PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

By Reuters,

Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to w...

forestry , Kenya Forest Service , logging , trees

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

The Making of The Kipchoge Led 1:59 Tree Planting ‘Marathon’

By Citizen Team,

159 tree seedlings holes were pitted, early morning on Saturday at the 50.8 acres Kaptagat Forest bloc, in Elgeyo Marakwet County, adopted for restora...

1:59 , Eliud Kipchoge , Kaptagat forest , Tree Planting

Kenya’s tourist sites are safe, open and ready for visitors, Uhuru says

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed satisfaction with the measures being taken by stakeholders in the hospitality sector to protect tourists from C...

Balala , tourism , Uhuru kenyatta

KFS leads planting of over 2,000 trees at Kibiku Forest block

By Agencies,

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on Tuesday hosted Principal Secretary for Cooperatives Ali Noor Ismail at Kibiku Forest block in Ngong for a tree plant...

FULL LIST: KMPDU boss Ouma Oluga among 32 appointed to Nairobi Metropolitan Services

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Thirty-two public officers have been redeployed from the National and County Governments to take charge of the Nairobi County Government under the new...

Nairobi Metropolitan Services , Ouma Oluga

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta flags off 100-men run at Karura forest

By PSCU,

The First Lady Margaret Kenyatta  on Friday set the ball rolling for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon by flagging off a 100-men run at Karura ...

beyond marathon , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta

Full list: Uhuru’s new appointments to Cabinet, reshuffle

By Citizen Reporter,

This is the full list of the Cabinet reshuffle and new appointments as announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday: Cabinet Secretary nominati...

President Kenyatta moves 9 PS’s in new government changes

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced new changes in the government that sees eight Principal Secretaries move offices. In a statement released on...

Gordon Kihalangwa , Uhuru kenyatta

12 Counties Flout Procurement Rules

By Citizen Reporter,

Twelve counties & nine parastatals flout public procurement laws according to a new report by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) w...

Counties , PPRA , Public Procurement

Bleak future for million dollar Mara River

By Wangui Ngechu,

For decades, the country has been grappling with how to save the Mau Forest and now there is a red alert over the popular wildebeest migration. Lan...

Amala , Enapuipui , Mara River , Mau forest

FULL LIST: Uhuru appoints former MPs, Governor to top parastatal jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A handful of individuals who lost in the last General Election have been awarded plum parastatal jobs as board directors and board members. In also...

Parastatal appointments

List of university courses which no student was placed to pursue

By Brian Okoth,

One hundred and six bachelor degree courses in Kenyan universities won’t be pursued by any of last year’s 89, 486 KCSE candidates. This is accordi...

Degree courses , KUCCPS

Sports CS Rashid Echesa sacked

By Wangui Ngechu,

Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been fired. In an executive directive signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Echesa will now be replaced by...

Top Forestry bosses in Mt. Kenya interdicted after attack on journalists

By Samuel Mbogo,

Five Kenya Forestry Service officials, among them three bosses have been interdicted after four journalists were attacked after a handover event turne...

Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko , Kenya Forestry service

President Kenyatta appoints Kenya Coast Guard Service Director General

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Brigadier Vincent Naisho Loonena as the first ever Director General of the Kenya Coast Guard Service. In a s...

Brigadier Vincent Naisho Loonena , Interior CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i , Kenya Coast Guard Service , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Cabinet Secretaries Adan Mohamed, Peter Munya moved in new shake up

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has made new changes to the cabinet swapping Cabinet Secretaries Adan Mohammed and Peter Munya while also appointing new Perm...

Adan Mohamed , Cabinet , Nelson Marwa , Peter Munya , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Missing Fly SAX plane yet to be found 21 hours later

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Fly SAX plane that went missing on Tuesday evening is yet to be found 21 hours after it went missing. According to Nyandarua County Commission...

Fly Sax , Missing aircraft , Missing plane , Missing plane Njabini , Plane not found , Search for missing aircraft

Top Forestry officials linked to charcoal business suspended

By Abdi Rizack,

The Kenya Forest Service has suspended three senior officials indefinitely for allegedly being behind a charcoal business. According to KFS, the synd...

Charcoal burning ban , Charcoal trade , Kenya Forestry service