BWIRE: COVID-19 – Kenya not yet out of the woods

By Victor Bwire,

It is good to acknowledge that measures taken to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are well and expertly intentioned, but they have been s...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Nzoia Sugar Company loses 228 bags of sugar to fraudsters

By Kassim Adinasi,

Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives have pitched camp at Nzoia Sugar Company to investigate alleged theft of 228 bags of sugar. ...

Nzoia Sugar Company

KNUT boss Wilson Sossion wants KCPE, KCSE postponed to 2021

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion now wants both the primary and secondary school national examinations to be p...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , kcpe , KCSE , KNUT , Wilson Sossion

Unmasking KPL: League where player contracts are flushed down like toilet tissue

By Jacob Icia,

For years, its been suspected that Kenyan Premier League clubs don't honour contracts between them and their employees, the players. However, it remai...

contracts , Geoffrey Kataka , Kenyan Premier League , Philemon Otieno

Tanzania says coronavirus defeated through prayer, but fears grow

By VOA,

On just one day this month, 50 Tanzanian truck drivers tested positive for the coronavirus after crossing into neighboring Kenya. Back home, their pre...

coronavirus , Tanzania

KNCHR gets Ksh.52million boost from European Union

By Citizen Reporter,

The European Union has given Ksh. 52.2million to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights to boost efforts in countering abuse during the COVID-1...

coronavirus , European union , Mordue

Two women killed by family members after leaked video of them kissing man emerges

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ...

honor killing , Human Rights Commission , pakistan , Qandeel Baloch , World Economic Forum

Two Pakistani women murdered in so-called honor killing

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ag...

pakistan

OPINION: Reproductive health in a man’s world

By Guest Writer,

I do digital storytelling and new media social justice campaigns. Two years ago, the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (Femne...

contraceptive , reproductive health , sexual and reproductive health , sexual health

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes

By CNN,

The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...

china , surveillance camera , Weibo

Africa CDC and AU must offer dignified, inclusive focus on women & girls in COVID-19 response

By Guest Writer,

Without the full participation and inclusion of women within the COVID-19 pandemic response, Africa’s efforts to flatten the curve and/or wipe-out t...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , femnet , GBV

Win for DPP as court overturns ruling acquitting Solai Dam tragedy suspects

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has secured a major victory after the High Court overturned a ruling that acquitted suspects in the ...

DPP , patel dam , Solai dam tragedy

At least 62,000 people have recovered from coronavirus so far

By CNN,

At CNN's ongoing coronavirus town hall, a viewer asked: How many people worldwide have recovered from the coronavirus? The quick answer is, at leas...

coronavirus

Tension at estate in Athi River over Chinese nationals who landed at JKIA

By Citizen Reporter,

There was tension at Sidai estate in Athi River on Thursday after some Chinese citizens who landed in Nairobi were spotted wearing face masks. They...

coronavirus , jkia

Cameroonian man claims he was stripped naked, bound like luggage on Turkish Airlines

By Rene Oswere,

What should have been a nice trip for Emmanuel Chedjou turned into a nightmare after he was bound in plastic film and forced onto a Turkish Airlines p...

Cameroonian , Someon Chedjou , Turkish Airlines

BWIRE: Why media must be above reproach

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire  Current media coverage of the criminal justice system in Kenya and ensuing criticism of the crusading journalism especially on ma...

‘Gross injustice’: Outrage over acquittal of Solai dam owner, 8 others

By Citizen Reporter,

The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has released a scathing statement over the acquittal of nine suspects in the Solai dam tragedy case. ...

Mansukh Patel , Perry Mansukh Kansagara , Solai Dam

Solai dam tragedy: Court sets suspects free over ‘lack of commitment’ by DPP

By Festus Lango,

A Naivasha court has acquitted nine suspects who had been charged with causing the death of 48 people who were killed in the dam tragedy at the Patel ...

Solai Dam

Court allows Huduma Namba implementation, bars DNA, GPS data collection

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has given the government a go-ahead to implement the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), popularly known as the Hud...

Huduma Namba

Garissa residents call for Mohamud Saleh’s return following Al Shabaab attacks

By Citizen Reporter,

The Clergy and Garissa County locals are calling for the former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Mohamud Saleh to be included in security matters...