Kenya’s famed wildebeest migration begins without foreign tourist crowds

By Reuters,

Normally, the magnificent plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve are crowded with international tourists hoping to see a lion hunt during the annu...

coronavirus , Eliud Kipchoge , Maasai Mara , Magical Kenya , Wildebeest Migration

We demand full disclosure on COVID-19 funds – Karua

By Erick Owenga,

NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua is demanding accountability and transparency from the government on how COVID-19 funds have been spent during thi...

coronavirus , Covid-19 emergency fund , karua

Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response

By CNN,

Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...

adolescent girls , defilement , early marriage , Fortunate Ayomirwoth , rape , sexual violence , teenage pregnancy

Kenya Re half-year profit rises to Ksh.1.6 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Reinsurance (Kenya Re) profit through the first six months of 2020 has soared by 46 per cent to Ksh.1.6 billion. The growth in earnings throu...

Kenya Re

BWIRE: Health Commission to cure sector challenges

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire I am writing this letter addressed to you Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, the Cabinet Secretary for Health acknowledging the commitment, focus a...

Health Commission , ministry of health

Senate orders audit on how all 47 counties have spent COVID-19 funds

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 has asked Auditor General Nancy Gathungu to conduct a special audit on how all the 47 County Governments h...

Auditor General , coronavirus , COVID-19

Money in circulation grows by Ksh.203 billion in four months

By Kepha Muiruri,

Money in supply within the Kenyan economy has defied the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic expanding by Ksh.203 billion or an equivalent 30.7 per cent. ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , money in circulation

Covid-19: Machakos referees opt for menial jobs, pulling carts for survival

By Stanley Mativo,

A section of Machakos football referees have urged the government to include them in the ongoing financial aid programme aimed at cushioning sportsmen...

COVID-19 , Machakos Referees , Pulling carts , Sports Ministry , Stimulus package

Value of mobile money transactions hit record Ksh.392 billion in June alone

By Kepha Muiruri,

The value of mobile money transactions set a new Ksh.392.2 billion all-time monthly record in June translating to an average Ksh.13.1 billion worth of...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , mobile money

Ndambiri says Kirinyaga not ready to fight COVID-19, blames it on row between Waiguru and MCAs

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Deputy Governor Peter Ndambiri has revealed that the county is not ready to fight coronavirus pandemic. He attributed the problem to the ...

coronavirus , Kirinyaga , ndambiri , waiguru

Kenyan diaspora defies Covid-19 to keep dollars flowing

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan diaspora has defied hardships arising from the Covid-19 pandemic to keep dollars flowing into the country. The flows termed as diaspora ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , diaspora remittances

‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara

By Reuters,

For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...

coronavirus , Maasai , Maasai Mara

OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory

By Joseph Bonyo,

The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...

Kenya Airways , kq

EABL banks on e-commerce to withstand COVID-19 impact on sales

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has put its faith on e-commerce to stay afloat amidst dwindling sales resulting from Covid-19 related restri...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , eabl

EABL profit sinks by 39pc as COVID-19 restrictions dent sales

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced a 39 percent dip in profit after tax for the year ending June 2020. The Nairobi Security Exch...

COVID-19 , East Africa Breweries Ltd(EABL)

How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help

By CNN,

A deep sense of fear descended over Gloria as she stepped off the bustling street into her country's consulate. Weeks earlier, she said, she paid t...

Kefala , Kenyan consulate in Lebanon , Lebanon , Sayed Chalouhi

Treasury raises stakes as it seeks Ksh.70 billion in August bond sale

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has upped the ante in domestic borrowing as it now seeks Ksh.70 billion in August’s infrastructure bond sale. The raised ta...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrowing , National Treasury

‘Let the country move forward,’ Raila hits at Senate over revenue formula standoff

By Benjamin Muriuki,

ODM Party leader Raila Odinga has weighed in on the county revenue-sharing formula standoff asking the Senate to pass the recommendation by the Commis...

odm , raila odinga , revenue-sharing formula

SIB forex fund delivers 20 per cent half-year return

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s premier regulated online forex trading money fund-Mansa X delivered a 20.3 percent return in six months through to June 30,2020. The fund...

Mansa X , standard investment bank

BWIRE: Fourth estate here for the long haul

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Lest we are accused of endless lamentations and reaching a near level of writing obituaries for the media in Kenya because of the c...