First 10 people get COVID-19 vaccine at Kenyatta National Hospital

By Tabitha Rotich,

The first 10 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Ministry of Health Director General Dr. Patric...

coronavirus , vaccine

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

1.02 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi on Tuesday night. The vac...

coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

UNEP rolls out electric bikes project in Nairobi’s Karura forest

By Citizen Reporter,

49 motorcycles made little noise but raised much interest in Nairobi’s Karura Forest on Tuesday morning, as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) laun...

electric bikes , UNEP

KQ poised for Ksh.10B bailout by state

By Citizen Reporter,

The details of the additional cash injection into the national carrier-KQ- are contained in the supplementary budget tabled in the national assembly a...

kq

Quarantine rules dampen international travel return

By Kepha Muiruri,

The retention of quarantine requirements for passengers has dampened the return of international travel even as the world moves closer to managing the...

COVID-19 , Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) , tourism

Departure time for SGR night train pushed to 10pm

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has pushed the departure time for the SGR night train to 10pm. The passenger trains to and from Mombasa will now o...

SGR

Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site

By CNN,

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have locat...

Social distancing a major challenge as schools reopen after 9-month closure

By Citizen Team,

All public and private learning institutions including pre-primary level to universities reopened today, Monday January 4, 2021, after a nine-month br...

CS George Magoha , Olympic Primary School , schools reopening

School re-opening: No fare hike, drivers to be tested for alcohol

By Tonny Ndungu,

It's all systems go for the proposed school re-opening tomorrow following a multi-agency team meeting at the KICC on Sunday. The team that comprised...

coronavirus

UK to hold emergency meeting over new coronavirus variant

By CNN,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to chair an emergency meeting with ministers Monday, as governments around the world step up efforts ...

Britain , coronavirus , UK

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

KeNHA reopens JKIA northern link road after 7 years

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has reopened the North-Airport road after a near seven-year closure. Traffic on the re-opened link to...

Airport North Road , jkia , KeNHA

41 people arrested for flouting COVID-19 protocols in Homa Bay

By Aly Abich,

Police in Homa Bay county have heightened enforcement of COVID-19 protocols with 41 people arrested on Wednesday for flouting the rules. They were ...

coronavirus

Highlights from President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation Address

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sought to reassure Kenyans that the State of the Nation is strong despite the economic disruptions brought about by the C...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Kenyatta launches city commuter train

By Faizal Ahmed,

At least 120,000 city commuters will use the diesel multiple units deployed by the Kenya Railways Corporation as part of a plan to decongest Nairobi r...

kenya railways , President Uhuru Kenyatta

22 companies, 5 counties: DCI firms up Ksh.12B embezzlement case against MP Rigathi Gachagua

By Nimrod Taabu,

Mathira Member of Parliament Rigathi Gachagua was on Monday night interrogated by Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officers over the embezz...

DCI , embezzlement , Mathira constituency. , Rigathi Gachagua

Commuters, matatu operators arrested in Mombasa for breaking COVID-19 rules

By George Aoko,

Scores of commuters and matatu operators were on Tuesday morning arrested in Mombasa after police launched a crackdown on those flouting COVID-19 regu...

coronavirus , star of the sea

Uganda slashes cost of COVID-19 test from Ksh.7K

By VOA,

Uganda has reduced the cost of a COVID-19 test from $65 (Ksh.7,075) to $50 (Ksh.5,442) in a move welcomed by truck drivers in the East African region....

coronavirus , Covid-19 test , uganda

Ksh.500M released for 14 counties in off-grid solar project

By Citizen Reporter,

Residents from 14 counties will now have access to solar and clean cooking products following the release of Ksh. 500million from the Kenya Off-Grid S...

Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project , Keter

Sabina Chege on Kenol chaos: It was probably stage-managed

By Tonny Ndungu,

Muranga County Woman Representative Sabina Chege has distanced herself from the Kenol chaos that left two dead on Sunday. Speaking to Inooro TV on ...

Muranga chaos