Makeup, clothing, alcohol sales shattered under pandemic: Survey

By Kepha Muiruri,

The sale of beauty products, clothes and alcohol was the worst hit under the COVID-19 pandemic as Kenyans trimmed their discretionary spending followi...

COVID-19 , KASI Insights , KBG

January tax receipts down 6pc at Ksh.111.3B

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tax receipts across the month of January fell by six per cent to stand at Ksh.111.3 billion from Ksh.118.3 billion last year. This is according to ...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury , taxes

Valentine’s related questions that Kenyans, Nigerians and South Africans are searching for

By Citizen Reporter,

It is Valentine’s season where people express feelings of love and are looking for better ways to achieve this. The Google Search Trends data for...

Google Search trends , Valentine's Day

Mighty Salim among top Google search trends for Kenyans in January

By Citizen Reporter,

Google search trends in January reveal that the deaths of renowned ‘Mugithi’ musician Mighty Salim and American television and radio host Larry Ki...

google search , killing eve , Mighty Salim , mugithi , warunge

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

OPINION: COVID likely to spur housing boom in counties neighbouring Nairobi

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga In a recent interview with Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara, Unity Homes Executive Director John Latham revealed that the Covid-19 p...

Housing

OPINION: Ethical citizens will change Kenya not the constitution

By Guest Writer,

By Joseph Lister Nyaringo As we open the curtains for the New Year 2021, we need to remind ourselves that the destiny of any society is pegged on a...

BBI

OPINION: For media freedom let’s build bridges between the pen and the gun in 2021

By Guest Writer,

By Dinnah Ondari It is now cliché to refer to 2020 as a difficult year, thanks to COVID-19. Media especially took a hit from the harsh economic...

MCK , Media freedom , sexual harassment

Cheki Kenya decries reduced car listings in 2020 as it celebrates 10-year anniversary

By Ian Omondi,

Leading car marketplace Cheki Kenya on Friday celebrated its 10th anniversary of operating in the country, however decrying a reduced number of vehicl...

Cheki Kenya , COVID-19 , Resian Leteipan

Kenyans set for high December electricity bills

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans are set for higher electricity bills at the end of the Christmas festivities courtesy of weakened shilling. According to the just published...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , shilling

English Premier League, coronavirus among top trending searches in 2020

By Citizen Reporter,

The English Premier League and the U.S. elections were the number one and two trending search queries on Google in 2020. Also Read: ‘Disgrace’ ...

coronavirus , English Premier League , google search , Trends , U.S elections

Take charge of the country’s destiny, Uhuru tells Kenyan youth

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenyan youth to stop shying away from pertinent national issues saying time had come for them to take charge of the...

Uhuru

Women left out as news sources, newsroom leadership still ‘reserved’ for men: study

By VOA,

A new study into the representation of women in media says news organizations should do more to include female perspectives. The first step to achi...

Female Journalists , MCK , Women in news

Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay

By Citizen Reporter,

Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...

HIV

Kenyans ignorant on data protection law – report

By Citizen Reporter,

It has emerged that despite the data protection law being in force for nearly 12 months, most Kenyans are unprepared to effect its regulations. Wit...

Data Protection Act , data protection law , Serianu

NGEC raises concern over rising cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment

By Rachel Ombaka,

The National Gender and Equality Commission has expressed concern over emerging  trends of domestic violence and sexual harassment directed to women,...

coronavirus , GBV , gender based violence , NGEC , sexual harassment

Gov’t expands staff training on digital skills to enhance digitization efforts

By Citizen Reporter,

A total of 784 civil servants on Wednesday graduated after successfully completing a one-week ICT training organized by Huawei in collaboration with t...

Former KDF Chief Samson Mwathethe appointed new KenGen Chairman

By Kepha Muiruri,

Former Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces Samson Mwathethe has been appointed as the new Chairman of electricity generating company KenGen. Mwatheth...

Gen. Samson Mwathethe , KDF , kengen

‘Make bold, unpopular decisions!’ Uhuru tells governors over COVID-19 spike

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has now told the National and County Governments Co-ordinating Summit to consider making bold and perceivably unpopular decis...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Uhuru Kenyatta

COVID-19: Uhuru’s tough choices as he holds crisis meeting with governors

By Raquel Muigai,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is on Wednesday expected to announce a raft of measures aimed at containing what appears to be the second wave of the coronav...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , President Uhuru Kenyatta