Elephants or avocados: Dilemma at Amboseli National Park

By Reuters,

The majestic sight of elephants roaming beneath Mount Kilimanjaro has long lured throngs of wildlife-lovers to Amboseli National Park on Kenya’s bor...

Amboseli National Park , avocados , Elephants

Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

748 Air Services meets travel agents to shore up valentines’ bookings to the Mara

By Citizen Reporter,

Aviation company 748 Air Services has announced a partnership with travel agents to shore up Valentine’s celebrations bookings to the Maasai Mara Ga...

748 Air Services , Maasai Mara game RESERVE

Kenya to position tea tours as part of tourism offerings

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya is positioning tea tours as part of top tourism experiences that will add to the diversity of tourism products offered by the destination. Bo...

Boinnet , Tea

Kenya crowned world’s leading safari destination

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya has once again been named the World’s Leading Safari Destination by World Travel Awards (WTA), further cementing her position as the global ch...

90-year-old Maasai man holds ceremony in readiness for his death

By Reuben Motochi,

Imagine this, clocking your sunset years and realizing that your health is declining, so you begin planning for your death early. That is the case ...

Maasai , Mzee Nelelta Naurori , Narok County

CS Karoney promises better days for disenfranchised land owners, communities

By Citizen Reporter,

Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney has promised to carry on with on-going reforms in the land sector that will streamline operations and ensure di...

Farida Karoney , Ministry of Lands

Politicians who incite the public to be barred from contesting in 2022- George Natembeya

By Moses Mwenda,

Rift valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya has issued a stern warning to politicians against inciting the public, saying they will be barred fr...

Gov’t dismisses claims by DP Ruto allies over Huduma Namba database

By Ian Omondi,

The government has now come out to dismiss claims that the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) is being manned by foreigners. Mo...

DP William Ruto , Huduma Namba , Moffat Kangi , NIIMS

High Court stops NEMA from shutting down Mara Ngenche Safari Camp

By Reuben Motochi,

The High Court in Narok has barred the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) from shutting down the Mara Ngenche Safari Camp pending hear...

Maasai Mara National Reserve , Mara Ngenche Safari Camp

#MaraBarricade: Mara Ngenche Camp risks demolition over wildebeest migration

By Sam Gituku,

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala recently ordered for the removal of a high end tented camp in the Maasai Mara National Reserve say...

Maasai Mara , Mara Ngenche Camp , narok

Tourism CS Najib Balala demands closure of hotel for blocking wildbeest migratory corridor at Mara River

By Tonny Ndungu,

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala on Tuesday demanded action on a tourist camp that has been built beside the Mara River, blocking the Wildebeest...

CS Najib Balala

‘Pack and leave,’ CS Tobiko vows to evict Murkomen from Embobut Forest

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko says Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen is one of the individuals who have illegally encroached E...

Embobut Forest , Keriako Tobiko , Kipchumba Murkomen

DPP orders arrest of Maasai Mara University VC Mary Walingo over Ksh.177M scandal

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Maasai Mara University Vice Chancellor Mary Walingo over misapp...

DPP Nordin Haji , mara heist , Masai Mara University

The Lionesses: Elite all-female ranger unit patrols in Amboseli

By Reuters,

Purity Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading “A Day...

all-female ranger unit , Amboseli , Olgulului conservancy

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

I will be running in London Marathon to give hope- Kipchoge

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has said he will be competing at the London Marathon in a bid to give hope that the fight against Covid-19...

Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon

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

‘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

Another showdown looms as Senators set to debate revenue formula

By Edwin Obuya,

The political storm over the controversial third generation revenue-sharing formula continues to gather pace even as both sides vow not back down on t...

Commission for Revenue Allocation , revenue-sharing formula