FKF presidential aspirant Mwachiro lauds Fifa for Covid-19 funds approval

By Agencies,

Football Kenya Federation presidential aspirant Herbert Mwachiro has lauded the efforts of the football world governing body FIFA for approving Covid-...

Covid-19 fund , FKF , Herbert Mwachiro

Leopards ripe for trophies, says club legend Ambani

By Godfrey Ashiali,

AFC Leopards former striker Fred Ambani is upbeat that the current crop of players under head coach Anthony Kimani are capable of mounting a league ti...

AFC Leopards , Fred Ambani , KPL

80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who lost income sources due to COVID-19 set to receive Ksh. 606M from EU

By Citizen Reporter,

80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who lost income sources due to COVID-19 are set to receive Ksh. 606million (€5 million) from the European Union through no...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , EU , Mordue

OPINION: Nutrition programs for children born with cleft need to be strengthened

By Guest Writer,

By Jane Ngige As the world marks the Day of the African Child on June 16, 2020, it is a welcome sigh of relief that Smile Train partners in Africa ...

Cleft , COVID-19 , Day of the African Child , Smile Train

European Union grants Kenya additional Ksh.7.8 billion to address COVID-19 impact

By Ian Omondi,

The European Union (EU) has granted Kenya an additional Ksh.7.8 billion to address the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. EU, in a sta...

Ambassador Simon Mordue , COVID-19 , European union

Samburu County sets aside Ksh.255 million to fight Covid-19

By Josphista Namnyak,

A collective Ksh.255 million has been set aside by the Samburu County Government and National Government to fight COVID-19 pandemic in Samburu County....

Samburu

Burnley keeper Hart eyes move abroad for first-team action

By Reuters,

Burnley goalkeeper Joe Hart has said he may have to leave England to become a first team regular again. Hart, who has 75 England caps and played a ...

Burnley , Joe Hart , Transfers

Defender Onyango still ruing AFCON miss

By Agencies,

Gor Mahia and Harambee Stars defender Joash Onyango admits he is still disappointed about missing out on last July’s Africa Cup of Nations Finals in...

afcon , Harambee Stars , Joash Onyango

Ethiopia steps up aerial spraying to stop new desert locust invasion

By VOA,

Ethiopian officials have deployed helicopters to spray new swarms of desert locusts that are eating crops and threatening the country’s food securit...

Desert locust , locust

Paxful launches bitcoin donation campaign to support charities in Africa’s response to COVID-19

By Citizen,

In 2017, Paxful launched the #BuiltWithBitcoin charitable initiative to show that bitcoin can help people around the world. With the goal to build ...

Bok captain Kolisi goes back to his roots to feed destitute

By Reuters,

Six months ago Siya Kolisi led South Africa to Rugby World Cup glory, but is now fighting a new battle as he returns to his roots to help feed those l...

COVID-19 , Siya Kolisi

The dark side of working from home: loneliness

By CNN,

Now that many people have been working from home for more than a month, the novelty might be starting to wane. And a dark side of working remote co...

Loneliness

Man goes on hunger strike, wears sack clothes after wife forcefully quarantined

By Peter Mwangi,

A middle-aged man in Ol Kalou town, Nyandarua County, has now gone on a hunger strike and resorted to wearing sack clothes to protest the forceful qua...

COVID-19 , Nyandarua County , Ol Kalou , Quarantine

Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns

By CNN,

The world is facing multiple famines of "biblical proportions" in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , FAMINE , Starvation

OPINION: It is time to revive Kenya’s food system

By Citizen Reporter,

By Claire Nasike In the wake of COVID-19, Kenya’s food system has been one of the most challenged systems in Kenya with workers being laid of...

Kenya’s food system

Govt bans uncoordinated food donations after Kibra deaths

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenyan Government has banned uncoordinated food donations and distribution, directing that the activities be done through county governments, Comm...

coronavirus , Kibra

Stampede in Kibra as hundreds scramble for food

By Erick Owenga,

Dozens of people were injured in Kibra on Friday after an intense struggle to acquire foodstuffs that were being donated in the area. They had to b...

Kibra

Twahir hails ‘composed’ Mwita after impressive show against Sharks

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Caretaker coach Twahir Muhiddin has hailed the impact of Johanna Mwita in the weekend win over Kariobangi Sharks describing him as “one of the best ...

Johanna Mwita , Kariobangi Sharks , Twahir Muhiddin

Equality for 2.1 billion women and girls under threat as progress stalls

By Reuters,

More than 2 billion women and girls around the world may miss out on the advantages of their male peers as progress towards global gender equality goa...

equality

Running out of time: Kenya, other EA countries face new locust threat

By Reuters,

Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestatio...

locust