the government intends to reopen a probe into matters related to the 2007...

BBI , DCI Kinoti , President Uhuru Kenyatta

FKF boss Mwendwa in race for FIFA Council seat

By Jacob Icia,

A month after his reelection, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa is now running for a seat in the all-powerful FIFA Council, the m...

CECAFA , Fifa Council seat , FKF , Nick Mwendwa

Two widows fight over the burial of their husband in Bungoma County

By Maryanne Nyambura,

For the late 71-year-old Christopher Waswa and a father of 16, Monday was the day his body would have started its final journey from the morgue ahead ...

Bus stops, restaurants, gyms, hotels potential COVID-19 ‘superspreader’ places: study

By CNN,

A small minority of places where people go frequently account for a large majority of coronavirus infections in big cities, according to a new modelin...

coronavirus

Trump ignores deepening COVID-19 crisis while Biden demands action

By CNN,

Joe Biden has spent these early days as President-elect pleading with Americans to pay attention to the relentless surge of Covid-19 -- with deaths ...

Donald Trump

Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more could die from COVID-19 in the U.S.

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more...

coronavirus t , COVID-19 , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump

Gov’t to launch Ksh.250 million virtual library next year – President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

The Government is implementing a Ksh.250 million virtual library to ensure Kenyans have access to quality, timely and relevant information held by the...

COVID-19 , Kenya National Library , Maktaba Kuu , President Uhuru Kenyatta

OPINION: Why affordable housing is a game changer

By Guest Writer,

Home ownership in Kenya has generally been reserved for wealthy individuals with considerable disposable income and for bankers who have access to loa...

85-year-old Shanghai school lifted off ground, relocated using new technology

By CNN,

Shanghai residents passing through the city's eastern Huangpu district earlier this month might have stumbled upon an unusual sight: a "walking" build...

School , Shanghai

Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days

By CNN,

New Zealand has reintroduced coronavirus restrictions in parts of the country after new locally transmitted cases broke the 102-day streak the country...

coronavirus , New Zealand

Kenyans turn to their families in the village as coronavirus steals jobs

By Reuters,

In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her vil...

coronavirus , families , jobs , rural

Woman beaten up for allegedly poisoning a chicken in Kakamega

By Martin Ngeleso,

A 35-year-old woman in Kakamega County is nursing serious injuries after she was thoroughly beaten up by her neighbours who accused her of poisoning t...

KAKAMEGA

WHO warns Africa against easing of coronavirus restrictions

By VOA,

The World Health Organization on Thursday warned Africa against easing coronavirus restrictions as the number of infections on the continent has doubl...

coronavirus

‘Sausage mbili, soda moja,’ new look Kagwe Special after Uhuru’s alcohol ban

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has urged Kenyans to abide by the ban on alcohol in restaurants and eateries instituted by President Uhuru Kenya...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , mutahi kagwe , President Uhuru Kenyatta

University of Nairobi to hold virtual graduation ceremony in September

By Ian Omondi,

The University of Nairobi (UoN) will on September 25, 2020 hold its 63rd graduation ceremony virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled ga...

COVID-19 , graduation ceremony , Prof. Stephen Kiama , University of Nairobi.

We Can’t Breathe: Plight of Syokimau residents in face of air pollution

By Enock Sikolia,

The world is facing a pandemic that has thrown economies into a spin and the number of mortalities is rising. Many companies and factories have bee...

Bustani Villas , Endmor Steel Millers , Nazir Hakada , Sawada Villas , Syokimau