OPINION: GBV survivors and those at risk should be considered when setting up policies for social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

The third wave of COVID-19 has hit Kenyans hard with the effects of the pandemic getting worse by the day. Ministry of Health officials recently so...

coronavirus , Danida , GBV , Oxfam

Kenyan cops to face murder trial over death of UK aristocrat Alex Monson

By Reuters,

Four Kenyan policemen will stand trial for murder after a judge ruled on Monday they have a case to answer in the death of British aristocrat Alex Mon...

monson

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

KBF vice-chair Hilmi urges MPs to build basketball courts in primary schools

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Kenya Basketball Federation vice chairman Hilmi Ali has called on members of parliament to follow the example of one of their own Omar Mwinyi of Chang...

Kisumu County becomes second assembly to ratify BBI bill

By Allan Obiero,

The county assembly of Kisumu became the second county assembly after Siaya to pass the constitutional ammendment bill popularly known as BBI bill. ...

BBI Bill , Kisumu County Assembly

Lawyer Assa Nyakundi to be charged with son’s murder, court rules

By Citizen Reporter,

City lawyer Assa Nyakundi has suffered a major blow after the High Court declined to stop the public prosecutor from charging him with murder. In a r...

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management 

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...

menstrual hygiene management , MENSTRUATION , Safepad , sanitary towel

22 matatu drivers arrested on Nakuru-Eldoret road for flouting COVID-19 rules

By Kiprotich Kimetto,

22 public service vehicle drivers and six boda boda operators were arrested at Makutano-Eldama. Ravine road on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. Also Rea...

coronavirus , COVID-19 rules

Mombasa woman obtains order barring businessman from trespassing on family property

By Dzuya Walter,

A Mombasa woman has been granted temporary orders barring a businessman from encroaching onto a property pitting her against her relatives pending hea...

Magistrate Albert Lesooti , Makupa Police Station , Mombasa High Court , Property tussle

Gumbao’s murder: Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa, Geoffrey Oteno freed on Ksh4M and Ksh.1M cash bail respectively

By Citizen Reporter,

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa has been freed on a Ksh.4M cash bail, or a surety of the same amount after spending four nights in the police cells. Her aid...

High Court paves way for KTDA-managed factories to hold elections

By Citizen Reporter,

54 tea factories of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited can now proceed and hold director elections. This after the High Court...

KTDA , tea factories

Governors oppose proposed tea sector reforms, threaten to move to court

By Kepha Muiruri,

Governors from tea growing areas have rejected new sector proposals by the Ministry of Agriculture lamenting the side-lining of the devolved units in ...

Council of Governors (CoG) , Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Peter Munya , Tea

Mmbone: Kenyan star chasing pro-basketball dream in USA

By Dennis Kamariki,

Court Stuff by Dennis Kamariki When Michelle Mmbone Luhunga got the chance to study at Tigoi Girls in 2018, she knew she thought she had landed exact...

Irene Were , Michelle Mmbone Luhunga

Kirinyaga man who killed lover in ‘illuminati ritual’ jailed for 30 years

By Johnson Muriithi,

The High Court in Kerugoya has handed a 30-year jail term to Simon Murimi who pleaded guilty to killing his lover,Eunice Wambui on June 23. Murimi ...

Illuminati , Kirinyaga

Gov’t mulls banning consumption of alcohol in public spaces over COVID-19

By Enock Sikolia,

That some Kenyans have been flouting directives meant to curtail COVID-19 is an understatement. In the recent weeks some partakers of alcohol have ...

coronavirus

418 more people test positive for coronavirus in Kenya, total at 13,771

By Citizen Reporter,

418 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya raising the country's case load to 13,771. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the latest pos...

coronavirus

We Can’t Breathe: Plight of Syokimau residents in face of air pollution

By Enock Sikolia,

The world is facing a pandemic that has thrown economies into a spin and the number of mortalities is rising. Many companies and factories have bee...

Bustani Villas , Endmor Steel Millers , Nazir Hakada , Sawada Villas , Syokimau

Tie down my players to contracts, tactician Mulinge tells KPA

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Mkalla Mwambodzein Mombasa Kenya Ports Authority(KPA) volleyball team head coach Sammy Mulinge has called on the club's management to provide tangibl...

GSU , Kenya Ports Authority , Sammy Mulinge

Court extends orders suspending SDT proceedings against FKF

By Jacob Icia,

@icia_jacob The High Court of Mombasa has extended the duration of temporary orders stopping all proceedings against Football Kenya Federation (FKF) ...

COVID-19 , FKF , High Court of Mombasa. , SDT