BWIRE: Counties should develop land use policies to minimize conflicts

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The absence of proper land use plans across the country is to blame for the increased conflicts over use of natural resources, that...

Kenya allocates South Sudan 10 acres of land to build port in Naivasha

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya has allocated 10 acres of land to South Sudan to build a dry port for its cargo at the Inland Container Depot in Naivasha, President Uhuru Kenya...

LAPSSET , President Salva Kiir , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state house

Equity follows up Ethiopia interests with new representative office

By Kepha Muiruri,

Equity Group has set up a commercial representative office in Ethiopia following the grant of license to commence operations. The new office is ancho...

Equity Group , Equity Group’s Managing Director James Mwangi , Ethiopia , Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed , KCB , LAPSSET , Marsabit , moyale , Safaricom

Clashing tribes and shrinking grassland as Isiolo airport sparks property boom

By Reuters,

Sitting on a roadside boulder at the edge of Kenya’s Isiolo airport, six young men engage in a friendly argument over what speed an airplane reaches...

Governor Mohamed Kuti , Isiolo Airport , Isiolo County

Clashing tribes, shrinking grassland: Isiolo airport sparks property boom

By Reuters,

Sitting on a roadside boulder at the edge of Isiolo airport, six young men engage in a friendly argument over what speed an airplane reaches on takeof...

Isiolo Airport

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

Uhuru welcomes resolution by world leaders to form Digital Silk Road Initiative

By PSCU,

World leaders attending the second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing China have agreed to form a Digital Silk Road Initiative to bridge the co...

Belt and Road Initiative , china , Digital Silk Road Initiative , LAPSSET , President Uhuru Kenyatta , SGR

Uhuru signs Ksh.67 billion loan with china for project delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements amounting to Ksh.67 billion through a concessional financi...

china , Konza Data Center , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)

Uhuru, Abiy commit to implementation of LAPSSET project

By Winnie Musyoki,

Kenya and Ethiopia have renewed their commitment to the full implementation of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor(LAPSSET) projects...

Ethiopia , kenya , LAPSSET

President Kenyatta orders for creation of single revenue collection system

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday issued a directive for the creation of a single system of revenue collection to eliminate duplication and wastage...

Commission on Revenue Allocation , Council of Governors , KICC , National Treasury

BWIRE: How SGR has put Kenya Ports Authority on the radar

By Victor Bwire,

The onset of the Standard Gauge Railway project and the current war on contraband goods has placed the Kenya Ports Authority on the radar of many incl...

Kenya Ports Authority , KPA , SGR , Standard Gauge Railway

Muthaura, Chris Kirubi dropped in new Parastatal changes

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura has been removed as the Chairperson of the LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority and Titus Ibui appoin...

Chris Kirubi , francis muthaura , Linus Gitahi , parastatals

Thika Superhighway to have one lane for PSVs

By Edwin Obuya,

The Government has designated one lane on the Thika Superhighway for Public Service Vehicles (PSV) to help decongest Nairobi city. Transport Cabine...

CS James Macharia , DIRECTIVE , NYS buses , SGR , thika super highway

Cytonn to inject Sh6b in Nyeri, targets hospitality and offices

By Emilio Muriithi,

Cytonn Investment have announced plans to invest Ksh.6 billion in Nyeri County to develop hospitality industry and offices.   Speaking during the o...

agriculture , Cytonn , Cytton Investment Senior Manager , develop , hospitality industry , isiolo , Ksh.6B , LAPSSET project , Mt Kenya Regional offices , nyeri county , offices , real estate development , Regional Markets Johnson Denge

Govt inks Sh64b financing deal for 530km Lamu-Isiolo road

By Citizen,

The government through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has signed a Sh64 billion financing deal for the construction of the Lamu, Gariss...

Africa Development Bank , francis muthaura , James Macharia , lamu , Lamu Road Consortium , LAPSSET , Public Private Partnership , road financing

Mt Kenya governors to revive Nanyuki railway line

By Wahome Gitonga,

Governors from the Mt. Kenya region have announced plans to rehabilitate the old Nanyuki railway line in a bid to facilitate trade in the region. S...

Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu , Kirinyaga County. , KIRINYAGA GOVERNOR ANNE WAIGURU , Laikipia County. , Laikipia Governor Ndiriitu Muriithi , Mt Kenya governor’s plan to link their counties , murang'a county , Muranga Governor Mwangi Wa Iria , nyeri county , Nyeri Governor Patrick Gakuru , President Uhuru Kenyatta

PS’s bodyguard abducted by Al Shabaab found dead

By Citizen Reporter,

A bodyguard attached to Public Works Principal Secretary, Miriam El Maawy, has been found dead in Milihoi, Lamu County two days after the PS was atta...

PS, gov’t officials abducted by Al Shabaab in Lamu

By Wangui Ngechu,

Suspected Al Shabaab militants are reported to have abducted six people among them a Principal Secretary and government officials at Milihoi, Lamu Co...

Al Shabaab

Lamu County launches Spatial Plan

By Elizabeth Kibor,

The County Government of Lamu on Thursday, July 13, at Mkunguni Square in Lamu Island, made a historic step towards ensuring the Coastal County (home...

agriculture , County Spatial Plan , Lamu County Natural Resource Network , Lamu Island , LAPSSET , Ministry of Land and Physical Planning , Mkunguni Square , National Land Commission , WWF UK , WWF US , wwf-kenya

President Kenyatta has visited North Eastern Kenya more times than any other president since independence

By Citizen,

The region has been neglected by successive governments and any one visiting the region was always greeted by "how is Kenya?" In other words, they ...