OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

coronavirus , Oxfam

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

OPINION: Women facing domestic violence during COVID-19 need access to safety now more than ever

By Guest Writer,

By Christine Ogutu and Wangu Kanja “My husband beat me up and threw me out into the streets in the wee hours of the night with my two children,�...

coronavirus , domestic violence , GBV

OPINION: Speak out your agony

By Sponsored,

By Angelina Cikanda "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last," excerpts from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming." This ...

ACTED , Concern Worldwide , COVID-19 , Impact Initiatives , Oxfam in Kenya , The Kenya Red cross society , WanguKanja Foundation

80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who lost income sources due to COVID-19 set to receive Ksh. 606M from EU

By Citizen Reporter,

80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who lost income sources due to COVID-19 are set to receive Ksh. 606million (€5 million) from the European Union through no...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , EU , Mordue

With inequality rising, does the world really need billionaires?

By VOA,

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of cities around the world demanding action against growing inequality. This as world leaders...

billionaires , inequality

Royal Media Services among top 100 best companies to work for in Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Royal Media Services (RMS) is one of the best companies to work for in Kenya, according to a new report released on Wednesday by Brighter Monday. T...

brighter monday , Royal Media Services , Safaricom

Act now to avert disaster in drought-hit East Africa, aid agencies say

By Reuters,

East Africa could suffer a repeat of a 2011 famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people unless foreign donors stump up funds to help drought-hi...

drought and famine , East Africa Community , United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

UK supermarket squeeze on suppliers fuels poverty and abuse

By Reuters,

Millions of farmers and factory workers worldwide who produce food for Britain’s leading supermarkets are exploited and struggle to feed their famil...

British Retail Consortium , Ethical Trading Initiative , farmers , Oxfam , poverty , retail , supermarkets , suppliers , UK

Kenya’s ‘budget for the rich’ pushes poor to the brink

By Reuters,

A few metres from Kenya’s Parliament where the Treasury CS read his budget, Deborah Mwandagina, deputy principal of a school in Mukuru Slum, is unim...

2018/2019 budget , Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich

BWIRE: Is government’s new 2018 tax reforms enough to help poor Kenyans?

By Victor Bwire,

The Government has introduced new tax bands effective January 2018, in an effort to cushion Kenyans against harsh economic realities through reducing ...

2018 tax reforms , Betting tax , Commissioner of Domestics Taxes , corporate income tax , Fear rises as KRA increases taxes of cargo in Mombasa

BWIRE: Host communities still in the dark about minerals benefit-sharing deals

By Victor Bwire,

While the landscape in the extractive industry in Kenya has changed dramatically with the enactment of several laws to guide the development of the in...

extractive industry , KWALE , Mining , mining laws in Kenya , natural resources in Kenya , oil and gas sector in Kenya , Petroleum Bill 2016 , public participation , transparency in Kenya mining sector , Tullow Oil , turkana , Victor Bwire

BWIRE: Informal sector hardest hit by political impasse

By Victor Bwire,

The current political tension in the country with related uncertainty including civil unrest, which is part of the democratic process, is having a tol...

domestic workers , economic effect , formal sector , informal sector , Oxfam Kenya , peaceful elections , policy environment , political dialogue , political impasse , Victor Bwire , women traders

President Kenyatta closes UNCTAD conference

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta Friday evening closed the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14) which opened on...

Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed , UNCTAD

Africa takes fresh look at GMO crops as drought blights continent

By Agencies,

A scorching drought in Southern Africa that led to widespread crop failure could nudge African nations to finally embrace genetically modified (GM)...

Fear of cholera, floods as Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps

By Agencies,

Heavy rains, flooding and a spike in new arrivals could threaten the lives of over 110,000 Burundian refugees in overcrowded camps in Tanzania, six ai...

Burundi , Tanzania

Oliver Mtukudzi leads musicians in rallying for billions in climate funds

By Agencies,

Oliver Mtukudzi, one of Africa's most famous musicians, will headline a rally in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Saturday, calling for rich countries to ...

Atemi Oyungu , Barbara Guantai , climate , CLIMATE CHANGE , Daddy Owen , kenya , Max Hoba , Oliver Mtukudzi , UN

Money Remittance Providers might get their licenses back

By Maureen Murimi,

The suspension of licences for 13 Hawalas could be lifted. This follows a directive by State House to Central Bank to ensure regulations are put in pl...

garissa , hawalas , MRPs , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Let Hawalas Resume Business, Aid Workers to Kenya

By Citizen,

This follows after Kenya shut down at least 13 Somali money transfer agencies in Nairobi over suspected links with terrorism. They agencies expr...