OPINION: National Adoption Awareness Month: Recognising this family building option

By Guest Writer,

By Mercy Ndirangu Traditional African culture expects a couple to sire children upon marriage failure to which societal pressure can lead to a brea...

National Adoption , National Council for Children Services

What does a Biden win mean for Africa?

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa’s 1.3 billion people on issues ranging from climate change ...

Joe Biden

‘We are not happy,’ MPs from pastoralist communities oppose BBI proposals

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Members of Parliament from the pastoralist communities have come out to oppose the recently unveiled Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, issuing...

Aden Duale , BBI report

BWIRE: Players in education sector should allow for alternative data sources

By Victor Bwire,

For a long time, the issue of allowing alternative ways of generating and collecting data to supplement government convention ways of data collection ...

education , ICAN

Kenya COVID Fund gets Ksh.3.7B in donations

By Elphas Lagat,

The COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund Board has received donations totaling Ksh. 3.7billion. Ksh. 3.2billion was received by the committee in cash w...

coronavirus , KAM , karuku , Kenya COVID Fund

BWIRE: Kenya media has done well on coronavirus ‘infodemic’

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The media in Kenya in general and journalists in particular have done well in focusing the current health challenges facing the cou...

Nyoro nominates Joyce Wanjiku Ngugi as Kiambu deputy governor

By Ian Omondi,

Kiambu Governor James Nyoro has nominated Joyce Wanjiku Ngugi, former Gatundu South MP aspirant, as his deputy. Nyoro, who was recently sworn in as...

Governor James Nyoro , Joyce Wanjiku Ngugi , Kiambu County

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta flags off 100-men run at Karura forest

By PSCU,

The First Lady Margaret Kenyatta  on Friday set the ball rolling for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon by flagging off a 100-men run at Karura ...

beyond marathon , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta

BWIRE: Why Universal Health Coverage will remain a pipe dream

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire While the intent to provide health care to Kenyans is evident, things on the ground are different; the current state of policy conf...

Beyond Zero Campaign , Universal Health Coverage

It takes at least 4 years to apply for divorce in Ireland

By CNN,

In the last four and a half years, Michael Rossney has been to court 40 times and spent tens of thousands of euros on legal fees. Like some 118,000 p...

divorce , Ireland

FULL LIST: Uhuru appoints former MPs, Governor to top parastatal jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A handful of individuals who lost in the last General Election have been awarded plum parastatal jobs as board directors and board members. In also...

Parastatal appointments

Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says

By Reuters,

The scale and sophistication of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka suggested the involvement of an external group such as I...

Sri Lanka bomb attacks

Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says

By Reuters,

The scale and sophistication of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka suggested the involvement of an external group such as I...

Sri Lanka

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

Ex-Man City ace Adam Johnson released from jail

By Agencies,

Former England international Adam Johnson has been released from prison after serving three years for child sex offences. The former Sunderland and...

Adam Johnson

US Adds Iran-backed militants in Syria to terror list

By VOA,

The U.S. Treasury Department added two Iran-backed militant groups to its official list of terrorists on Thursday. The Fatemiyoun Division, compose...

Syria , US

Rohingya end hard year still in limbo

By VOA,

More than 750,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled military attacks in Myanmar remain in Bangladesh camps as future repatriation and resettlement pla...

Bangladesh , Brad Adams , Chairman Ed Royce , International Criminal Court (ICC). , Kyaw Hla Aung , Rakhine state , ROHINGYA , Rosario Manalo , unicef

Muthaura, Chris Kirubi dropped in new Parastatal changes

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura has been removed as the Chairperson of the LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority and Titus Ibui appoin...

Chris Kirubi , francis muthaura , Linus Gitahi , parastatals

Trump orders halt to family separations

By AFP,

President Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border Wednesday. The move reverses a toug...

illegal immigrants

Father’s plan to marry off 4-year-old daughter to 70-year-old man aborts

By Johnston Keti,

A father’s plan to marry off his 4-year-old daughter to a 70 year old man on Tuesday, January 2 aborted after National Council for Children Services...

Father's plan to marry off his 4 year old daughter aborts after children services intervention , James Ng'ang'a , Mararal OCPD Abaggaro Guyo , National Council for Children Services (NCCS) , NCCS chief officer in Samburu County