Kenya’s COVID-19 cases cross 25,000-mark as 14 more patients dead

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya's COVID-19 cases on Friday crossed the 25,000-mark to hit 25,138 after 727 more patients tested positive for the disease from 6,814 samples test...

coronavrus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , Kisii County , ministry of health

Marian Awuor Adumbo, nurse who succumbed to COVID-19, buried in Homa Bay

By Aly Abich,

Nurse Marian Awuor Adumbo, who died from COVID-19 complications slightly over a week after giving birth, has been buried. The deceased was laid to ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Healthcare workers , Homa Bay County , Marian Awuor Adumbo

Flower workers receive Ksh.8 million COVID-19 aid

By Kepha Muiruri,

Flower workers are set to benefit from aid worth Ksh.8 million in the form of food packages and mobile money transfers. The aid by civil society gr...

Horticulture in Kenya , Kenya Flower Council (KFC)

President Uhuru Kenyatta sends his condolences following Beirut blast

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of solidarity and encouragement to President Michel Aoun and the People of the Lebanese Republic following...

Beirut , Lebanese , President Uhuru Kenyatta

OPINION: Dr. Ken Ouko, slain by disease many Kenyans still don’t believe is real

By Waihiga Mwaura,

I will not pretend to say that I knew Dr Ken Ouko very well. Those tributes I will leave to his family, close friends, colleagues etc. But the litt...

coronavirus , Ken Ouko

13 patients dead, 544 new cases recorded as Kenya’s COVID-19 infections hit 22,597

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya’s COVID-19 infections on Monday rose to 22,597 after 544 more patients tested positive for the disease from 2,653 samples tested in the last 2...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Rahid Aman

Choppies reveals loans worth Ksh.850 million in Kenyan banks

By Kepha Muiruri,

Botswana based retailer Choppies has revealed loans worth Ksh.850 million in local banks at the end of its operations in the country in October last y...

Choppies Supermarket

‘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 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

OPINION: Telling Africa’s story: the future is podcasts

By Guest Writer,

Adelle Onyango was feeling fearful. It was March 2019 and she had just quit a high-profile radio presenting job to launch her own podcast. She reac...

Adelle Onyango , Kim Chakanesta , podcasts

Alila ‘confident’ of dethroning Mwendwa in FKF polls 

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia   Chief football writer Former Football Kenya Federation National Executive Committee representative of Nyanza region Tom Alila has emer...

FKF elections , Nick Mwendwa , Tom Alila

Sports Kenya impressed by Wote Stadium progress

By Stanley Mativo,

Stanley Mutinda in Makueni Officials from Sports Kenya have expressed satisfaction with the ongoing works at the multi-million shillings Wote Stadiu...

Makueni , Sports Kenya , Wote Stadium construction

‘Pinchez’ not for sale, City Stars tell off midfielder’s suitors

By Dan Ogega,

Danny Ogega Chief NSL Writer Kenya Premier League new boys Nairobi City Stars have poured cold water on rumours linking midfield kingpin Peter “Pin...

KPL , Nairobi City Stras , NSL , Peter 'Pinchez' Opiyo

President Kenyatta bans sale of alcohol in restaurants, bars remain closed indefinitely

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned the sale of alcoholic drinks in all restaurants in the country and directed that all bars remain closed indefinite...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , president kenyatta

Job opportunities drop by half as COVID-19 bites

By Kepha Muiruri,

The country has seen a significant drop in advertised jobs by over half since the the first COVID-19 case was reported on March 13, 2020. According...

COVID-19 , job losses

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

MWARA: DPP & DCI must work together

By Guest Writer,

By Eliud Mwara For the war against corruption in the country to succeed, there must be synergy in all players involved in the Criminal Justice Syst...

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...