JKIA, Moi International Airport win ACI’s best airports in Africa award

By Citizen Reporter,

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi and Moi International Airport (MIA), Mombasa have been recognized for excellence in customer servi...

jkia , Moi International Airport

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

Kenya Airways resumes direct U.S. flights

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed direct flights to the United States effective Sunday ending a near-11-month hiatus. The carrier had...

Kenya Airways , Kilavuka

Domestic flights set to resume July 15, international flights August 1

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government has restored both domestic and international flights effective July 15 and August 1 respectively as part of the re-phased re-opening of...

COVID-19 , Kenya's aviation sector

Hundreds of KQ staff set to be fired as carrier right sizes operations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Hundreds of Kenya Airways (KQ) employees are expected to lose their jobs as the firm commences a right sizing exercise as the company deals with the f...

Allan Kilavuka , COVID-19 , job cuts , Kenya Airways

Over 500 Italians stranded in Kenya’s Coast to be evacuated back home

By Zomolo Wanje,

The Italian Government has began evacuating its citizens who were left stranded in the Kenyan Coastal region following the coronavirus diseases outbre...

Keen to host U20 Games, Kenya steps up security measures

By Agencies,

In the wake of coronavirus threat, security machinery in Kenya have vowed to go an extra mile to ensure all is well at all the entry points ahead of t...

coronavirus , World Under-20 Championships

Coronavirus: Two Italian nationals denied entry into Kenya, flown to Ethiopia

By George Aoko,

Two Italian nationals were on Tuesday evening turned away at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa after reportedly exhibiting signs of the coronav...

coronavirus , Gilbert Kitiyo , Italian national , Moi International Airport , Mombasa County.

IN PICTURES: Institutions named after the late Daniel arap Moi

By Girlie Kendi,

There are many public institutions named after the late Daniel arap Moi. Moi University Moi University was established in 1984 by an Act of Parl...

daniel arap moi , Moi , moidead , Retired President Moi

Uganda Airlines makes its first direct flight to Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

Uganda Airlines made its first direct flight from Entebe, Uganda to Moi International Airport in Mombasa on Monday. The acting Uganda Airlines Chie...

Uganda airlines

Kenya Airways withdraws plan to take over JKIA

By Faizal Ahmed,

Kenya Airways (KQ) has formally withdrawn the privately-initiated investment proposal from consideration of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA). In ...

jkia , Kenya Airways , kq

President Museveni jets in for two-day State visit in Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in Kenya for a two-day State visit in Mombasa. Museveni was received by President Uhuru Kenyatta at t...

Migingo Island , Mombasa , Museveni , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Marie Ta Lou in Kenya for Soya fete

By Agencies,

Cote d’ivoire’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou, currently the world’s top-ranked female sprinter, is in Mombasa where she will be chief guest at Friday’s ...

Cote d’Ivoire , Marie Josée Ta Lou , Mombasa , Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year , SOYA

All set for Ksh.7B renovation of Mombasa airport

By Dennis Otieno,

Moi International Airport in Mombasa is set for a two year renovation. The project, which will cost Ksh.7 billion, is funded by the French Developm...

French Development Agency , Kenya Airports Authority , Moi International Airport

250 tourists from Poland arrive in Mombasa

By Patrick Kanga,

Over 250 tourists from Poland landed in Mombasa on Saturday night aboard a polish airline -- Lot Polish Charter. The flight, which was received by ...

Jonathan Mbiyu , Kenya Tourism Board , Lot Polish Charter , Moi International Airport , Poland

Tourism industry welcomes Charter Incentive extension

By Citizen Reporter,

Players in the tourism sector have welcomed the extension of the Charter Incentive Programme. This follows a decision announced by Tourism Cabinet ...

Charter Incentive Programme , tourism , Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala

KAA releases airport performance report

By Citizen Reporter,

More passenger movement was recorded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last month compared to the same period last year. According ...

jkia , KAA , Kisumu Airport , Wilson Airport.

Sheikh in court for defiling teen 6 years ago

By Evans Asiba,

A Muslim cleric was on Monday charged before a Nakuru court with defiling a 15-year-old minor in 2012. Sheikh Mustafa Murtadha, who appeared before...

sheikh arrested , Sheikh Mustafa Murtadha

Parents who don’t send children to school to be arrested

By Wahome Gitonga,

Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa on Friday warned that the government will arrest parents who do not send their children to school. This is...

Acting Education CS Fred Matiang'i , Al-Shabaab attacks at Lamu , Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa , Marwa fires warning to Shabaab , Moi International Airport , Mtongwe ferry , the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Terminus in Mombasa , The Technical University of Mombasa

United Kingdom advises citizens to avoid Western Kenya

By Majanga Michael,

The United Kingdom on Thursday issued "travel advice" to its nationals in Kenya asking them to avoid opposition strongholds next week as Uhuru Kenyatt...

Kenyatta's swearing-in ceremony , travel advisory , Turkish government issues US travel advisory , UK issues travel advisory