Safaricom Foundation partners with Scope International to set up sanitation booths in 6 counties

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom Foundation in partnership with Scope International has set up sanitation booths to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The sanitation booth...

coronavirus , Safaricom foundation , sanitation booths

Girls unable to access sanitary pads during COVID-19 pandemic – Migori Woman Rep

By George Juma,

Migori Woman Rep Pamela Odhiambo is urging the Education Ministry to release sanitary pads which had already been purchased for learners for distribut...

coronavirus , menstrual hygiene , Migori Woman Rep , sanitary pads , SRHR , unicef

Obado linked to Ksh.35M Loresho house seized by EACC

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained orders to seize a Ksh.35m property in Loresho owned by Jared Kwaga who is suspected to b...

Governor Obado

30 percent of Kenyans could not pay rent in April – Survey

By Kepha Muiruri,

About one third of Kenyans/30.5 percent of Kenyans could not pay their monthly rent in April as the Covid-19 pandemic devastated monthly incomes. A...

Covid-19 pandemic , Rent

Bidco’s bid for KPL football in limbo after SDT ruling

By Moses Ngige,

The dream by Bidco United FC, a cooperate football club based in Thika, Kiambu County to compete in Kenya’s  top-tier league, hangs  in the balanc...

Bidco United FC , KPL , National Super League , Sports Disputes Tribunal

15 more people test positive for coronavirus in Kenya, total at 715

By Citizen Reporter,

15 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya within the last 24 hours bringing the total to 715. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the 15 test...

coronavirus , Tanzania

Ksh.50 bribes: How Kenya police at Tanzania, Somalia ‘panya routes’ expose you to Covid-19

By Raquel Muigai,

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise, health officials are grappling with how to contain illegal entry into Kenya from neighboring countries. With ne...

Bribes , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Kenya-Tanzania border

Covid-19 testing to begin in prisons after cases reported at Industrial Area prison

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Health is set to begin testing for Covid-19 in prisons following reports that two inmates at Industrial Area Remand Prison have contra...

Industrial Area Remand Prison

Kenya confirms 28 new Covid-19 cases raising total to 649 as one more patient dies

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen to 649 after 28 more patients tested positive for Covid-19. Out of the 28 new cases, 10 are from...

Coronavirus: Kenya confirms 25 new cases, 7 recoveries and 3 more deaths

By Ian Omondi,

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Rashid Aman on Thursday announced 25 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the country, taking the total tally o...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Rashid Aman , ministry of health

24 Kenyans test positive for the coronavirus, total now at 435

By Tonny Ndungu,

24 Kenyans have tested positive for the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 435. T...

coronavirus

Man goes on hunger strike, wears sack clothes after wife forcefully quarantined

By Peter Mwangi,

A middle-aged man in Ol Kalou town, Nyandarua County, has now gone on a hunger strike and resorted to wearing sack clothes to protest the forceful qua...

COVID-19 , Nyandarua County , Ol Kalou , Quarantine

2 students, police officer found drinking chang’aa during curfew

By George Juma,

A couple were on Sunday evening arrested in a crackdown on chang'aa conducted at Kadika village ,Suna East sub county. A litre of changaa and rolls...

CHANGAA

Organizers confident Chapa Dimba will produce well-grounded coaches

By Philip Muchiri,

With the third edition of the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom football tournament currently on halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic,  the tournament directors ...

Chapa Dimba , Coaches , coronavirus , La Liga , Patrick Korir

Man, 20, beaten to death by in-laws for stealing chicken in Migori

By George Juma,

Police in Awendo, Migori County, have launched investigations into an incident where a 20-year-old man was reportedly beaten to death by his in-laws f...

chicken , Migori County , Theft

Heavy rains expected in these areas as Met. department warns of flash floods

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that there will be heavy rainfall in different parts of the country from Tuesday March 24 to Saturday, ...

floods , rainfall

Four Chinese nationals, Kenyan placed under mandatory quarantine in Migori

By George Juma,

Four Chinese nationals and their Kenyan taxi driver have been subjected to mandatory quarantine at a hotel in Migori town pending testing for the coro...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Isca Oluoch , Migori County

Man whose family opposed plan to marry second wife found dead inside church

By George Juma,

Police in Migori are investigating the death of a man who is alleged to have committed suicide in church after his family turned down plans to marry a...

polygamy

‘Ushuru were tough and dangerous’: Leopards’ Kimani says after victory

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

AFC Leopards coach Anthony Kimani has termed their 4-2 win post-match penalty victory over second-tier side Ushuru FC on Sunday in the  FKF Shield ro...

AFC Leopards , Anthony Kimani , FKF- Shield , Ushuru

Nine-man Leopards down Ushuru to reach quarters

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Goalkeeper Ezekiel Owade made a heroic stop as AFC Leopards knocked out Ushuru FC 4-2 on post-match shootouts to reach the FKF Cup quarter-finals on S...

AFC Leopards , FKF CUP , Ushuru FC