Endmor Steel Millers license suspended after Citizen TV exposé on Syokimau residents

By Citizen Reporter,

Endmor Steel Millers has had its business license suspended over pollution a day Citizen TV aired an exposé on the plight of Syokimau residents. M...

Endmor Steel Millers , Syokimau

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

Shedu tips Bandari to challenge Gor for the KPL gong next term

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

The former head coach of Bandari FC Rishadi Shedu expects the team to do well next season in the Kenya Premier League (KPL) as well as on the internat...

Bandari FC , GOR MAHIA , KPL , Mbaraki Sports Club , Rishadi Shedu

‘No new projects to be initiated without my express authority,’ Uhuru tells ministers

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held a virtual meeting at State House, Nairobi with senior ranks of the Executive including Cabinet Secretaries, C...

COVID-19 , executive , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state house

Covid-19 takes out Ksh.54 billion from KRA’s tax basket

By Kepha Muiruri,

The ensuing Covid-19 pandemic has seen the tax basket shrink by Ksh.54 billion or an equivalent 16.1 percent between March and May this year. Accor...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

NEMA approves Tatu City extension as new city expands

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has given Strategic Environment Assessment approval to the second phase of Tatu City, as the new ...

Tatu City

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

By Dorcas Wangira,

Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...

mobile phones , phones , smartphones

KRA projects Ksh.283B deficit in annual tax collections

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has disclosed a Ksh.283 billion hole in expected collections in the financial year ending on June 30. The tax man...

KRA , tax

Mercy Wanjau, Peter Njonjo, Ory Okolloh appointed to COVID-19 ICT advisory team

By Citizen Reporter,

Communications Authority acting Director-General Mercy Wanjau has been appointed as Chairperson of the COVID-19 ICT advisory committee. In a gazett...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , ory okolloh , Twiga Foods , Wanjau

Kenyans found outside during curfew hours to be quarantined

By Ian Omondi,

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Mercy Mwangangi on Sunday announced that the government had introduced a new measure to ensure compliance wi...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Mercy Mwangang , ministry of health

Win for DPP as court overturns ruling acquitting Solai Dam tragedy suspects

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has secured a major victory after the High Court overturned a ruling that acquitted suspects in the ...

DPP , patel dam , Solai dam tragedy

Kisumu, Bungoma and Makueni earn first county Credit Rating

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kisumu, Bungoma and Makueni Counties have set the stage for first time borrowing by counties in their earning of credit rating scores from the Global ...

CMA , CRA , National Treasury

Uhuru unveils first locally assembled Mahindra vehicles

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday unveiled the first locally assembled Mahindra vehicles at State House, Nairobi. The Mahindra Scorpio Single and ...

mahindra , Simba Corporation Limited

BWIRE: Kenyans must stop cheering ‘siasa mbaya’

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire We are at that stage where the country would be described as moving towards the brink of the precipice. Political extremism is b...

IWD 2020: Women still suffer gender bias in construction industry

By Kepha Muiruri,

Biases and discrimination have continued to keep women out of the construction industry maintaining the status-quo in the historically male dominated ...

discrimination , gender bias , International Women's Day 2020 , Women in Real Estate (WIRE)

How Nairobi County will be affected by the takeover by National Gov’t

By Sam Gituku,

The transfer of some of Nairobi City County functions may have serious ramifications on the county’s control of resources with the move likely to ta...

Mike Sonko , nairobi county

KOT slam NEMA after hawkers arrested with banned plastic bags face Ksh.2M fine

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyans have gone up in arms after 3 traders were arrested in Nairobi hawking their wares using the banned plastic bags. The hawkers were set to be...

NEMA , plastic bags in kenya

Proposed land for Siaya Governor’s Ksh.45M residence unsuitable – NEMA

By George Amolo,

The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) wants the proposed site for the construction of Siaya Governor's residence changed. Accordin...

NEMA , SIAYA

Solai dam tragedy: Court sets suspects free over ‘lack of commitment’ by DPP

By Festus Lango,

A Naivasha court has acquitted nine suspects who had been charged with causing the death of 48 people who were killed in the dam tragedy at the Patel ...

Solai Dam

BWIRE: Kenya should establish a Media Diversify Fund

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It is time a media diversity fund is established in Kenya as a way of enabling the industry respond to the current financial and pr...