Kenyan digital insurer Pula raises Ksh.660M in additional capital

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyan-based digital insurance Pula has raised Ksh.660 million ($6 million) in additional funding as it seeks to expand its footprint on the African c...

Pula , Rose Goslinga , Thomas Njeru

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

By CNN,

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found sna...

COVID-19: Kenya records 85 new cases, 4 deaths, 33 recoveries

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 85 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 2,985 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 99,9...

coronavirus , COVID-19

UK detects 77 cases of South African COVID variant, nine of Brazilian

By Reuters,

Britain has detected 77 cases of the South African variant of COVID-19, the health minister said on Sunday, also urging people to strictly follow lock...

Britain

Ugandan nabbed in Kisumu in match-fixing claim

By Allan Obiero,

Police in Kisumu are holding a Ugandan national accused of attempting to bribe Western Stima FC's chairman and players to influence the result of thei...

Match-fixing

Kenya records 129 new COVID-19 cases, recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 129 new COVID-19 cases, tested from a sample size of 5,091 tested in the last hours. The total number of confir...

coronavirus

Kenyan group Kiligrit scales Mt Kilimanjaro for a cause

By Agencies,

Kiligrit, a group of senior citizens have today initiated a five-day hike to Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro to raise Sh5 million towards M...

CS Amina Mohammed

Chinese celebrity accused of abandoning two babies in the US

By Tonny Ndungu,

At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China's most popular actresses after shooting to fame a decade a...

Murray ‘gutted’ to miss Australian Open

By Reuters,

Former world number one Andy Murray said he was ‘gutted’ after deciding to withdraw from next month’s Australian Open following a positive test ...

Andy Murray , Australian Open

World Athletics chief Coe confident Olympics will go ahead

By Reuters,

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said there is “an absolute, cast iron determination” to deliver the Tokyo Olympics and the arrival of COVI...

JAPAN , Seb Coe , Tokyo 2020 , Tokyo Olympics

KQ temporarily suspends flights to France, Netherlands

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways has announced the temporary suspension of flights to some of its European routes during the entire month of February. ...

COVID-19 , Kenya Airways

CS Magoha dismisses KEMRI’s projection of possible rise in COVID-19 cases

By Citizen Reporter,

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has downplayed a research by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) that indicated a possibl...

Education CS Magoha , KEMRI

Google parent Alphabet shutting down internet-beaming balloon project Loon

By Reuters,

By Reuters and Kepha Muiruri Google parent Alphabet Inc is shutting down its internet balloon business, Loon, which aimed to provide a less expensi...

Alastair Westgarth , Alphabet , Google , Loon , Uhuru kenyatta

Lands Ministry sets up help desk for title deed conversions

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Lands has established a complaints help desk at Ardhi House to handle queries on conversion of title deeds. In a statement issued o...

Ministry of Lands

KEMRI projects spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths in March

By Citizen Reporter,

With schools having reopened and Kenya recording a test positivity rate of below 5% consistently in the past two weeks, it may seem the country is bor...

coronavirus

Govt says it is in control of desert locust swarms

By Dennis Otieno,

Since the beginning of September last year, the East African region was facing an acute food security following a second wave of desert locust invasio...

Two police officers killed in an ambush by suspected bandits in Kapedo

By Tonny Ndungu,

Two police officers were on Thursday evening killed in a bandit attack at Kapedo, reports say. The two; an inspector of police and his driver were a...

Shabana’s Ongoro, MCF’s Kimeu decry poor officiating in the NSL

By Jacob Icia,

The old ugly narrative of poor officiating complaints by coaches in the Football Kenya Federation (FLF) National Super League is gathering momentum ye...

NSL , Shabana

Kenya records 186 new COVID-19 cases,3 deaths and 75 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 186 new COVID-19 infections, tested from a sample of 8,049 in the last 24 hours. The new infections push Kenya'...

coronavirus

Olympics may be too big a gamble, disease expert says

By Reuters,

As embattled Tokyo Olympics organizers enter the final six months of preparations for the delayed Games on Saturday, virus experts believe hosting the...