Prince Harry will attend Prince Philip’s funeral

By CNN,

Prince Philip, the late husband to the UK's Queen Elizabeth II, will be laid to rest on Saturday next week, in a ceremony that will be colorful and st...

BBI taskforce raises concerns over delays in passing BBI bill

By Sam Ogina,

The debate over whether to reopen the constitution amendment bill 2020 for further review is raging, dividing the Joint Justice and Legal Affairs Comm...

OPINION: We need youth advocates now more than ever

By Rachel Ombaka,

We often associate advocacy with a dramatic event or impassioned cause and tend to think of advocacy on large scales, such as the rise of youth moveme...

Janet Mbugua

Late MP Paul Koinange buried at his Kiambaa home

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange who died early Wednesday from COVID-19 complications has been interred at his Kiambu home in a private ceremony, attended by ...

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange

Implementing BBI proposals would cost at least Ksh.20B annually

By Chemutai Goin,

The exchequer will have to dig deeper in the next financial year to finance the proposed changes to the 2010 constitution through the Building Bridges...

BBI Bill

Kenya seeks extension of debt service relief from IMF, World Bank

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya will be pushing for an extension of the external debt service suspension program when the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) m...

debt , loan , Yatani

Uhuru assents to Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2021, budget pushes up borrowing by Ksh.125.7B

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2021 on Tuesday evening at State House, Nairobi. The Supplementary Appropr...

debt , Supplementary Appropriation Bill

‘Reggae is still on’: Junet Mohamed and Dennis Waweru on BBI

By Edwin Obuya,

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) reggae is still on and reverberating, according to the co-chairs of the Secretariat Junet Mohamed and Dennis Waw...

BBI , Junet Mohamed

MPs demand suspension of Kemsa’s Waiganjo Karanja over alleged role in PPE scam

By Edwin Obuya,

Members of Parliament are now demanding that Kemsa Finance manager Waiganjo Karanja be suspended for his role in the Ksh. 7.8 billion PPE scandal. ...

KEMSA

Tanzanian MPs unanimously approve Philip Mpango as new VP

By Agencies,

Tanzanian MPs have unanimously approved Dr. Philip Mpango as the country's new Vice President. His name was presented to parliament for approval on...

magufuli , mpango , suluhu , Tanzania

Stalemate in Parliament as members fail to agree on BBI report

By Edwin Obuya,

The joint Senate and National Assembly legal committees have so far failed to agree on the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2020 commonly known as the BB...

BBI

Cameroon election of octogenarians to top posts draws mixed reactions

By VOA,

There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon to 88-year-old President Paul Biya’s orders that his party-dominated upper and lower houses of Parliamen...

Cameroon

Bobi Wine’s brother Fred Nyanzi on the run, nephew arrested

By Teddy Otieno,

Fred Nyanzi, the elder brother to Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) is said to be on the run after security officials allegedly attacked his home. Acco...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Doctors who have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya

By Rachel Ombaka,

A total of 16 doctors have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya since the first case was reported in the country in March last year. Also Read: Kenyan CO...

coronavirus , KMPDU

Two killed in Marsabit plane crash

By Citizen Reporter,

Two people have been killed after a plane crashed at Kofia Mbaya in Marsabit on Saturday morning. The pilot and his co-pilot were the only two people...

plane crash

Supplementary budget pushes up borrowing by Ksh.125.7 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

The first 2020-21 supplementary budget estimates approved by the National Assembly will push up borrowing by a further Ksh.125.7 billion increasing Ke...

borrowing , Kenya's debt distress , National Treasury

Samia Suluhu Hassan joins a very thin list of female African presidents

By Ian Omondi,

Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday morning sworn in as the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania following the death of President John Pom...

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim , Catherine Samba , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Joyce Banda , President Samia Suluhu Hassan , Sahle-Work Zewde , Sylvie Kinigi , Women presidents

PROFILE: Diana Kamande fights for GBV survivors left as widows

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” ...

diana kamande , widows

MPs pass Ksh83B Supplementary Budget Estimates 2020-21 amid row over CDF monies

By Edwin Obuya,

Members of Parliament (MPs) have passed the Ksh.83 billion Supplementary Budget Estimates 2020-21 despite an ongoing row over disbursement of National...

CDF , Supplementary Budget

‘No CDF, no sittings’: MPs sabotage proceedings for a second time

By Edwin Obuya,

Members of Parliament on Thursday sabotaged proceedings for the the second time in a row over National Government Constituency Development fund (NGCDF...

CDF , Mps , parliament